Dozens of countries have lowered energy taxes or taken other policy steps in response to Iran war
Over 100 countries have enacted energy policy changes in response to the Middle East conflict, from tax adjustments to fuel subsidies.
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Declining Newspaper Circulation
Daily newspaper circulation is down 10.6% compared with the same period a year earlier.
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Economic Woes
Fully 70% of Americans say they have faced one or more job or financial-related problems in the past year, up from 59% in February 2009.
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We Can Work it Out
Eight-in-ten Americans say Democrats and Republicans in Congress are not working together.
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Deficit Neutral
Americans are evenly split on whether spending more to help the economy recover or reducing the federal deficit should be a higher government priority.