This was the second sizeable increase in guidance this year.
If you collecting benefits (actually were collecting them last year), the increase in the Medicare premium this year will be limited to the increase in your Social Security check.
Senior Nato commanders have warned that there will be a further increase in violence this year.
Moreover, a senior WGC official said that any increase in demand this year will likely be in the low single-digit range and predicted that prices would stay around current levels through 2013.
Robertson is counting on a tenfold increase in spending this year with fatter margins as he and his team figure out who the best search experts are and how to most effectively deploy them.
And the number of corporate insolvencies is expected to increase in Japan this year by only 15%, despite the depth of its recession, compared with more than 30% in western Europe and 40% in America.
Moreover, the number of proposed rules rose from 2, 044 in 2009 to 2, 439 last year, setting the stage for another increase in final regulations this year.
This represented the second increase in annual guidance this year.
They expect an increase in default rates this year or next, even if the economic conditions for borrowers do not deteriorate much.
China's rapidly growing economy will account for 40% of the 1.65m-barrels-a-day increase in demand expected this year by the International Energy Agency, according to David Fyfe, one of its analysts.
The lecturers - who are members of the EIS union - said they had not been offered any increase in their salaries this year, unlike staff at other further education colleges in Scotland.
Despite a national unemployment rate of 9.6%, the National Retail Federation is forecasting a 2.3% increase in holiday sales this year and analysts expect consumers to purchase at least one or two trendy gadgets.
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Most managers of enterprises, at least when talking in private, do not foresee an increase in profits or revenues this year, so a marginal reduction in lending rates looks like it will be ineffective.
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This in turn accounted for practically all the increase in Chinese GDP in the first half of this year.
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These are popular scams at all times of year, but they increase in frequency at this time of year, knowing full well that cash is tight.
Senior advocates, such as the AARP, have been lobbying for the payments, in part because Social Security recipients received no cost of living increase this year, for the second year in a row.
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The second-largest retailer in Britain, Next Plc, said it expects higher labor costs in China will result in an 8% increase in its prices in the first half of this year.
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While the tax agency has detected a 40 percent increase this year in all kinds of tax fraud, including black money, officials say Spain wants a smooth transition to the euro.
Kraft's food business in developing countries posted an 8.1% increase in organic revenue in the third quarter of this year, beating the 0.8% decline of the food business in Europe and a 1.8% contraction in North America.
And any tax rise to deal with the pension hole will come on top of the jump in state income taxes from 3% to 5.25% and a significant increase in business taxes unveiled this year to deal with the running deficit.
The 1998 and 1999 jumps come on top of a huge increase this year in nondefense discretionary spending: 4.7% during a period when inflation has been running about 2.5% (according to the Consumer Price Index) and probably more accurately 1% to 1.5%.
In a survey of 733 domestic violence shelters across the country, Mary Kay reports that nearly 80 percent have seen an increase in requests for help this year, and almost 60 percent said the abuse has become more violent than before the recession.
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For example, retirees who were expecting a 3.5% increase in cost-of-living adjustments this year will receive no increase.
This is on top of a 34% increase in salaries for civil servants given earlier this year.
Ohio saw a 139% increase in the first quarter of this year over last.
Also, some analysts predict an increase in cars coming off leases this year will drive prices down.
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So far, we see an increase in the number of defaults this year, but most are small in size.
The proof: economic growth of 4.2% last year and a forecast for 5.1% growth this year, a 9% increase in exports and, with a 30% return last year, the world's fifth-best-performing stock market.
Look for a 20% increase in the number of foreclosure filings this year, says RealtyTrac.
Overall, the resort saw a 23 percent increase in skier visits this winter over last year, he said.
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