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The great government fire sale is on The Associated Press The Great Government Tag Sale is on. As states and cities struggle with billions of dollars in shortfalls, elected officials are increasingly selling public assets to cover their costs. Sometimes municipalities sell the buildings to pocket a one-time ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

Smith questions bush population push ABC Online The Government's strategy emphasises growing regional Australia to take the pressure off the big cities. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin, file photo) Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith says the Federal Government's plans to boost the population in regional ... See all stories on this topic » ABC Online

Govt population strategy all spin: Oppn ABC Online ASHLEY HALL: The Federal Government has released its population strategy today. It's a dramatic move away from Kevin Rudd's vision of a big Australia. And it sets no target for population growth at all. Instead, it emphasises growing regional Australia ... See all stories on this topic »

Supporter of suspected leaker suing government The Associated Press The actions violated House's free speech rights and Constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure, according to the suit, which asks the court to order the government to return and destroy any information taken from House's device. ... See all stories on this topic »

PM defends Malaysia deal amid Amnesty criticism ABC Online By Jeff Waters Julia Gillard says Malaysia has assured the Government that asylum seekers will be well treated. (User Submitted: Michael Neist) Prime Minister Julia Gillard has responded to a new report which is highly critical of the treatment of ... See all stories on this topic »

BC government kicks off $5-million HST information campaign Globe and Mail Premier Christy Clark is promising a "fix" for the harmonized sales tax soon, but her government isn't waiting for the details, launching a $5-million information campaign Thursday based on the current tax regime. With a mail-in referendum set to begin ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

EU Raises French Econ Outlook; Remains Below Government Hopes Wall Street Journal PARIS (Dow Jones)--The European Commission Friday raised its growth forecasts for France, but it remains less optimistic than the French government and still doesn't expect crucial deficit reduction targets to be met. The commission, the EU's executive ... See all stories on this topic »

Japanese Stocks Fall, Led by Banks After Government Warning on Tepco Loans Bloomberg Japan's government will provide financial aid for Tokyo Electric Power Co. to protect the utility from bankruptcy as it pays compensation to those affected by the worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. Separately, Chubu Electric Power Co. inserted control ... See all stories on this topic »

UK diplomats woo allies, boost trade _ and sell off the government's vintage wines Washington Post Bellingham says no public money will be spent over the next five years on supplies for the store — used to provide refreshments for government receptions and events. Instead, officials must use the "targeted sale of high-value stock" to fund future ... See all stories on this topic »

Google under government investigation for online pharmacy ads Washington Post By Jia Lynn Yang and Rob Stein, Government officials are investigating whether Google profited by displaying ads from illegal online pharmacies, federal regulators said Thursday. An explosion of online companies claiming to sell prescription drugs has ... See all stories on this topic »

Portugal Re-Enters Recession After Government Cuts Spending, Raises Taxes Bloomberg By Joao Lima - Fri May 13 10:35:34 GMT 2011 Portugal's economy shrank for a second quarter in the three months through March, putting the country back into recession as the government tries to cut spending and raises taxes to narrow its budget deficit. ... See all stories on this topic »

Government wine cellar avoids axe BBC News Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme: "Don't forget this is a resource that's used by government for government hospitality, for business hospitality, for visiting heads of state. "If we sold the cellar, ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Yemen government forces, protesters clash again Los Angeles Times Government supporters fired gunshots at protesters, resulting in at least two deaths in the tribal town of Bayda and at least one in the commercial city of Taizz. Scores more protesters were wounded as they attempted to blockade government buildings ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Solar Bonus Scheme slash sparks lawsuits Herald Sun CONDEMNATION and threats of class action have followed the NSW government's decision to close off the Solar Bonus Scheme and slash generous tariffs to existing subscribers. The move has angered the solar industry, which is working to launch class ... See all stories on this topic »

Share squabbles stall new government Daily Star - Lebanon By Hussein Dakroub BEIRUT: Hopes for an imminent formation of a new government receded Thursday as haggling over the distribution of portfolios halted a final deal to break the three-month-long Cabinet stalemate, sources close to the Cabinet formation ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Star - Lebanon

Aid donor battles Cambodia over forced evictions The Associated Press The dispute over Boeung Kak lake has embarrassed the World Bank and led to an unusually tense standoff with Cambodia's government. The bank issued an ultimatum in March demanding a halt to evictions and higher compensation for landowners. ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

