Word: fee
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...that the council missed its best opportunity for a fee hike last year...
Before last year's referendum, the council could have tried to raise the fee without a referendum, proposed that the bill be indexed for inflation or pushed Lewis harder on a unilateral increase...
...many immigrants granted amnesty by Congress. Although these individuals have lived in the country for decades, they could be deported at any time simply because the INS erred in processing their applications. The bill would also have allowed immigrants changing their legal status to pay a $1,000 fee and remain in the country while applying, rather than have to leave the U.S. and reapply for admission. Finally, it would have granted to Haitians and many other Central Americans who fled repressive governments the same status that is currently granted to Nicaraguans and Cubans who fled similar circumstances. The Republican...
Consumer advocates like former Senator Howard Metzenbaum, chairman of the Consumer Federation of America, hope that a government win might lead to a shake-up in interest rates, which this summer hit a six-year peak of 17.8%. Interest rates and penalty fees have shot up over the past several years, as issuers scramble to compensate for the growing number of Americans--now a majority--who clear their balances every month to avoid such charges. The fee system is at issue in several other cases involving the behemoths...
...phalanx of the nation's largest retailers--Wal-Mart, Sears, Roebuck & Co., and the Limited among them--are suing Visa and MasterCard, saying they too were overcharged. The merchants will argue before a federal judge in Brooklyn that they are forced to accept and pay an artificially high fee on debit-card sales. They hope to wring $8.1 billion from the defendants in this class action--a number that would triple, if they win, under federal antitrust...