How could we ever truly protect New York City from a rising sea, or build it up higher above the threatening waters?

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Although they can shop around for the cheapest deal, they have little choice but to put up with higher prices if premiums are rising in the industry.

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As Japan moved into higher-value exports, rising productivity pushed up wages, making old industries, such as textiles, uncompetitive.

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Markets had a weak open Monday as talk of spending cuts to address the rising national deficit pushed short-term bond yields up slightly higher.

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Most of us would define recovery as GDP growth, rising employment, higher incomes, and a stock market going up 10% a year.

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House prices in Britain are rising fast, creating fears of higher inflation unless interest rates go up.

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Paradoxically, he said, the best way to get interest rates up is to keep them from rising too quickly, as sustainable higher returns require a stronger economy.

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Business users will also face higher prices, starting at about 18 percent for agricultural users and rising up to 50 percent for industrial firms.

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The prospect of less competition for advertising revenue sent television channel shares higher on Tuesday, with TF1 up 8.9% and M6 rising 5.7%.

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Much of the bill is funded by a gas tax, but the gas tax has not gone up in years on account of rising gasoline prices and fears that raising taxes would translate into higher prices at the pump for Americans, not for oil companies.

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