price increases

The City of Austin’s proposed $2.8 billion budget for the 2009 fiscal year includes cutbacks, hiring freezes and price increases.

Thousands of layoffs, hundreds of grounded planes and 21 price increases may not have been enough to save the embattled airline industry from the damaging effects of high fuel prices.

President Mubarak proposes a salary increase of 30% for public sector employees to compensate for recent price increases.