Damascus resident tells of Syrian government crackdown ABC Online PETER CAVE: Syrian security operatives, many of them in plain clothes, have carried out raids across the country as the government braces for the latest round of Friday protests against the autocratic rule of president Bashar al Assad. ... See all stories on this topic »

Government figures reveal a third of Welsh children still living in poverty WalesOnline by Claire Miller, Western Mail LEVELS of childhood poverty remain significantly higher in Wales than across the UK as a whole, government figures have shown. While the number of children in poverty dropped by 2% to 20% across the UK, the figure for ... See all stories on this topic »

Horizon Data Center Solutions Adds Virtualization Tools to Enhance Government ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Horizon is a leader in providing virtualized cloud computing technologies to both businesses and government entities. The company is one of just 11 providers of cloud computing services to the GSA, and it is the first cloud computing provider on the ... See all stories on this topic »

Czech Economic Growth Slows as Government Reduces Spending Bloomberg By Peter Laca - Fri May 13 08:20:40 GMT 2011 Czech annual economic growth slowed in the first quarter as government spending cuts curtailed domestic demand. Gross domestic product rose 2.5 percent from a year earlier, compared with 2.6 percent in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Government tries out data website BBC News A pilot version has been launched of a website which aims to list all government information in one place. The Alphagov web domain was recommended by internet entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox as part of her review of government digital communications last ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Government blunder sees Groves beat unlicensed driving charge Sydney Morning Herald The win has prompted him and his lawyer to criticise the way the government department issues driver's licence suspension notices. Mr Groves faced Southport Magistrates Court today accused of driving on the Gold Coast in November last year while ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Barangaroo: back to drawing board Sydney Morning Herald The Government now says Barangaroo will go ahead, but just what form the development will now take is the subject of the review. A ''SHORT, sharp'' review of the $6 billion Barangaroo development has been ordered by the state government after opponents ... See all stories on this topic »

Norway's Wealth Fund Rose $11 Billion in Quarter Bloomberg The $573 billion Government Pension Fund Global returned 2.1 percent, as measured by a basket of currencies, the Oslo- based investor said today. The equity portfolio returned 2.9 percent and the bond investments climbed 0.7 percent. ... See all stories on this topic »

Mental health budget targets youth Sydney Morning Herald Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called early intervention the centrepiece of her government's $2.2 billion commitment to mental health unveiled in Tuesday's budget. Ms Gillard said over $400 million will be spent treating mental health issues in youth ... See all stories on this topic »

Doctors from Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital present petition to NSW ... Herald Sun DOCTORS opposed to the redevelopment of Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital say the ball is in the government's court, after delivering a petition calling for massive changes to the project. Clinicians on Friday ramped up their campaign against the ... See all stories on this topic »

No retrospective terror compo Sydney Morning Herald The federal government is proposing legislation that will allow it to make payments of up to $75000 to terror victims, but that past events be included only with prime ministerial discretion. That's because governments of the day made decisions about ... See all stories on this topic »

NJ bill for more open government, public information clears hurdle in Trenton The Star-Ledger - NJ.com "Taxpayers are entitled to a government that acts in a transparent and open way." Spending by authorities, boards and commissions has received renewed scrutiny since Governor Christie took office last year and labeled the agencies New Jersey's "shadow ... See all stories on this topic » The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Does The Patriot Act Trump The Constitution? Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) The most problematic of these provisions allows the government to gain access to a person's private records and other "things," in the hands of a third party, if sought for an investigation involving terrorism or foreign intelligence. ... See all stories on this topic »

FIFA executive Worawi void as Thailand FA president, says government The Canadian Press BANGKOK — FIFA executive committee member Worawi Makudi, who has been implicated in a World Cup bribery scandal, is no longer head of the Football Association of Thailand according to a government sporting body. The Sports Authority of Thailand said ... See all stories on this topic »

Applying same analysis to all Ireland's debt makes no sense Irish Times IN IRELAND the government sector is merging with the banking sector as the Government is progressively taking ownership of the banks. The Irish banks have a balance sheet roughly three times the size of national income (€500 billion versus €150 ... See all stories on this topic »

Darrell Issa's Latest Investigation: The Threats of Government Transparency Huffington Post (blog) Darrell Issa, the crusading chairman of the House Oversight Committee, wants to be seen as a clean-government, waste-busting reformer. At the start of the 112th Congress, he started the House Transparency Caucus to "promote legislation that requires ... See all stories on this topic »

