• Although he is the pedestrian's friend (he has travelled by foot and Tube for years), he is not necessarily the motorist's enemy (a threat to levy charges on cars entering inner London has grown vaguer as the election has approached).

    ECONOMIST: Mayor Ken

  • For instance, outfits that act as matchmakers for lonely hearts (dating clubs, singles bars, and so on) often levy higher charges on men than on women.

    ECONOMIST: Economics focus

  • Clinton and the White House filed a motion in federal district court on February 1, 1999, calling on the court to levy contempt charges against Starr's office for disclosing grand jury information.

    CNN: Documents allege Bakaly leaked to the press

  • Your plan may levy additional charges as well.

    FORBES: New Rules Provide Greater 401(k) Transparency

  • From today Three moves away from a world of data allowances, to give The One Plan customers all-you-can-eat data, challenging the limited offers and additional charges other operators levy on smartphone users.

    ENGADGET: Three's The One Plan serves up all-you-can-eat data in the UK

  • Pressure is mounting on Apple over subscription charges it plans to levy on some mobile content.

    BBC: People in front of an iPad advert

  • But in addition to a flat per-gallon charge, a majority of states levy other taxes, including state, county or local sales taxes, plus various environmental and other charges.

    FORBES: State Gas Tax Guzzlers

  • British hauliers, who face similar charges when their lorries travel in the EU, will also have to pay the UK levy, but vehicle excise duty will be cut to compensate.

    BBC: HGV Road User Levy Bill

  • So, what this bank levy does is, essentially, charge an insurance premium for the insurance coverage on offer: and charges it only on those deposits which are not already insured and paying an insurance fee under other schemes.

    FORBES: Taxing Bank Profits: I Wish People Would Understand This

  • The six states with the highest current per-gallon charges--California, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, Michigan and Indiana--all levy taxes based on a percentage of the price of gasoline, meaning when the cost of gas goes up, the state's tax take per gallon goes up too.

    FORBES: State Gas Tax Guzzlers

  • It is a hard question to answer in Britain, where the new Labour government is poised to levy a windfall tax on privatised utilities, where the electricity regulator will impose a tighter cap on electricity distribution charges in 2000, and where competition in the supply of electricity to domestic consumers is due to start next year.

    ECONOMIST: Intoxicated by power

  • GATT's formation but even the most open economies retain lofty barriers: for instance, America still charges a tariff of 14.6% on imports of clothing, five times higher than its average levy.

    ECONOMIST: Fifty years on | The

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