Posts Tagged ‘government’

US Budget Deal Avoids Government Shutdown

A deal has been reached between Barack Obama and congressional leaders on a budget plan for the fiscal year and thereby avert a government shutdown. View full post on All Stories

Kenny denies bailout deal U-turn

The Government has flatly denied a U-turn on efforts to secure a new interest rate deal on bailout loans. View full post on All Stories

Government Will Coercively Collect Unpaid Loans

Maputo – Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang has warned that the government will coercively collect debts from companies that took loans from the treasury a decade ago and have not repaid the … View full post on All Stories

The Comic Opera of Government Shutdown

The distance between America’s fiscal problem and the capacity of its politicians to confront it… View full post on All Stories

Government shifts focus to displaced Muslims

IRIN Staff – IRIN IRIN Staff COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (IRIN) – The government of Sri Lanka has renewed its pledge to resettle Muslims evicted more than two decades ago from the war-affected north. In 1990, during their struggle for increased autonomy, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels forced out the entire Muslim population, estimated [...]

Debate: Government’s extravagance worsrns Botswana’s economic woes

The Minister of Finance & Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo, is quoted as having said, during the presentation of the 2011/12 Budget Speech, “The path we have chosen for this and subsequent budgets is not only feasible, but is designed to accelerate economic growth and eradicate abject poverty, while maintaining a sustainable fiscal position,” (Botswana Daily [...]

Government Taxes and Church Tithes

As Albany officials approve the construction of expensive apartments for judges, church officials should lead the way in fiscal responsibility. The church, much like government, receives money from those under its care. This money is called a… View full post on All Stories

GOP’s Voter ID bill passes hurdle on party-line vote | Stories

GOP’s Voter ID bill passes hurdle on party-line vote By Jay Weiner | Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 Former Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer and supporters of Voter ID in Minnesota scored their first committee victory today, passing a complex omnibus election law bill that, among other things, requires photo IDs of all voters at polling [...]

Government commission says regulators failed in 2008 stock market crash

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The recession that began in 2008 could have been avoided with better regulation of financial firms, according to a government report scheduled to be released publicly Thursday. The government commission that investigated the financial crisis said two presidential administrations and the Federal Reserve [...]

American Corporations Caught Doing Business with Countries Blacklisted by U.S. Government

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The U.S. Treasury Department was defending itself Friday against allegations in a news report that it granted permission for numerous corporations to do business with Iran and other blacklisted countries. The State Department classifies some of the countries as state sponsors of terrorism. [...]

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