Worse, the army appeared to have gained nothing from it.

ECONOMIST: Sri Lanka

But, as with his income-tax cuts, the prime minister seems to have gained nothing from his announcement shortly before the elections that he would start bringing the troops home.

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If the Treasury chooses to claw back the additional revenues that local authorities earn from charges by reducing the overall sums going to transport, nothing worthwhile will have been gained.

ECONOMIST: Transport