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| Netanyahu, Mofaz announce unity government Ynetnews Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima Chairman Shaul Mofaz are holding a press conference to announce a new unity government. Netanyahu said that Israel needs political stability and that the new agreement will pave the way for the broadest ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Greek left gets shot at forming government CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Athens, Greece (CNN) -- A left-wing coalition that opposes austerity will try to form a new government in Greece starting Tuesday, after the center-right party that came first in elections gave up on Monday. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Australia Seeks to Tighten Budget Wall Street Journal By JAMES GLYNN And ENDA CURRAN CANBERRA—Australia's government unveiled Tuesday its biggest package of savings measures in 30 years, designed to deliver a budget surplus in time for the next general election scheduled for 2013. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Australia to Cut Debt Sales 80% as Budget Swings to Surplus Bloomberg Australia's net debt sales will drop 80 percent to A$9 billion in the fiscal year starting July 1, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard's government cuts outlays to end four years of budget deficits. The amount of outstanding government bonds maturing in a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Chinese Activist: Government Will Investigate Abuse NPR by AP Rights advocate Chen Guangcheng says the Chinese government has quietly promised him it will investigate abuses he and his family suffered at the hands of local authorities, in a rare instance of Beijing bowing to demands of an activist. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gillard Ends Decades of Spending Gains in Surplus Bid Bloomberg Australia's government will cut spending for the first time in at least 42 years as Prime Minister Julia Gillard returns the budget to a surplus and gives the central bank scope to lower interest rates. The underlying cash surplus will be A$1.54 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Australia govt plans surplus budget to bolster image with voters Reuters But Gillard is keen to bolster her image, with opinion polls showing government support near record lows around 27 percent and that the conservative opposition would easily win an early election, although the next election is not due until late 2013. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Israeli PM Netanyahu unveils new unity government Atlanta Journal Constitution By JOSEF FEDERMAN AP JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a revamped coalition government on Tuesday, forming a broad alliance with the chief opposition party that could free his hand to take bold action on peace with the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Australia cuts defense, aid to hit budget surplus Seattle Post Intelligencer Australia's government is preparing to reveal a spending plan that would make it the first major developed economy to return to a budget surplus after the global financial crisis. Photo: Rob Griffith / AP CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Serbia's Socialists favor Democrats for new government Reuters By Matt Robinson | BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's resurgent Socialists said on Tuesday they were prepared to revive a coalition with the pro-Western Democratic Party after inconclusive elections but indicated they expected to lead the government. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Back to black as Swan budgets for the boom ABC Online By Simon Cullen The Federal Government is scrapping billions of dollars worth of company tax cuts, instead redirecting the money to welfare payments as it reaches for a budget surplus. The company tax cuts were promised as part of the mining tax but ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Australia forecasting budget surplus in new year Boston.com CANBERRA, Australia—Australia's government is preparing to reveal a spending plan that would make it the first major developed economy to return to a budget surplus after the global financial crisis. Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Israel forms unity government, wards off September elections CNN Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing Likud party have agreed to form a unity government with the rival centrist political faction Kadima and its leader Shaul Mofaz in a move that will put off elections until ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Britain's Cameron: UK must stand by spending cuts The Associated Press Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg were making a rare joint appearance in Essex, southern England, to gather support for their coalition government amid growing unease over Britain's economic path. Both Cameron's Conservative Party and Clegg's Liberal ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US Stock Futures Drop as Greek Government Talks Stall Bloomberg US stock-index futures declined as Greek political leaders struggled to form a government, raising concern the Mediterranean nation may default on its debt as early as next month. Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), the second-largest US video-game publisher, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu decides to form unity government Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM -– In a surprise turnabout, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to cancel the early elections he had called just 24 hours before and instead form a unity government with the opposition party Kadima, Israeli officials said ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Israel scraps early elections as Kadima joins unity government Jewish Telegraphic Agency During the primary campaign for Kadima's leadership, Shaul Mofaz, now the party leader, had vowed to keep Kadima in the opposition, telling Haaretz that he believed "the current government represents all that is wrong with Israel. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Romania Parliament Approves New Government KMBC Kansas City By Liliana Ciobanu For CNN BUCHAREST, Romania (CNN) -- Romania's newly appointed government won the approval of parliament Monday, gaining the official right to run the country. The Cabinet was installed during a ceremony Monday evening. