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...lament across 42 million German workers and it's easy to see how high taxes hamper consumer spending and bog down the country's economy. Indeed, having to pay more taxes for less service is a common lament these days in Europe, where taxes and social charges have risen sharply over the past 30 years and are now among the highest in the world. Adding together corporate, personal, social security and value-added tax (VAT), the highest-taxing countries in the world are in Western Europe: France, Belgium, Austria, Italy and the four Scandinavian countries - Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway...
...wandering out for a beer or boerewors sausage. This year, it becomes quickly apparent, the bottom is falling out of the rhino market, perhaps because visiting hunters pay in U.S. dollars, and local buyers are cautious about exchange-rate losses with such a strong South African rand, which has risen by almost 100% against the dollar since January 2002. After all the ostriches, impalas, kudu, warthogs, springbok, giraffes, hippos, zebras and waterbuck are sold, the auction has raised $1.5 million, well down on last year's $3.3 million, but a sign that conservation efforts are working. Says Gaisford: "As people...
According to Buehrens, faculty grant revenue has risen sharply over the past year...
...change marks the third time the optional termbill fee has risen since its 1981 inception. It jumped from $10 to $25 in 1988 and increased to its current $35 level in 2001. It will rise to $60 next year, and to $75 the following year...
...sure when the nutritional shortcomings of casual eateries like, well, his became an important front in America's battle with obesity. But things have clearly reached that point. Some 40% of the calories that Americans consume are ingested outside the home, and as that figure has risen, so has the nation's collective weight problem...