User fees for generic drugs: A foregone conclusion?

Drug Topics;  March 3, 1997 ;     671 words ...Now that user fees appear to be working well for brand-name...NAPM's board has decided to negotiate user fees with the FDA and Congress. Dissatisfied...NAPM members would consider paying user fees in return for performance guarantees from...

High fees eat away at 401(k)s

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 29, 2000 ;     457 words ...Fees are taking a bigger bite out of workers' 401(k) accounts...administrative expenses onto employees. A small increase in fees can siphon away tens of thousands of dollars from an account balance during an employee's working career. Higher fees hurt even more now as double-digit stock market returns ...

Reg fees up carrier revenue.(News)

RCR Wireless News;  August 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: DAN MEYER Regulatory fees have been a contentious item for both wireless carriers that claim...found up to 30-percent increases in wireless bills due to such fees. The fees first gained notoriety during the run-up to the implementation...

WHO'S TO BLAME FOR ABUSIVE DRIVER FEES?

Roanoke Times & World News;  July 22, 2007 ;     660 words ..."Civil remedial fees." Such an innocuous term to have started such an uproar. The hefty fees on certain traffic offenses -- part of a compromise...bill, very little ink was spent discussing the fees, and what little there was described them in pretty...

Fees may frustrate consumers, but extra costs not necessarily deceptive.

Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA);  November 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Laura Youngs Nov. 26--Fees. The word alone is enough to make many a consumer's blood boil...days, you can't get away from the ever-increasing number of fees. Overdraft fees. Tire disposal fees. Shop fees. Supply fees. Transaction fees...

User fees increasing across state

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ...User fees increasing across state Revenue rises 23...governments are increasingly turning to user fees to pay for services and operations, a new...or 21% of their total revenue, from user fees. "Since those 2001 statistics, there have...

Going Up and Not Coming Down; Condo Fees Are Escalating at a Shocking...

The Washington Post;  June 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Condo fees can vary dramatically, based on a building...age and amenities, among other factors. But fees tend to have one thing in common: They go...Utilities and insurance have [raised] condo fees into a whole new stratosphere," said Katie...

Study questions state use of user fees

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 29, 1991 ;     402 words ...SPRINGFIELD Illinois' reliance on user fees to pay for state programs grew dramatically...attention has been paid to how well the fees worked, the Illinois Tax Foundation reported...From 1977 through 1989, revenue from user fees grew 169 percent, while tax revenues grew...

DISTRICT 203 CONSIDERS RAISING STUDENT FEES

Sun Publications (IL);  April 16, 2000 ;     544 words ...An extra $1 in school registration fees may seem like small potatoes this year...a healthy balance, board members raised fees anyway, he says. The board is expected to vote Monday on whether to raise registration fees by $1, increase fees for 17 courses by...

Taxes unchanged? Keep eye on fees

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  August 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......difference between property taxes and user fees has become little more than a matter of...Front municipalities. In addition to using fees in place of taxes, many cities are charging...the Utah Taxpayers Association. But when fees are added into the equation, Utah ranks...

Employers switch retirement providers due to fees; They are No. 1 reason...

Investment News;  August 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Lisa Shidler Fees have become the No. 1 reason employers...that 30% of plan sponsors cited costs and fees as the primary reason for changing plan...the study was conducted. Then, costs and fees came in third at 18%. Poor service, at...

Va. Enacted Bad-Driver Fees Despite Red Flags

The Washington Post;  July 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Virginia lawmakers imposed steep new fees on bad drivers this year despite warning...suspended because they cannot afford the fees, and little evidence has emerged that such...states have sought to either repeal the fees or make major changes in how they are collected...

Parents dig deep for top schools' fees; SCHOOL FEES

The Press;  January 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ...SCHOOL FEES Independent schools' tuition fees nSt Andrew's College 2006 fees (including GST) Year 7-8 $10,353 Year 9-10 $11,760 Year 11-13 $12,267 n2005 fees (including GST) Year 7-8 $9,816 Year 9-10 $11,148 Year 11 $11,370 Year 12-13 $11,628 nSt...

Proposed Impact Fees Not Equal

Albuquerque Journal;  October 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ...* West Side fees would be 40 times higher for commercial or industrial projects Impact fees would vary widely across the city under proposed...discussed today at a City Council hearing. The impact fees for certain industrial projects on the West Side...

I'LL WRECK THE COALITION OVER TUITION FEES; LABOUR Lib Dem leader...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 11, 1999 ;     700+ words ...LABOUR say fees are necessary to fund planned increase of...also say 50 per cent of students pay no fees at all, and a further 20 per cent pay a...only 30 per cent of students will pay the fees.JIM Wallace threatened to wreck Scotland...