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Restaurant VAT Cut Fails to Lower Prices as New Data Show Increases

Restaurateurs say higher input and wage costs absorb the relief.

VAT Cut Fails to Lower Restaurant Bills as Prices Rise Across Germany

Restaurant VAT Cut Takes Effect in Germany With Little Sign of Cheaper Menus

Greggs Lifts Sausage Roll to £1.35 and Latte to £2.25, Prompting Customer Backlash

Germany Lowers VAT on Restaurant Meals to 7% Starting Jan. 1

Christmas Chocolate Tubs Shrink Again, Data Show Fewer Sweets and Higher Prices

Watchdog Finds Fuel Retail Margins Elevated, Competition Weak

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern File $85 Billion Coast-to-Coast Rail Merger Application

Australia Outlaws Excessive Supermarket Pricing With ACCC Enforcement From 2026

New York Outlaws Sweepstakes-Style Social Games, Maine Bill Targets Similar Ban as Industry Pushes Back

Japan Antitrust Watchdog Sanctions Nagano Gasoline Cartel With Orders and ¥116.7 Million in Fines

Bundesrat Urges Review of Time Limits on Fuel Price Increases

French Assembly Backs €2 Levy on Extra‑EU Small Parcels in First Reading

Sheinbaum Orders Profeco and STPS to Halt App Surcharges Tied to Labor Reform

Utah-Led States Announce Likely $700 Million Google Play Settlement

CFPB Says Federal Law Trumps State Limits on Reporting Medical Debt

Bundesrat to Weigh Baden-Württemberg Plan Limiting Fuel Price Hikes to Once Daily

German States Seek Once-Daily Limit on Fuel Price Increases

CMA Says Fuel Margins Stay Elevated as UK Pump Prices Edge Higher

GST 2.0 Drives Dairy Price Cuts With Verka, Nandini and Amul Updating Rates