Regarding rising pension costs, Mr. Pataki implored Mr. Hevesi, the sole trustee of the state's pension fund, to implement some or all of the governor's half-dozen ideas to cap the costs or spread them out over time.
And realizing that playing off hatred of Chávez would only get him so far, he offered a plan for improving the lives of Venezuelans, especially regarding rising prices and insecurity — some of Argentines' main concerns, too, according to opinion surveys.
Retail discounts helped keep pessimism at bay but consumers maintained a bleak outlook regarding rising prices.
Earnings season did little to encourage stock buying in April, as skittish investors have become increasingly trigger-happy amid concerns regarding rising inflation and a stagnant economy.
Ingram Micro's revised outlook announcement echoed Dell 's concerns regarding rising costs but slowing sales although the computer company didn't make guidance adjustments.
It's entirely possible that the current bullish environment will continue and volatility will fall making all this consternation I'm hearing regarding rising $VIX and $OEX a moot point.
Insurance controversies, ill-run city services, and bleak news from scientists regarding rising seas and sinking soils, conspired further to complicate decision-making processes.
Indeed the findings of the regression analyses regarding rising tones may have been even stronger if the high (45) tone was classed as a rising rather than a level tone (as it is traditionally labeled).
With regard to rising players' salaries Mawhinney added: "In 2007/08 in the Championship, research from Deloitte shows that clubs spent an average of 87% of revenue on players' wages.
The proposed rule "appears to be more about desirability rather than reliability or feasibility," he said, "with little regard for rising consumer prices, the effects on jobs, and the impact on the reliability of our electric grid".
