The fuel economy rules, for example, have raised the price of minivans, pickup trucks and S.U.V.'s by limiting how many can be sold.
But China's military buildup and the increasing pressure it has been putting on its South China Sea neighbors — by frightening oil companies away from exploring off Vietnam, for example — have raised resentment.
But a number of the venture firms that have been in the business a long time – Index and Accel, for example – have raised funds in the last 6 months.
Dialysis companies, for example, have raised $53 million to fight a California proposition that would cap their profits at 15percentt.
Columbus, for example, has raised $90 million, officials there said.
The Bank of Thailand, for example, has raised interest rates six times in the past year.
Bank of America, for example, has raised billions recently by selling stakes in banks in Brazil and China.
New York, for example, has raised the retirement age for new hires.
The private managed-care option in Medicare, for example, has raised costs to the federal government.
Real Simple, for example, has raised its subscription prices 17percentt in the last four years and had an 18percentt rise in subscriptions.