Rapid change makes picking winners a mug's game for government Vancouver Sun When government favours one company over another with grants, interest free loans, credit lines and other incentives not available to others, it puts public money at risk with no assurance that there will be a return on investment, or even that costs ... See all stories on this topic »

IMF lays blame at feet of previous government Irish Independent Photo: Reuters By Thomas Molloy and Emmet Oliver THE last government lacked the courage to pass legislation to curb lending and dampen the housing boom, the IMF said yesterday in a report on European economies. It blamed a lack of "political fortitude" ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Independent

Government bond prices drop after the Treasury receives weak demand for 30 ... Washington Post By AP, NEW YORK — Government bond prices fell Thursday following weak bidding at an auction for 30-year Treasurys. The Treasury Department sold $16 billion in 30-year bonds at a yield of 4.38 percent. Investors placed bids for 2.43 times the amount up ... See all stories on this topic »

UPDATE 1-Thai finance firms fret over govt credit card scheme Reuters By Arada Kultawanich and Saranya Suksomkij BANGKOK, May 13 (Reuters) - Thailand's top credit card issuer, Krungthai Card Pcl , said on Friday its card business would suffer if the government went ahead with a scheme to offer cheap refinancing for card ... See all stories on this topic »

First Solar shares rise on government loan news Forbes AP , 05.12.11, 01:33 PM EDT NEW YORK -- Shares of rose First Solar Inc. rose Thursday after the company said it has learned that it is still in the running to receive government assistance to build three major solar power plants. Tempe, Ariz. ... See all stories on this topic »

German Government Bonds Open Lower After Economic Growth Exceeds Estimates Bloomberg By Paul Dobson - Fri May 13 06:07:57 GMT 2011 German government bonds opened lower, sending the yield up two basis points to 3.13 percent as of 7:06 am in London, as data showed the nation's first-quarter economic growth exceeded economists' forecasts. ... See all stories on this topic »

President to Introduce Largely Self-Regulatory Cyber-Security Proposal, with ... ABC News (blog) Sources tell ABC News that President Obama will announce a cyber-security plan later today that will rely on industries to largely self-regulate, with the US government given powers to add to industry standards and shame companies that fail to enact ... See all stories on this topic »

China's Plan to Build Record Cheap Housing May Squeeze Developers' Profits Bloomberg By Bloomberg News - Thu May 12 16:01:00 GMT 2011 Chinese developers' profit margins are set to shrink as they build public housing projects to stay on good terms with the government. China is aiming to add a record 36 million units of affordable or ... See all stories on this topic »

'What would YOU do if you were me?': Pregnant government worker confronts ... Daily Mail By Daily Mail Reporter Karin Gallo, from Baltimore, challenged the President yesterday about what she should do now that she is eight months pregnant, is trying to build a house and has been laid off from her government job. In a personal exchange with ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Government Policies, Rivalries Negatively Affect Minority Rights in Africa Voice of America Group members say discriminatory government policies and long-standing rivalries over resources are the major factors that make particular ethnic groups and communities targets of violence and neglect on the continent. The London-based human rights ... See all stories on this topic »

White House Releases Cybersecurity Plans InformationWeek The Obama administration's legislative proposal includes critical infrastructure protection, breach notification, privacy requirements, and overhauls for internal government cybersecurity. By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek The Obama administration ... See all stories on this topic »

The best way to deal with Hazelwood Sydney Morning Herald The Victorian Coalition government confirmed this week that it had terminated talks on the previous government's proposals to shut down two units at the Hazelwood power station in the Latrobe Valley. The focus on Hazelwood is because it's the most ... See all stories on this topic »

Libyan Opposition Leader Outlines Plan For Post-Qaddafi Government RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty WASHINGTON -- The interim prime minister of Libya's opposition Transitional National Council has presented a "road map" to a democratic government, to be carried out if the regime of leader Muammar Qaddafi falls. Mahmud Jibril said opposition leaders ... See all stories on this topic » RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Recommended: Fact Check: RomneyCare 2, 'Government choice' and state solutions msnbc.com Romney calls for "better consumer choice (as opposed to bureaucratic, government choice under ObamaCare)". There is no government choice for most people under the health law that passed last year. (Remember the public option? ... See all stories on this topic »

Six cities selected for government V2V tech trials CNET (blog) The government agency is interested in how people will respond to their cars issuing safety alerts based on the technology. Next year, the DOT intends to equip thousands of cars with V2V technology to see how it performs in real world settings. ... See all stories on this topic » CNET (blog)

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