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<title>Finance Industry Today: Cost of Living News</title>
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<title>Senate to Vote on Budget Friday Morning</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185531325</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 02:06 GMT</pubDate>
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...  transit at the 2007-08 level for savings of $317 million &quot; Suspends the federal cost of living adjustment for SSI for savings of $109 million in 2008-09 and $218 million in  ...
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<title>Report predicts $98.6bn GDP by year-end</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185530942</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to the city, the taxi driver could only give him bad news about the cost of living here. &quot;I am much better off in Bahrain that way,&quot; he said. High real  ...
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<title>Dollar Rallies After Better Than Expected GDP</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185529193</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  And, even though consumers have a habit of over stating the outlook for their cost of living, the consensus is looking for the estimate to pull back from its more than  ...
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<title>Time consumers fought back and reclaimed life at decent prices</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185528799</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  As I sat and pondered, I asked: &quot;How are people surviving such a high cost of living in a supposedly low-cost area and isn&apos;t the &apos;low&apos; cost of living the main  ...
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<title>MTUC: Review minimum wage and Cola</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185528784</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of living,&quot; he said. Syed Shahir said several issues such as minimum wage and cost of living allowance (Cola) needed to be constantly reviewed due to the economic uncertainties. &quot;Provide subsidies  ...
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<title>Govt to look into frozen fishing vessel licences</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185528777</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for five years. The allowance is meant to help fishermen deal with the rising cost of living. ...
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<title>Put public transport back on the rails</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185528757</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of living,&quot; he said. Syed Shahir said several issues such as minimum wage and cost of living allowance (COLA) needed to be constantly reviewed due to the economic uncertainties. &quot;Provide subsidies  ...
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<title>Boeing presents final offer to Machinists</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185527896</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  offer to the union earlier this week. It also included a yearly 3 percent cost of living adjustment. Boeing spokesman Tim Healy said the &quot;final offer&quot; would enhance Boeing&apos;s previous offer,  ...
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<title>Peruvian students clash with police over cost of living increase</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185526537</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  arrested in clashes with police in Peru, during protests over the rise in the cost of living in the Andean city of Cusco. Students from the University of San Antonio Abad  ...
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<title>Boeing raises its contract offer to Machinists</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185523594</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 00:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  $5,200 for a typical Machinist. In 2006 and 2007, each Machinist received $3,000 bonuses. Cost of Living Adjustment: Each quarter, a formula based on a federal index bumps up wages for  ...
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<title>Q&amp;A: Col. David Orr</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185523237</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for 800 families to be residing on Hanscom Air Force Base. There&apos;s a high cost of living on the outside and our people aren&apos;t paid all that great as military members.  ...
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<title>Japan&apos;s $95 billion stimulus</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185522789</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  elections. Junior coalition partner New Komeito has pressed for an income-tax cut and a cost of living adjustment for pension benefits. A meeting was convened late Thursday with senior officials from  ...
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<title>Machinists get Boeing Offer</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185522599</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 00:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  expires. Boeing says the proposal offers pay increases of 11 percent over 3 years, cost of living adjustments and an increase in the pension. Boeing says there&apos;s also a lump sum  ...
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<title>Peters: Keeping The Wolf From The Door</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185520364</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to eventually reach 72.5 percent of the net average wage because of the increasing cost of living but we can only take one step at a time with the competing needs  ...
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<title>British home prices keep sliding as retail sales decline</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185520237</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  expected to raise prices sharply. There were also signs on Thursday that the higher cost of living is feeding into bigger pay deals, a worry for the central bank, which is  ...
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