Shanghai will raise the price ceiling on homes that qualify as "private ordinary homes" in a move that could spur sales, following a similar step by Beijing's municipal government in November.

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Dr. Pai said he and the Clinton group canvassed the Indian laboratory industry, convincing 27 of the 400 laboratories in the country to agree to a price ceiling on the diagnostics they purchased at the steep discount.

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In the downstairs powder room artist Tracey Price painted a celestial scene on the ceiling and a French countryside wall mural.

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That price then determines, and puts a ceiling on, how much they can afford to pay for acquiring and maintaining the trucks in their fleets.

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Dickie Wong, executive director of research at Kingston Securities in Hong Kong, said he was optimistic that an agreement on the U.S. debt ceiling would be reached because of the high price tag attached to failing to do so.

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Now, the White House has been very careful to put no price tag on the President's initiatives, but is there a cost ceiling that you'd impose on the efforts to boost jobs, given you're trying to cut deficits in the future?

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