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This is in explicit contradiction of the "fair fuel stabiliser" approach propounded during the last parliament, when ministers explained why – time and again – they had cancelled planned petrol duty rises in the face of rising oil costs.

And while the Civil War-era hoax had to use crude tools (war is going badly, gold rises in the face of bad news), Internet-fueled falsehoods and day-trading sites allow for highly tailored rumors to be quickly amplified and exploited.

Some traders said that yesterday's rise in stock prices in the face of sour earnings reports suggested that sellers might be moving aside.

The shocking fact is how slowly wages are rising in the face of severe labor shortages.

But technology stocks, which have continued to rise in the face of a broad-based decline this year, edged lower yesterday.

Home construction in America dropped to a two-year low in July, as sales slowed and inventories rose in the face of higher mortgage rates.

David Cameron performed a surprising U-turn last night and claimed that MPs should accept a £7,000 pay rise in the face of opposition from the public.

It is hard to see how productivity would rise in the face of spending cuts that Mr Osborne outlined in his Road to Wigan Pier Autumn Statement, cuts which are unprecedented in living memory.

The announcement by the Fed, which was made Tuesday, was a double plus for the bond market, where investors expect interest rates to decline, and prices to rise, in the face of weak economic growth and low or declining inflation.

However, she said she believed support for independence – which has increased slightly since last year's vote – would "continue to rise" in the face of the Conservative Party's austerity policies and the likely renewal of the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent, which is based in Scotland.

Game attendances have actually been rising in the face of above inflation increments in ticket prices.