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Business
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Tech
5/23/2023 10:19:23 PM
Netflix on Tuesday outlined how it intends to crack down on the rampant sharing of account passwords in the U.S., its latest bid to reel in more subscribers to its video streaming service amid a slowdown in growth.
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Business
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Energy
3/10/2023 3:34:43 PM
Total pay for BP's CEO more than doubled to $12 million last year, the energy giant said Friday, as soaring energy costs allowed oil and gas companies to rake in record profits while squeezing households and small businesses.
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World
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International
12/30/2022 1:33:30 PM
Britain's cost-of-living crisis has turned into a bitter winter in households trying to keep their energy bills down some lecture flatmates for keeping the lights on. Others move to better-heated homes.
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World
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Region
12/25/2022 3:42:25 PM
Driven mainly by soaring energy prices, inflation in the UK has been running high this whole year in 2022, reaching successive new records. In October, households paid 88.9 percent more on average for electricity, gas and other fuels than a year ago, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
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Business
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Economy
12/13/2022 9:57:50 PM
Inflation in the United States slowed again last month in the latest sign that price increases are cooling despite the pressures they continue to inflict on American households.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/7/2022 3:07:28 PM
Speeding up the transition to renewable energy can limit the chances of painfully sharp price increases, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Monday, as eurozone households come under pressure from soaring bills.
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World
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International
11/2/2022 10:52:41 PM
German officials have agreed on the main details of a plan to provide up to 200 billion euros ($198 billion) in subsidies to households and businesses to ease the strain of high gas, electricity and heating prices.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/26/2022 10:39:00 PM
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Wednesday increasing the minimum wage for public employees from EGP 2,700 to EGP 3,000 and maintaining current electricity prices for households through June 2023.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/24/2022 10:23:26 PM
In drought-hit Iraq, six out of 10 households have had their access to drinking water disrupted and a quarter of farmers have seen crop yields drastically fall this year, said a survey published Monday.
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Business
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Energy
10/20/2022 3:03:28 PM
Households and businesses across Europe have struggled with high electricity prices for months, though they have fallen since late August peaks.
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Business
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International
10/13/2022 3:38:01 PM
Inflation in the United States accelerated in September, with the cost of housing and other necessities intensifying pressure on households, wiping out pay gains that many have received and ensuring that the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates aggressively.
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World
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Region
10/3/2022 11:02:55 AM
Turkey's annual inflation reached a new 24-year high of 83.45 percent in September, according to official data on Monday, pushing the cost of essential goods higher and further hitting households already facing high energy, food and housing costs.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
9/20/2022 3:22:30 PM
Sweden's central bank on Tuesday raised its key interest rate by a full percentage point to 1.75 percent, saying inflation is "too high'' and "is undermining households' purchasing power and making it more difficult for both companies and households to plan their finances.''
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Business
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Economy
9/13/2022 3:26:15 PM
Sharply lower prices for gas and cheaper used cars slowed U.S. inflation in August for a second straight month, though many other items rose in price, indicating that inflation remains a heavy burden for American households.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
3/29/2022 12:33:00 PM
Egyptian households are to pay more for butane gas cylinders following a price increase this week.
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Business
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Economy
3/14/2022 1:19:16 PM
Households across North Africa are rushing to stock up on flour, semolina and other staples as food prices rise following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, both key wheat exporters to the region.
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World
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International
1/12/2022 2:42:38 PM
Sweden announced Wednesday it had earmarked some 6 billion kronor ($661 million) for a temporary scheme to help the most affected households across the Scandinavian country to cope with high electricity bills this winter.
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World
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International
1/11/2022 7:05:04 PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a wave of public and political outrage on Tuesday over allegations that he and his staff flouted coronavirus lockdown rules by holding a garden party in 2020 while Britons were barred by law from meeting up with more than one person outside their households.
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World
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International
9/10/2021 3:29:22 PM
The World Food Programme warned that a massive 93 percent of households in the conflict-wracked country were not consuming a sufficient amount of food
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
7/13/2021 9:27:09 PM
The hike in the cost of livestock has forced thousands of Egyptian households to buy sukuk to celebrate Bairam, reports Reem Leila
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