households spent 20-40 percent of their rebates on non-durable goods during the three-month period in which their rebates were received and roughly another third of their rebates during the subsequent three-month period. 
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Protesters march towards the Presidential Office for a rally in Taipei in Taipei August 30, 2008. Demonstrators marking Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou's 100th day in office gathered on Saturday to protest against the government's poor performance on the economy and to demand more to be done for the country's sovereignty.
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Generous rebates are offered at a Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge dealership in Torrance, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving U.S. prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years, according to government data released Tuesday. The Labor Department reported that wholesale prices shot up 1.2 percent in July, pushed higher by rising costs for energy, motor vehicles and other products.
Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero addresses the media during a news conference at Moncloa Palace August 14, 2008. The Spanish government on Friday approved the elimination of inheritance taxes and rebates on value added taxes to inject 7.8 billion euros into the ailing economy it is battling to save from contraction.
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Amgen will stop giving rebates to cancer clinics prescribing its anemia drug Aranesp to avoid what it called the "possible misperception" the payments encouraged overuse.
Amgen also will change pricing for two other cancer drugs, Neulasta and Neupogen,
DURHAM - Durham is offering $100 rebates to people who replace their existing toilets with high-efficiency models.
Residential water customers are eligible for the rebates on a first-come, first-served basis, city officials said today.
The city's
Several Middle Tennessee communities are eligible to receive money from the state for their recycling efforts.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is preparing to give $600,000 in recycling rebates to 11 counties, and four are in
At least two hotels in Santa Fe are offering rebates to ease the pain of high gas prices.
Park Inn is offering a $20 gas rebate check for guests who stay a minimum of two nights at any Park Inn location in the U.S. and Canada through September 30. The
WATERLOO --- City Council members are leaning toward refunding building permit fees to flood victims.
But a work session Monday revealed the city leaders are divided over just how much they're willing to give back.
Councilmen Ron Welper and Reggie
The Major two players for today are the Euro Zone and the United States competing to steal the light from each other.
Though we are going to start with the Zone, the Unemployment rate will hold at 7.3% in August, clearing the strength of the zones
U.S. gross domestic product increased at a 3.3 percent annual pace in the April-June quarter, according to the Commerce Department. That was the best showing since the third quarter of 2007, beating the government's earlier estimates of a 1.9 percent
However, some economists questioned whether those factors can sustain economic growth through the second half of the year and into 2009.
In addition, the global economy is starting to slow, which could dampen the appetite for U.S. goods abroad. That
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households spent 20-40 percent of their rebates on non-durable goods during the three-month period in which their rebates were received and roughly another third of their rebates during the subsequent three-month period.
was said
in Slate
When you see people are getting rebates when they have obviously fallen down through fatalities or (safety) convictions, that doesn't jive ... The good (companies) wind up paying rebates to people who are not performing well.
said Steve Mahoney
in Toronto Star
