Few families anywhere can survive such a drastic drop in their available income.
So the question for Centrica's board is really about British Gas's responsibilities in a time of economic stagnation, when millions of people feel their available income is being squeezed.
Even more devastating, however, is that fact that, for low-income women, the welfare state has come to represent a viable alternative to marriage to the available low-income men.
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This is not beneficial for the summer months, the cost of gasoline on the road, the amount of consumer disposable income available for other purchases.
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Truth be known, the overwhelming majority of elderly Americans have little but Social Security to depend upon and, like it or not, Social Security is the most certain source of retirement income available at this time.
Many of the retail and service establishments available in higher-income areas, such as grocery stores, often are not available to LMI people because they tend not to be located in LMI places.
Low-to-moderate income borrowers marshaling every available resource to buy a home do not have the disposable income necessary to implement these FHA initiatives.
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Or even if there were a credit available against that corporate income tax already paid.
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Still, floating-rate bond funds may be the best fixed-income deal available in an environment of rising short-term interest rates.
The idea behind the project is that active transportation and recreation options are not always easy available to low-income communities.
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The taxpayer could have elected to carry the net operating loss forward, in which case it would be available to shelter future income.
Another Obama proposal is Promise Neighborhoods, which would make grants available to low-income communities to start comprehensive education and parenting programs similar to New York's successful Harlem Children's Zone program.
General financial support is also available to low-income households.
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Several senators sent a letter to Social Security officials on Tuesday, expressing worry that a section of the Web site which offered information on an individual's annual income and available benefits was vulnerable to misuse.
If some day you do reach the happy position of achieving your retirement savings objectives, you can reduce stress even further by putting some of that money into a low-cost annuity that will guarantee you a certain level of income for the rest of your life (options that cover a surviving spouse, or are indexed for inflation, are available but reduce annual income).
Good news for upper-bracket investors: beginning in 2010, a magnificent tax-planning device known as the Roth conversion will be available to savers in all income groups.
If strategies are available to get more monthly income with no risk or requirement to add capital, why not find the loophole and take advantage of it?
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Furthermore, almost all low-income countries with available data highlight a wide disparity in antibiotic use for suspected childhood pneumonia between the poorest and richest sections of the population.
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Even if computers owned by the poor are a few technological generations behind, and even if low-income families go into debt to afford their internet service, online access is available to more families every year regardless of income.
This year, L. will launch an outreach program in East Africa that will give women the chance to earn an income while making contraception available in their communities.
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Additionally, your available credits are limited to the earned income credit or the nontaxable combat pay election.
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But the productive opportunities available to everyone, including lower-income people, are reduced by higher levels of taxation.
As a result, some judges added costs for lifestyle expenses on top of the awards, in some cases based on income that was no longer available.
According to publicly available financial information, while Google's income from operations grew 59% per year over the last two years, Yahoo!'
In Massachusetts, taxpayers are exempt from the mandate-associated penalties if the lowest premiums available to them exceed a certain fraction of income.
If my assistant or nurse is tracking me down after fielding a phone call, they are not available to perform work that will lead to income.
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He founded Benchmark Solutions in 2009 to provide a similar level of price transparency in the fixed income and derivatives markets as is available in the equities markets.
Further help is also available for parents, carers and those on low income.
If the American electorate decides that income redistribution is the best that is available during an election season, they will vote Democrat.
The market for cosmetic surgery extends surprisingly far down the income scale, thanks to readily-available credit (nips and tucks can often be paid for in ten instalments).
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