Sentences with phrase «exorbitant increases»

I'm sure if my spouse received such an exorbitant increase in income I could afford a few furlough days without complaint.

Any estate worth # 50,000 or more will pay significantly higher fees than under the present system, with estates exceeding # 2 million facing an exorbitant increase of 12,900 per cent in the fees payable.

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Her comments came shortly after the Senate Committee on Aging asked Mylan to provide information on the reasoning behind what it called the «drastic» price increase of EpiPen, and the American Medical Association «urge [d]» Mylan to «rein in these exorbitant costs.»

The MAN president said that the increase, if not reversed, would also make the cost of finished commodity to be too exorbitant for Lagosians to afford.

«We're in danger of bankrupting localities around the state,» said Cuomo, who says if there were no pension reform there would be «exorbitant» tax increases or mass lay offs.

Contracts for the most prized varieties of tulip exchanged hands for exorbitant prices that increased 20-fold in three months — and then collapsed before a single bulb changed hands.

The exorbitant costs of broadband would make subsidizing broadband unsustainable (Marwell thinks that reaching lower price points would actually require increasing competition among telecom providers and a broader set of federal E-Rate policy reforms).

Through a series of beyond activist decisions, courts mandated exorbitant funding increases and other interventions.

There certainly could be some issues with authors offering individual book chapters at exorbitant prices to increase revenue by strong borrow volume.

In addition, the insurance rates may increase to such an exorbitant rate that you can not afford the insurance coverage needed to protect your family.

According to Kershaw, the reasons for the significant increase in how long it takes to save a 20 % down payment for a home purchase are: the current weakened economy, the flattening of incomes over the years and a fiscal environment characterized by exorbitant costs.

Team The gallery will vacate 47 Wooster Street at the end of this month for the usual reason — an exorbitant rent increase.

As rents increased and more & more artists came seeking fame & fortune, our scene grew to include Chelsea, Williamsburg, Harlem, the Bowery — anywhere the rents were not yet exorbitant.

Furthermore, «many studies show that the total share of renewable energies in the electricity mix can not go beyond 30 - 40 % without leading to an exorbitant cost of electricity and increasing emissions of greenhouse gases.»

This is partly owing to the continued globalisation of commerce, as well as the increasing enthusiasm of some prosecutors to use expansive theories of corporate criminal liability to extract exorbitant penalties against corporations as a deterrent, and public pressure to hold individuals accountable for the misconduct.

Many diabetics would not qualify for life insurance or when they did the premiums would be exorbitant to compensate for increased risk of the condition.

The exorbitant price of Apple's iPhone X and Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 contributed to an increase in the av...

Bitcoin maximalists have long counted on the Lightning Network and its off - chain transaction solution to fix the network's increasing scaling issues and exorbitant transfer costs — but it seems this dream might not be as close to reality as the blockchain community wishes.

While the iPhone SE is cheaper than the iPhone 6s by $ 100, many users who entered the Apple market with the SE could see the iPhone 6s as an opportunity to get a size upgrade without an exorbitant price increase.

In their view this will increase competition and reduce what they feel are exorbitant commission rates.

On the eve of a multi-state rally to «Stop the Exorbitant Rise in Flood Insurance Premiums,» Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement: «I am outraged by the increased costs of flood insurance premiums that have resulted from the Biggert - Waters Act.