Not exact matches
Higher taxes on alcohol and tobacco
products: the excise duty rate on cigarettes goes up to $ 21.56 per carton
of smokes from $ 21.03,
while the rates on alcohol are going up two per
cent.
The Australian Bureau
of Statistics said last week that gross domestic
product expanded 1.1 per
cent in the first three months
of the year,
while year - on - year headline growth accelerated to 3.1 per
cent, its fastest pace in almost four years.
While talk two years ago was that Gillette was under pressure from the rise
of hipster beards and cheaper blades, Procter & Gamble's most recent quarterly sales show grooming sales were up 9 per
cent because
of price rises and better sales
of higher - margin
products.
While certified organic food
products contain at least 95 per
cent organic ingredients certified under several international organic standards, they also contain a small proportion
of natural ingredients sourced from vegetable, mineral or marine renewable sources.
A basket
of 33 budget private label
products at Coles cost 8.3 per
cent more than a similar basket at Aldi,
while a basket
of Woolworths» cheapest private label goods cost 5.7 per
cent more than a similar Aldi basket.
One in two
of the Woolworths Select brand is now imported,
while the supermarket's premium brand, Macro, carries 85 per
cent Australian
products.
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While pharmacies sold a small number
of canned foods for infants for about 35
cents a can, the Gerbers» new business plan included selling their
product in general grocery stores for 15
cents a can.63
According to a Y Soft survey on 3D printing usage in educational institutions, 67 per
cent of IT staff polled said that
while their 3D printing
products were generally working well, there were areas where improvements could be made.
More traditional technologies such as laptops were considered to be very useful to 49 per
cent of primary schools and 34 per
cent of secondary schools
while budgetary constraints appear to have led many schools to feel they are unable to afford innovative new
products and approaches.
In the recent credit market turmoil, those who still hold the
products will have suffered some paper losses
while others who have bailed out have lost up to 60 per
cent of their investment.
For example,
while fakes and pellets manufactured for goldfish and koi should not be fed to tropicals — these
products contain a significant percentage
of carbohydrates, which are poorly utilized by most fish, except for domestic goldfish and koi — customers may see the lower price and try to save themselves a few
cents.
While Sony Europe has went on the record to say that they will not be raising the price
of the PS3, the official word from a Sony UK spokesperson is: «The precise level
of price increases has not yet been agreed, but it is likely that the vast majority
of products affected will see increases
of significantly less than 33 per
cent.
«The company sends 35 per
cent of its
products to Germany, and another 25 per
cent to Spain,
while its home market
of China takes up only 10 per
cent.