Call for fuel tax rise to be axed
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More than 700 businesses are calling on the chancellor to scrap a planned rise in fuel duty of 2p per litre.
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An Indian transport union spearheading a truckers' strike has called off its week-long agitation after reaching an agreement with the government to form a panel to study a controversial tax, an official said.
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New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) The All India Motor Transport Congress today called off their seven-day old &#39;indefinite&#39; truckers strike after it reached an agreement with the Government on the contentious issue of service tax and various other demands.
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The Department of Health is proposing to raise the &quot;health tax&quot; levied on cigarettes from the current NT$5 to NT$10 per pack.
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Energy customers are urged to switch suppliers after Npower follows the lead of rival British Gas by announcing big price increases.
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Business & money: Â·  Petrol heads to Â£1 a litre for the holiday season Â·  Crude hits near-record level amid hurricane fears
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Germany taxes, rather than subsidizes, biodiesel. That's killing the industry.
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One of Britain's biggest power companies has announced price hikes of 17.2% for gas and 12.7% for electricity in a move set to hit more than four million households. via Grantham Today
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Business & money: Oil group to post highest earnings by a British firm as RAC urges the chancellor to cancel rise in fuel duty
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Comment is free: Polly Toynbee: Lib Dem tax proposals are a blow for sanity in an era of excess. Labour should do better than try to trash them pointlessly.
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New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices will not be increased this fortnight. The government has decided to wait till the US presidential elections are over, official sources said.
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The company says the record price of wholesale gas, which also effects the cost of electricity, is to blame. A spokesman said the increases would add an extra 7p a day to electricity bills.
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A tax rise on alcohol to help tackle binge drinking is among proposals put forward by a Tory policy group.
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LAGOS, 15 November (IRIN) - Nigeria&#39;s powerful trade unions on Monday called off a general strike planned for the next day after the government, in an eleventh-hour move, offered an almost 10-percent cut in the price of domestic fuels.
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Truck operators today called off their week-long strike after an agreement with the Government to form a committee to study the vexed service tax issue.
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Chancellor Alistair Darling needs to raise taxes by Â£8bn in his spring budget, according to a think tank.
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Senate Republicans block a $32 billion in tax breaks for renewable energy that would have been financed mostly by new taxes on major oil companies. The GOP argues an oil-company tax increase would reduce production and raise gas prices.