Rate hike to 'cushion' water fees
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The NIO considers large rates increases to cushion the impact of water charges on households, the BBC learns.
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Higher customer fees offset rising loan losses and pressure from interest rates and mortgage lending.
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Water levels were expected to peak along the River Thames early Wednesday morning, with the government pledging more money to combat Britain&#39;s worst floods in living memory.
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By Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 22--BELLEVILLE -- The City Council approved a 20 percent increase in commercial sewer tap-on fees Tuesday.   Now, commercial customers will pay $3,600 per development acre and $1,200 per unit.
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Hopes of a cut in interest rates were raised today, following the publication of the Bank of England&#39;s Monetary Policy Committee minutes.
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WASHINGTON -- Food costs went up again but consumers finally got a break at the gas pumps in June, helping to lower inflation to the smallest increase in five months.
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By Jim Woods, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 10--Central Ohio suburban residents could see their water and sewer rates increase by 83 percent or more by 2010, according to a study by the city of Reynoldsburg.
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The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, proposes a Â£3 hike to the congestion charge.
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Consumers who rely on the &quot;float&quot; in writing checks to pay their bills on time could be socked with hefty fees from their banks for bounced checks because of a sweeping federal law that takes effect Thursday.
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The US Federal Reserve decided Tuesday to raise the federal funds rate, which commercial banks charge each other on overnight loans, by a quarter percentage points to 1.75 percent.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates for a sixth straight time, extending a policy of gradually lifting borrowing costs to levels high enough to ward off inflation pressures.
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Labor costs have risen more robustly   this year than first thought, a government report showed on   Wednesday, raising concerns the Federal Reserve may need to   resume hiking interest rates to contain inflation.
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Convenience usually comes at a price â and that price has been climbing.
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Zimbabwe's government will allow hotels, restaurants and bars to raise their rates by up to 50 percent, state media reported Saturday, in a relaxation of a price-cutting policy aimed at taming soaring inflation rates in the economically beleaguered country.
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Most NI households can expect to pay up to Â£415 per year in water charges by 2008, it is announced.
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By Rohaizan Ramli  THEY are charged a maintenance fee, yet their apartment blocks have not been well maintained. For that reason, many residents have refused to pay the RM35 monthly fee imposed by the maintenance management.  As a result, their water supply has been cut.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on  Wednesday raised interest rates for a sixth straight time,  extending a policy of gradually lifting borrowing costs to  levels high enough to ward off inflation pressures.