Budget News
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New Delhi -
India announced Thursday it would lift the cap on foreign direct investment in the defence sector to 49 percent and announced a 12-percent rise in military spending as part of efforts to modernise its armed forces.
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by AFP
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New Delhi -
India's Minister of Railways D.V. Sadananda Gowda presented the railway budget for the financial year 2014-15, at the Indian parliament on July 8.
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On Sunday, a Senate committee bloated the state construction budget with more projects.
Going over budget by $400 million, House Bill 2 is now in the hands of Gov. Bobby Jindal who needs to decide on which projects stay and which go.
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Sydney -
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday expressed regret at winking during a testy radio chat with a pensioner who works on a sex phone line, as he battled a fierce backlash.
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If you’re looking for a quality surround sound system at the lower end of the cost spectrum, there are quite a few name brands you can choose from. Plenty of options offer impressive wattage and multiple features for under $350.
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Roughly one in three Americans are keeping track of their finances via their smartphones. Here's a look at some applications to help you stay on budget.
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Paris -
France will stick to the country's EU-set budget deficit reduction target, the new finance minister insisted on Tuesday, dismissing earlier indications that Paris was angling for a delay.
In the Media
by AFP
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Lisbon -
Portugal on Tuesday laid out savings designed to strip 1.4 billion euros ($1.9 billion) from its budget in the latest step to trim its public deficit.
In the Media
by AFP
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Washington -
According to the U.S. CDC, less than $1 billion is spent globally on tobacco control, with 97 percent of the spending done by high-income countries. In contrast, governments worldwide collect nearly $133 billion in tobacco excise tax revenue each year.
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Rome -
Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi hailed a "systematic revolution under way in Italy" Tuesday as he unveiled the government's plan to ease pressure on impoverished families through cuts to public spending.
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Berlin -
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned on Tuesday that turmoil in Ukraine could threaten Berlin's bid to produce a balanced budget next year.
In the Media
by AFP
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Washington -
Austerity budgets and public spending cuts are less critical to economic health as interest rates in the major advanced economies remain historically low, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Paris -
France's new Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Thursday the "pace" of the country's deficit reduction would be discussed with the European Union.
In the Media
by AFP
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Paris -
France is way behind budget targets, new data shows, deepening a dilemma for President Francois Hollande over spending cuts which could split his allies, or doing a U-turn in dangerous defiance of the EU.
In the Media
by Lucile Malandain (AFP)
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Paris -
France's public deficit for 2013 stood at 4.3 percent, higher than the 4.1 percent forecast by the government, the newspaper Les Echos said on its website on Sunday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Madrid -
Spain reported Friday it had barely missed its deficit-cutting target for 2013, hailing the result as a significant achievement in a year of job-wrecking recession.The annual public deficit fell to the equivalent of 6.
In the Media
by AFP
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Tokyo -
Japan on Thursday passed its biggest-ever budget, a $937 billion spending package aimed at propping up growth as consumers brace for the country's first sales tax rise for over 15 years."The most important policy of the Abe government has been and will...
In the Media
by AFP
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London -
Britain anticipates wiping out its annual budget deficit by the end of the decade after cutting its state borrowing forecasts in Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's annual budget statement on Wednesday.Osborne said that his Conservative-Libera...
In the Media
by AFP
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London -
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will on Wednesday spell out his government's spending plans for the coming year, with another dose of austerity likely to be offset by some tax perks.Although Britain's economic recovery and inflatio...
In the Media
by AFP
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London -
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne warned Sunday that Britain's economic recovery was on course but far from completion as he prepared to deliver his annual budget this week.Osborne said Britain was not exporting, investing, building or making...
In the Media
by AFP
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Hong Kong -
Asian markets sank on Wednesday, taking their lead from another sell-off on Wall Street, while Tokyo took a hit as the yen climbed against the dollar with profit-takers moving in following last week's greenback rally.Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index tumb...
In the Media
by AFP
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President Barack Obama’s proposed 2015 budget asks for a fraction of a percent increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and a one percent boost in funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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The 'fiscal cliff' of expiring tax breaks and budget cuts in the United States from early 2013 could partly explain why Canadian exports were unexpectedly weak over the past two years...
In the Media
by Jennifer Kwan (Reuters)
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Washington -
President Barack Obama proposed a budget Tuesday for the coming fiscal year that has less to do with managing US finances than with stemming his party's losses in congressional elections.The mildly expansionary $3.9-trillion plan has little chance of p...
In the Media
by Stephen Collinson (AFP)
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Washington -
The White House projected a steady fall in the US deficit over the next five years decade while the economy grows moderately, as it released its budget for the 2015 fiscal year on Tuesday.The budget foresees the economy growing 3.1 percent this year an...
In the Media
by AFP
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Canada's federal budget registered a surplus in December 2013 of C$1.15 billion ($987 million), reflecting a strong increase in revenues from most sources, the Department of Finance said on Friday in a monthly report.
In the Media
by Reuters
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The proposed budget cuts by the Secretary of Defense are nothing more than a red herring from an administration with out of control spending habits, desperate to make the Affordable Care Act work, and a habit of targeting the military.
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Washington -
The Pentagon plans to scale back the US Army by more than an eighth to its lowest level since before World War II, signaling a shift after more than a decade of ground wars.Saying it was time to "reset" for a new era, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reco...
In the Media
by Dan De Luce (AFP)
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Singapore is known as a tropical refuge for the world's wealthy, endowed with exclusive residential enclaves, a marina for super-yachts, two casinos and an annual Formula One race that brings in the gl...
In the Media
by Brian Leonal (Reuters)
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New Delhi -
India's embattled government said Monday it had lifted tens of millions of people out of poverty as it announced an interim budget ahead of elections that it is widely tipped to lose.Finance Minister P.
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Pie chart showing breakdown of expenditures for 2010 federal budget. Notice Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid spending amount to 46 percent of total spending.
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Home baked bread can be a healthy, tasty, inexpensive alternative to store-bought loaves.
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The dinner shown cost less than $5.45.
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The Indiana House of Representatives.
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Cascade Complex, Idaho, 2007.
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Couple on couch, working through their budget.
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the budget negotiations, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Sept. 30, 2013.
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Fiscal Year 2009 U.S. Federal Spending – Cash or Budget Basis
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CBO 2010 Federal Budget. Notice that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid amount to 43 percent of total expenditures for FY 2010.
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New Jersey's baboon is finally captured.
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