Subsidy News

The Cuban government announced that the state-subsidy on cigarettes for those 55 or older will be discontinued this fall.

BP's use of prisoners to assist with the oil spill clean-up has been called an "open secret." In other words, the use of prisoners was not hidden -- but BP has not openly admitted to the project either.

The Canadian federal government will pay farmers in excess of $300 million to stop growing tobacco, say two cabinet ministers.

Apple always demands a premium for its product but in the case of iPhones, it will yield to subsidy requests from the phone companies.