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Surprisingly, Mr Steinitz has raised VAT from 15.5% to 16.5% (but had to drop a proposal to levy it on fruit and vegetables), while embarking on a seven-year plan gradually to reduce company tax and income tax instead.
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The policy change was part of a broad organizational plan to gradually improve margins and reduce the impact of burgeoning subsidy costs.
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Most European companies now plan to gradually move over to 3G with upgrades to existing equipment that will double speeds to 20 kilobits per second, then double that.
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Under the current national development plan, state hospitals will gradually be run like companies, though as government-owned entities.
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The plan is to shrink it gradually from 2011, beginning with cuts worth some 0.4% of GDP next year.
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Mr. Ryan's plan, known as premium support, would gradually bring down health costs and spending, but it's a "cut" only in the sense of slowing the rate of growth.
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Once members of Philips's new money-purchase pension plan turn 50, their trustees switch their funds gradually into a combination of cash and derivatives.
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Its important to start slow and gradually in order to prevent injuries and to discuss your workout plan with your doctor, especially if you have coronary artery disease, diabetes or any chronic lung disease.
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The President made some very serious proposals, and I think, gradually, people are recognizing that and accepting that the President has had a plan and does have a plan.
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But as the disconnect keeps widening between what was promised and what actually happens as Obamacare plays out, disappointment will gradually give way to anger even among those who are on the fence about the plan.
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