Current Expenditure On Government Services To Be Increased From Next Year
Region: Sri Lanka
Prime Minister D.M Jayaratne has presented the Appropriation Bill that provides the services of Financial Year 2012 to the Parliament this evening.According to the Bill the Total estimated expenditure for the year 2012 ... more
Views: 883Stimulus Spending Hits $257 Billion, But the ‘Pipeline’ Is Still Emptying
Region: United States
According to the latest available numbers, the federal government has spent $257 billion [1] of last February’s nearly $800 billion economic stimulus package. The number combines $164 billion in spending and an estim... more
Views: 913Stimulus Spending Hits $216 Billion
Region: United States
The federal government has paid out $216 billion, or 27 percent of the stimulus package, according to the latest numbers from Recovery.gov and the most recent available estimates [1] (PDF) of tax cuts issued so far. The ... more
Views: 1271How Big is AIG's Bailout?
Region: United States
AIG has been selling off bits and pieces of its once-great empire in an effort to chip away at what it owes the American taxpayer and the Federal Reserve. Until it repays that debt, the company will remain in the awk... more
Views: 1069PCB must ease financial woes says Butt
Region: Pakistan"The PCB's finances stood at 3.37 billion rupees in October 2006 (when Ashraf took charge), but when I took over as the chairman it was just 1.53 billion rupees. It now stands at 1.51 billion rupees," said PCB Chairman Ija... more
Views: 994Billionaire Blow Ups Of 2008
Region: United StatesDozens of the world's wealthiest lost billions in recent months, but these 10 distinguish themselves for some of the biggest flops. It was a dreadful year for the world's wealthiest as markets and currencies around ... more
Views: 2272Additional $1.5 Bln Aid for Quake Victims Announced by U.S.
Region: Pakistan
Pakistan: For earthquake victims in Balochistan, U.S. has announced additional aid of 1.5 billion dollars. U.S. will provide this emergency 1.5 billion dollar aid t immediately o Pakistan government which combine to aggr... more
Views: 1399World's Top 10 companies - Forbes list
Region: IndiaTOP 10 Companies: Forbes List The rankings are based on a combination of the sales, profits, assets and market capitalization of these companies. Check out the world's top ten companies... below.. ... more
Views: 4326American International Group Inc planned to raise $12.5 billion in capital
Region: United States
American International Group Inc. (AIG), New York-based insurer said that over the past month had raised $20 billion in capital, which is 60 per cent or $8 billion more than projected, in a move to prop up its balance shee... more
Views: 1089HP and EDS, Multi-Billion Dollar Deal in the Works
Region: United States
PC World reports that Hewlett-Packard is currently in talks to acquire IT services company Electronic Data Systems. According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, the price for EDS could reach up to about US$13 b... more
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