Inflation sticks at 2.7% as gas and electricity price rises continue to squeeze householdsExpenses: The cost of food and drink continued to rise between November and December, inflation figures showInflation held at the same level for a third consecutive month in December, as the effect of falling prices at the petrol pumps was cancelled out by rises in gas and electricity bills.The official consumer...
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Rising natural gas prices and low inventories boost stocks of producers, drillersNEW YORK (AP) -- Rising natural gas prices helped natural gas-focused companies on Thursday.Prices rose after a new government report showed that the amount of natural gas in storage shrank more than expected last week, although inventories are still at higher-than-usual levels.Natural gas prices were up 10 cents to $3.82...
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Peters from British Gas told the BBC the profit and price rises were "not connected"British Gas has reported a rise in profits for 2012 after colder weather led to people using more gas.Profits from its residential energy supply arm rose 11% from a year earlier to £606m. It said gas consumption had risen by 12%.But there has been some criticism that the company increased its prices in November when...
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GAS prices are expected to rise by nearly 10 per cent next year, the NSW independent pricing tribunal is expected to announce.The Independent Pricing and Remuneration Tribunal will on Tuesday report that the average gas bill will rise by an average of 9.5 per cent or more than $900 a year, according to News Ltd.Volatility in the market for rising gas prices is being singled out as the major reason...
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settings.Gas prices are expected to rise by nearly 10 per cent next year, the NSW independent pricing tribunal is expected to announce.The Independent Pricing and Remuneration Tribunal will on Tuesday report that the average gas bill will rise by an average of 9.5 per cent or more than $900 a year, according to News Ltd.Volatility in the market for rising gas prices is being singled out as the major...
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price of town gas is going up for households from next month, after a rise in fuel prices....
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settings.Home prices recorded their second consecutive monthly rise in July as the effect of recent interest rate cuts filtered into the market, but prices rose more slowly than a month earlier.RP Data-Rismark's capital city home price index rose 0.6 per cent in July following a 1 per cent rise in June which ended months of flat to lower prices.Prices rose 1.2 per cent in Sydney and 1.4 per cent in...
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price of town gas is going up for households from next month, after a rise in fuel prices. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEEThe price of town gas is going up for households from next month, after a rise in fuel prices.City Gas, which pipes gas into roughly 50 per cent of households here, said yesterday that the gas tariff for households would be increased by 3.3 per cent from May 1 - from 21.45 cents to 22.16...
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Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has said that despite its recent cut in electricity prices, rising wholesale gas costs will make supplying energy to UK households more expensive this year.It said gas costs would be 15% higher next winter, while other costs would add another £50 to the cost of supplying energy to the average home.The price cut came after a 16% rise in electricity prices and an 18%...
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settings.Hard on the heels of steep rises in household electricity prices, gas prices are set to follow suit, with AGL seeking to raise prices by more than 10 per cent from the middle of next year.The gas company has applied to the NSW government pricing regulator IPART, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal, to raise gas prices by 10.4 per cent, which includes the anticipated rise in the...
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