One by one, Virgin assiduously attached itself to British Airways' most profitable routes: Los Angeles, Boston, Tokyo.. The "flag carrier" was forced to raise its game without raising its fares, to the benefit of UK travellers.
Diageo generates the largest part of its sales, about a third, in North America, where it recently benefited by raising its prices and increasing its marketing spending.
Since the economy took a new turn for the worse after Sept. 11, California has raised its unemployment benefits by as much as $100 a week.
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer issued a report that showed that allowing New York City to raise its minimum wage would benefit hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and generate $6 billion in new wages -- much of which would lead to increased spending, helping to create new jobs and making our economy stronger.
That means they were embracing a plan which would cut Social Security benefits and raise its retirement age.
However, doubts have been raised regarding its benefits and safety.
The party has gone suspiciously quiet recently about its policies on raising child benefit, along with the whole swathe of welfare state reforms it is committed to.
Tribes Hill, a two-year old group of musicians based in the historic Hammond House in Valhalla, is holding an outdoor fund-raising concert for its benefit on Saturday from 1 to 9 p.m. at the house, co-sponsored by the Mountain Stage New Song Festival.
Uncharacteristically, Kate threw herself into the details of raising money, benefit concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.
President Bush is to recommend raising the benefit for survivors of military personnel killed in combat to $100,000, from $12,420.
Sweden boosted its birth rate in the early 1990s by raising tax benefits for mothers.
