Word: hikes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...charging a basic price of about $30 per bbl. for crude. Saudi Arabia refused to increase its rates for now, but Yamani hinted that he might raise them by $1 per bbl. to $4 per bbl. in order to unify OPEC prices. Some oil experts expect the Saudis to hike prices by about $2 per bbl. within a few weeks...
Mike Moore of Castle Rock, Wash., his wife Lu and their two daughters, four-year-old Bonnielu and three-month-old Terra Dawn, were on a hike along the Green River trail, about 13 miles north of Mount St. Helens, when the volcano erupted. "The sky turned as black as I've ever seen, and ash and pumice fell on us like black rain," said Lu Moore. "Then the air pressure changed, and our ears went...
...Korea's economic future. The country's highflying prosperity has recently slowed down. Unemployment has risen to 5.6% and is expected to pass 7% by the end of the year. Inflation has reached almost 20%. Last month workers at the Sabuk coal mines, demanding a 40% pay hike, rioted for three days; a policeman was killed and scores on both sides were injured before the miners settled for a 20% increase. Three weeks ago, the Tongmyung Timber Co. of Pusan, South Korea's largest plywood maker, went bankrupt, leaving liabilities of $106 million. Some...
...Carter Administration has both helped and hindered youths looking for their first jobs. It will be spending $3.5 billion this year to create a wide range of employment from trail building in national parks to neighborhood cleanup programs. But the Administration-backed hike in the minimum wage from $2.30 an hour in 1977 to the current $3.10 has hurt teen-age employment. At that rate, economists believe, many teen-agers are simply priced out of the market; businessmen, complaining that unskilled workers are not worth such salaries, are reluctant to hire them. What is more, some Administration job programs have...
...voters in that state's June 3 presidential primary, expressed their displeasure to DOE. The department then quickly overruled the Office of Hearings and Appeals decision and reversed the reversal. It is now considering two proposals that would raise the fees of North Slope Alaskan crude. Both would hike gasoline prices for refiners like Sohio but would lower prices for others. Meanwhile, Sohio has already raised gasoline prices a nickel a gallon...