The US government may be about to increase its budget aimed at stopping the spread of HIV in the developing world.

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Mr Armorgie admitted a recent loss of jobs in tourism and an increase in Sark's budget may affect the way people vote.

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Because the sequester did lower the official budget baseline, restoring cuts will look like a spending increase and may prove awkward for some Republicans.

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Moreover, although Mr Tremonti's repeated tax amnesties have seemed to keep annual budget deficits within bounds, the price of this may have been to increase Italy's already high level of tax evasion.

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To prevent a sharp increase in the budget deficit in the short term, the new government may eliminate research and development tax credits for businesses and reduce tax credits and government subsidies for the KiwiSaver retirement savings scheme.

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What the SFO will fear is that rather than increase its budget, she will conclude that the case against the SFO is now irrefutable and it may be time to put it out of its misery.

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