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‘Call to back minimum alcohol price’
MSPs have been urged to seize a “historic opportunity” and back Scottish Government proposals to introduce a minimum alcohol price.
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Chicago’s, Jumpin’ Jaks and Liquid and Envy come to alcohol price agreement
NIGHTCLUBS in Stevenage Leisure Park have agreed that no alcoholic drink will be sold for less than £1.50 to avoid irresponsibly cheap deals.
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Raising Alcohol Price Essential To Address Binge Drinking, New Zealand
Research showing that some alcohol is now cheaper than bottled water, published in today’s New Zealand Medical Journal, is very concerning and backs the view that price rises are an essential part of addressing binge drinking, says the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA). “We were disappointed when the Government ruled out raising excise tax on alcohol, as recommended by the Law Commission …
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Jeers and cheers for alcohol price hike
Thursday, October 7th, 2010 14:05:00 KUALA LUMPUR: Following higher duties imposed on tobacco last week, the Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca) and Consumers Association of Subang and Shah Alam (Cassa) say a higher “sin tax” on alcohol will not be fair. “It is not a crime to consume alcohol,” said Fomca president Datuk N. Marimuthu. “There is no need to ‘put a gun to alcohol …
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Price of underage drinking costly in many ways
By EMILY WILLIAMS Messenger Intern $1.7 billion. That’s how much Tennesseans spent in 2007 on medical care, work loss and pain and suffering caused by underage drinking.
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Tesco backs alcohol price limits
Supermarket chain Tesco says it wants to see curbs on the sale of cheap alcohol during this Parliament.
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Amazon, publishers strike new e-book price deals
SAN FRANCISCO—Amazon.com Inc. has reached new agreements with some publishers that had been fed up with the low prices Amazon charges for electronic books that go with its Kindle e-reader. This comes just as Apple Inc. is about to launch its competing iPad device.
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Holly Cara Price: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherie Currie, Ex-Runaway, On Life After Being A Cherry Bomb
1975 was pretty much a cultural wasteland in the United States for rock and roll. After the innovation and excitement of the 60′s, the 70′s…
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Piper Jaffray’s Munster: Amazon should cut Kindle price in face of iPad launch, glowing reviews
With the Apple iPad getting glowing reviews with sales scheduled to launch Saturday morning…
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Motorists ignore pedestrian and pay the price
A day after crossing the street dozens of times in a giant bunny costume to catch drivers in a crosswalk sting, Glendale police officer Tom Broadway was back at it on Thursday, | See photo gallery .
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iPad effect? Amazon, publishers in new e-book price deals
Kindle users can expect to pay more than they do now
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Amazon, publishers in new e-book price deals
Amazon.com Inc. has reached new agreements with some publishers that had been fed up with the low prices Amazon charges for electronic books that go with its Kindle e-reader. This comes just as Apple Inc. is about to launch its competing iPad device. Simon &… Apple – Amazon.com – IPad – E-book – Simon & Schuster
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Apple iBooks Sets $9.99 Price Point; Adds 20,000 Freebies
In the ongoing war between online bookstores, price is key. And Apple’s iBooks electronic bookstore is apparently wading into battle, according to a report, with $9.99 bestseller pricing and easy access to the Project Gutenberg online book repository.
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Apple iPad’s iBookstore to Carry 30,000 Free Public Domain Books, Challenge Kindle on Bestseller Price
First up: the freebie. Since the iPad supports the open standard epub format, we had assumed that there would be some way to get public domain books onto the device–and a screenshot of the iBookstore confirms that not only will it be possible, but, as reported by AppAdvice , Apple is simply popping the free catalog from Project Gutenberg into the store. The rules for public domain books …
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Pulse: Will Amazon drop the Kindle’s price?
With the the iPad arriving in April, and Sony dropping the price on its Reader Pocket Edition, some are speculating that Amazon will give the Kindle a price chop.
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Will Amazon drop the Kindle’s price?
With the the iPad arriving April 3–and Sony dropping the price on its Reader Pocket Edition–some are speculating that Amazon will give the Kindle a price chop.
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The price of tinkering with a Munster final
Outgoing Munster Council chairman Jimmy O’Gorman predicts challenging times ahead for the GAA. Colm O’Connor reports.
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New Freescale Chip Could Price Kindles to Move
Freescale Semiconductor, an ARM licensee and the company responsible for the chips used in the majority of e-book readers, has developed some new silicon that it claims could drive prices of the devices down to below $150 before the end of this year.
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Freescale’s new chip aims to lower e-reader price tag
Freescale Semiconductor says its newest chip will help drive down prices in the next generation of electronic readers, which analysts say is key to the devices gaining mass adoption.
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