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Budget hands mining tax to families Sydney Morning Herald After the coalition and Greens challenged the government's plan to use the mining tax to give small and large business a break, Labor today made a surprise decision to instead hand some of the proceeds to families. The federal government will put $1.8 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Budget gifts mining boom to families Brisbane Times From 7.40pm: Our journalists analyse the Government's 2012-2013 budget live from Federal Parliament in Canberra, with Tim Lester. LABOR HAS made a $5 billion pitch to its heartland, splashing cash hand-outs and tax breaks on families and low income ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Businesses sidelined in family-friendly budget ABC Online By Justine Parker Treasurer Wayne Swan has put key business reforms on the backburner, abandoning the Federal Government's planned company tax cut to fund the central plank of this year's federal budget. Mr Swan's fifth budget, which he described as a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Greece's Syriza Party Tries to Form Government Voice of America (blog) Greece's radical left party, Syriza, will try to form a unity government after mainstream conservatives failed to cobble together a coalition. The head of Greece's conservative New Democracy party, Antonis Samaras, announced Monday he was unable to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Budget 2012 sees 1.5 million families to benefit from $5 billion from mining tax NEWS.com.au SOME $5 billion intended for company tax cuts will be diverted to 1.5 million families as the Government harnesses the mining tax for a welfare splurge. And Tony Abbott's Opposition will be challenged to demand that the money be taken from families and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dutch Government Bonds Continue To Remain Attractive Wall Street Journal By Nick Cawley Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--The Dutch State Treasury successfully sold EUR2.5 billion of 10-year government bonds Tuesday to investors seeking a safe haven amid heightened uncertainty about the future composition and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Anti-bailout party to try to form Greek government after election stalemate Washington Post ATHENS, Greece — A left-wing party opposed to the terms of Greece's bailout agreements will look to try and form a government after a general election produced a stalemate in parliament. The Radical Left Coalition, led by Alexis Tsipras, is to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Government Watchdog Says AIG Bailout Could Turn $15.1B Profit For Taxpayers Forbes The Government Accountability Office is out with its latest take on the ultimate cost of the rescue that saved American International Group in 2008 and the watchdog reports that the federal government may actual wind up generating more cash than it put ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Samaras Fails to Form Greek Government, Hands Back Mandate San Francisco Chronicle May 7 (Bloomberg) -- New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras said he failed to forge agreement to form a new Greek government after elections that raised questions about the country's euro membership and triggered the biggest stock-market drop in six ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Opposition To Join Israel's Unity Government, Snap Polls Averted RTT News (RTTNews) - A surprise overnight deal between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Opposition leader Shaul Mofaz to form a unity government with the inclusion of rival centrist political party Kadima has averted snap polls in the country, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Surplus gives RBA room to cut: Swan Ninemsn The federal government insists that returning the budget to surplus is right because the economy is in good shape and will help pave the way for further interest rate cuts. Budget papers, released on Tuesday night, forecast a $1.5 billion surplus for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Government to scrap company tax cut Sydney Morning Herald The federal government has reportedly scrapped a promise to cut the company tax rate by one percentage point. Labor promised to use revenue from its new mining tax to cut the corporate tax rate from 30 per cent to 29 per cent. Instead the $3.6 billion ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Reaction to 2012/13 budget surplus Sydney Morning Herald Australia's minority government released its 2012/13 budget bill on Tuesday, which showed a widely flagged return to a small surplus in the new fiscal year. *************************************************************** KEY POINTS: 2012/13 surplus ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Swan scraps company tax cut ABC Online By political correspondent Lyndal Curtis Last-minute budget leaks reveal the Federal Government is scrapping its promised 1 per cent company tax cut to help fund a $3.6 billion package for low and middle-income families and small businesses. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Budget sitting overshadowed by scandal The Australian NOT since Treasurer Bill Hayden delivered his 1975 budget in the final months of the Whitlam government, has a budget sitting of parliament been so overshadowed with the taint of scandal, disastrous administration, poor polling and widespread ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rand Drops as Greece Government Negotiations Damp Risk Appetite Bloomberg The rand declined for the third time in four days as Greece's political leaders meet for a second day in a bid to form a government following an election that raised concern about the nation's euro membership. South Africa's currency retreated 0.3 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Insight: In muddle of Libya's finances, billions go missing Reuters An internal National Transitional Council (NTC) document paints a picture of a government bureaucracy so fractured and disorganized that nobody appeared able to keep track of what money was coming in, and how much was going out. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Swan's hopes on wafer-thin budget Herald Sun The cash splash thrown at families and low-income earners is all about trying to fix the Government's massive deficit in the opinion polls which shows an unpopular Prime Minister leading the ALP on a path to its worst primary vote since 1934. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Business slams scrapping of company tax cut Sydney Morning Herald Business has slammed the government's decision to scrap $4.7 billion worth of company tax cuts and redistribute the revenue to households. In a shock move that is likely to inflame relations between Labor and the big end of town, Treasurer Wayne Swan ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| What does austerity mean in Europe? Higher taxes, fewer jobs _ let us count ... Washington Post Austerity has been the main prescription across Europe for dealing with the continent's nearly 3-year-old debt crisis, brought on by too much government spending. But what does it mean for the average European? Imagine paying sales tax of 23 percent or ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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