Most retailers are in a position to boost their profits, at least in the short term, by widening the gross margin--jacking up prices, that is.

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And even when governments raise the money, they should first get rid of deductions and reverse unmeritocratic measures (such as George Bush's repeal of America's death tax) rather than jacking up income-tax rates to punitive levels.

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On Oct. 30, the company announced that is was jacking up prices on its bromine-based chemicals.

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And RMT general secretary Bob Crow said train companies "with the collusion of the government, will be jacking up fares by up to 6% in the new year as they launch a full-frontal assault on passengers in the name of profit".

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The new player's video quality looks great, especially coming off a high def source, but the audio to the set was cut by between 25-35% on the passthrough, requiring jacking up the volume while watching television.

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And even though she had been cancer-free for more than a decade, the insurance companies kept on jacking up her rates, year after year.

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And if you -- as a small business or a large business -- are seeing premiums for your employees going up 15, 20 percent a year -- I've had letters from small businesses who said that their policy was jacking up their costs by as much as 48 percent.

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