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What Economists Think About Raising the Minimum Wage - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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City bill will raise maximum price for newsstand products - 2 views

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Ghana's removal of fuel subsidy spurs Nigeria's move to increase price of petroleum pro... - 1 views

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    Ghana's removal of fuel subsidy spurs Nigeria's move to increase price of petroleum products
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BBC News - UK manufacturing grows at fastest pace for a year - 0 views

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    UK manufacturing grows at fastest pase 
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BBC News - Australia plans to ban live betting odds during sports - 3 views

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  • bid to curb problem gambling.
  • "Fans, and particularly young fans, should not be subject to excessive promotion of betting during matches.
  • advertisements
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  • revised code
  • Alessandra Z on 31 May 13
     
    Gambling - Demerit Good Advertising ban will lead to a decrease in demand for Gambling Negative externalities will decrease. However, Gambling = inelastic good? Addiction?
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Monopoly blamed for beef costing far more - The Standard - 1 views

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  • Ng Fung Hong is to blame.
  • HK$3,097 per picul - around 60 kilograms - but local retailers have to fork out HK$4,690 per picul instead.
  • s a result, the unfair practice has resulted in the closure of four beef shops since Lunar New Year.
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  • By following what we did in the pork market, we will be able to gradually bring down the price of beef to a reasonable level
  • They would be making a profit of HK$516,750 every single day at the expense of our beef sellers
  • Critics were also quick to highlight the flaws in a government document released last week investigating the supply of fresh beef
  • "Besides failing to account for the price differences, the document does not say where it got the data from
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Air New Zealand settles on collusion claim - Yahoo! New Zealand - 1 views

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  • <img width=1 height=1 alt="" src="http://csc.beap.bc.yahoo.com/yi?bv=1.0.0&bs=(134jutnim(gid$GhCBm3xsY4jpubaGUUAzWwEYcqAeoFGv2ZMAChcE,st$1370478996089348,si$45561,sp$2022074013,pv$1,v$2.0))&t=JR_3-DR_3&al=(as$12ok9t1pc,aid$ZMZ6uHxsY0w-,bi$36366561,cr$357587061,ct$25,at$HR,eob$-1)"> Air New Zealand has agree
  • over claims it colluded on fuel and other charges with other airlines.
  • last of 11 airlines to reach a settlement over allegations they colluded on fuel
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  • charges for air cargo shipments
  • The other 10 airlines, which include British Airways, Qantas and Emirates, have already settled with the commission for a total of $35 million
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OPEC Boosts Supply to Six-Month High; Demand Forecast Stable - Bloomberg - 0 views

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  • OPEC increased production by 106,000 barrels a day to 30.57 million a day
  • Consumption climbs at the end of the second quarter becaus
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