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Second stimulus bill to cost “only” $80 billion

11 hours ago ago from Dvorak Uncensored

Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, has just announced that the jobs' bill will cost 80 billion dollars . Hold on, the Federal government passed an 800 billion stimulus package last year that could only 1,6 million jobs since October 2008 (in contrast, 8,4 million were lost) and they think a 80 billion bill can make a difference? Don't they see what's really going on? Printing money out of the thin air and, as Liberty puts it ...

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Budget 2010 strikes the right balance by focusing on Albertans’ priorities while limiting spending

10 hours ago ago from Top 100 Projects

Budget highlights: $1.3 billion in savings found through cross-ministry spending review Cost savings re-invested in and new money added to priority areas: $1.7-billion increase for ongoing health programs; AHS deficit paid off $250-million increase for school boards Benefit levels maintained for recipients of Alberta Seniors Benefit and Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Funding remains at $597 million for Persons with ...

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Obama announces almost $4 trillion budget

23 hours ago ago from Daily Titan

By Brian Zbysenski Daily Titan Staff Writer President Barack Obama delivers remarks on his fiscal 2011 budget proposals, February 1, 2010 at the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT President Barack Obama presented Congress with a $3.83 trillion budget on Feb. 1 to help battle unemployment, increase taxes on the wealthy and halt spending for many government programs. The ...

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Botswana 2010 Budget Speech (Full text)

16 hours ago ago from Namibia's Online Community

HONOURABLE O.K. MATAMBO MINISTER OF FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING TRANSFORMING OUR ECONOMY AFTER THE CRISIS: 2010 AND BEYOND Delivered to the National Assembly on 8th February 2010 I. INTRODUCTION 1. Madam Speaker, I have the honour this afternoon to present to the National Assembly budget proposals for the 2010/11 financial year. 2. Madam Speaker, allow me to take this opportunity to express gratitude to my predecessor, ...

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SAS to expand cost savings program – Xinhua

19 hours ago ago from e Forex Live

SAS to expand cost savings program Xinhua The new cost-cutting measures include saving an additional 2 billion kronor (about 271 million US dollars ) and about 700 jobs cuts this year and in 2011, ... and more

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Senate Democrats Unveil Jobs Package : NPR

7 hours ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast Senate Democrats Unveil Jobs Package by The Associated Press text size A A A WASHINGTON February 9, 2010, 07:21 pm ET Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill ...

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The Problem with Tax Credits

8 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

Stimulus Plan A didn't work to create jobs or reduce unemployment. That was the $165 billion of tax rebates and money for states in February 2008. Plan B flopped too. That was last February's stimulus that has devoted $862 billion into mostly government programs. The unemployment rate climbed steadily until last month, and the main lasting impact has been nearly $1 trillion added to the national debt. Now comes Plan C, another February ...

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Senate Jobs Bill Includes Tax Incentives for Hiring - FOXBusiness.com

9 hours ago ago from FOX Business

Existing users please login User Name: Password: Remember me on this computer Home / Markets / Economy Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Senate Jobs Bill Includes Tax Incentives for Hiring   By Dunstan Prial FOXBusiness   A version of a Senate job-creation ...

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PNC spent $60,000 lobbying government in 4Q

15 hours ago ago from U.S. News

PNC spent $60,000 lobbying government in 4Q CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- PNC Bank, a unit of PNC Financial Services Group Inc., spent $60,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby on financial regulatory restructuring and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report. That's down slightly from the $70,000 it spent in the year-ago period during the height of the financial crisis and the $90,000 it spent in the 2009 third quarter. The ...

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SAS to cut 700 jobs, raise $670M in share issue

23 hours ago ago from U.S. News

SAS to cut 700 jobs, raise $670M in share issue STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Scandinavian airline group SAS on Tuesday said it plans to raise 5 billion kronor ($670 million) from shareholders and cut about 700 jobs as it expands its savings package to slash costs by an additional 2 billion kronor. The announcement came as SAS posted a loss of 1.3 billion kronor in the fourth quarter, an improvement from a loss of 2.8 billion kronor a year earlier. ...

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