In February the new government took the tough decision to raise the price of fuel by 64%.

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Last year they tried to hold a public hunger strike in protest at the government's decision to raise the price of petrol overnight by 1, 600%.

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The duties are likely to raise the price of shrimp to the American consumer by 44%, but trade rows do an administration little harm in an election year.

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If you want people to use less gas then raise the price of it by increasing taxation on it.

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The suit argues that the merger will allow Anheuser to raise prices on its existing Budweiser and Bud Light brands by also raising the price of Corona and Corona Light.

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The decision was warmly received by the VoIP industry, where growth has been haunted by the specter of regulation, which threatened to raise the price of calls and reduce the profitability of service providers.

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It is not clear whether the president's aim is renationalisation: she would find it hard to raise the funds, although her threats have depressed YPF's share price by 14% this year.

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Zimbabwe's fuel shortage was driven in large part by the government setting the price of gas at 20 cents a gallon and refusing to raise it.

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