In addition, Parliament is expected to pass a law levying a tax on 100% of profits from properties sold within one year of purchase, on two-thirds of the gain in the second year and on one-third in the third year.
The increase for a coming year is based on inflation between the third quarter of the prior year and the third quarter of the current year, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W. In the third quarter of 2008 energy prices and the CPI-W spiked, giving beneficiaries a hefty 5.8 % COLA for 2009.
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Sports, Pistons coach Lawrence Frank reportedly told team owner Tom Gores and general manager Joe Dumars that he wasn't interested in leading the team for a third year if the fourth year on his contract was not picked up.
This is down 5% on the previous year but is still the third highest amount since the scheme began.
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It doesn't seem much to ask that other journalists -- and why not also political leaders and willing members of the public -- should stop for a minute's silence on one day each year, May the third, to pay tribute and reflect on the courage of those who have died for our right to know.
The Jets also receive a conditional fourth-round pick in next year's draft that will become a third-rounder if Revis, who is coming off a torn ligament in his left knee, is on the Buccaneers' roster on the third day of the 2014 league year.
Manpower, America's largest temp agency, experienced flat sales in the fourth quarter of last year, down from 7% growth year-on-year in the third quarter, as demand from manufacturers plummeted.
The year-on-year fall in oil prices is likely to be steepest in the third quarter next year, when the base will be this summer's peak.
Top of the list was Spain, where 54% of those sampled said they had discussed unemployment recently, an increase of one-third on the previous year's BBC poll.
The U.S. solar boom rolled on in the third quarter with installations jumping 44% over the previous year to 684 megawatts and is on track to end 2012 with a record 3, 200 megawatts, according to a report released Tuesday.
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And Resnick, whose term on the bench ends this year, has opted to seek a third term on the state Supreme Court rather than embark on a risky Senate race.
While the figure was an improvement on last year, it was the third lowest total for April on record.
The device will go on sale in the third-quarter of the year but will be in working model form earlier, in the second-quarter, says Lin.
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Meanwhile, figures released by Edinburgh City Council show the Royal Mile had its busiest ever week during the Edinburgh Festival, with footfall up by more than a third on last year in the first three weeks of August.
The economy has slowed, growing by 9.1% (year-on-year) in the third quarter, compared with 9.6% in the quarter before.
The American, who has won the Australian Open five times, downplayed suggestions that she could win all four grand slams this year and take her total to 19 -- which would put the 31-year-old equal third on the alltime list.
Both countries - which run the biggest economies in the eurozone - are on target to breach the deficit ceiling for the third year running.
Larkin, a 12-time All-Star and one-time National League MVP, was elected in his third year on the ballot.
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Revenues have been on the decline for a third straight year, even with strong growth in digital imaging segment.
By his third year on the same George Strait tour, his song "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" had broken out.
FedEx Express reported a sharp 13% decline in international priority freight revenues, while international air freight revenues fell by 17% year-on-year during the third quarter.
Despite finding water on the third, the 33-year-old pitched to three feet to save par and birdied three of the next four holes to move into pole position.
After a relatively quiet 2008, the band say they can't wait to get back out on the road when the third album comes out in the New Year.
Extensive art work including character designs, costume designs, and set designs were all developed by a top team of concept artists and designers who worked for more than a year on the third floor design studio at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch's main house on the project.
The opposition lacked the strength to sustain a national strike against Mr Chavez called by private business and the main trade-union confederation on October 21st, the third such stoppage within a year.
Nissan senior vice president Andy Palmer said the car would go on sale later this year and the UK was the third country to produce the car after Japan and the United States.
The best discovery of the tour was an unknown viewing pavilion on the third-storey of the John Lewis department store in the year-old Westfield Stratford mall.
"The industry needed a boost and strong competition in the last quarter helped registrations top the previous year, making 2000 the third highest on record, " said SMMT's chief executive Christopher Macgowan.
Residential power demand is on track to fall for the third straight year, according to the government.
In December, sales fell for the third consecutive month on a year-to-year basis.
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