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Exports, government spending buoy growth Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew faster than previously estimated in the third quarter as exports and government spending provided a lift, but that boost is likely to be lost amid slowing global demand and a move towards tighter fiscal policy. See all stories on this topic »

Obamacare, And The Government's Cruel War On Innovation Forbes As a young professor at Johns Hopkins I was around at the beginning of the academic study of health care costs. Over time it became clear that research support in the field was going to be circumscribed by a powerful and largely unspoken common objective. See all stories on this topic »

Philippine Government, Rebels Agree on Truce ABC News The Philippine government and communist rebels have agreed on a nationwide truce to help restart peace talks to end one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies. The Communist Party of the Philippines says it has ordered the New People's Army to stop ... See all stories on this topic »

Can The Federal Government Actually Encourage Job Creation? Forbes Everything takes time, and many projects face government obstacles. On top of that, the risk is very real. In fact, most investments fail and many fall short on the profit side. Even so, human creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit can produce ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

General Motors Is Government Motors No More: Seven And A Half Things To Know Huffington Post Science has determined that people need to know 7.5 things per day, on average, about the world of business. You can't argue with science. Lucky for you, the Huffington Post has an email newsletter, delivered first thing every weekday morning, boiling ... See all stories on this topic »

Government to shed GM stake, taxpayer loss likely USA TODAY The government would have needed about $53 per share for its 26% stake to break even on the bailout. The deal negotiated with GM for the 200 million shares will cut the U.S. stake to 19% but raise the price needed to break even on the remaining 300 ... See all stories on this topic »

Government prepares to sell General Motors stock - US News and World Report U.S. News & World Report DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's short stint in the auto business is coming to an end. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it will sell its remaining stake in General Motors by early 2014, writing the final chapter of a $50 billion bailout ... See all stories on this topic »

NJ open government bills to get final vote today in state Senate NJ.com "In the years since I've introduced measures to bring the Sunshine Law and OPRA into the 21st century, I've received numerous objections to the bills from local officials who are more interested in the status quo than effective government transparency ... See all stories on this topic » NJ.com

The evaporating federal government Washington Post (blog) Someday we will have a longer discussion about political nomenclature in Washington. Right now everyone's talking about Boehner's "Plan B." Not a great name for a plan. The actual legislation will be technically known, I'm guessing, as the Restore ... See all stories on this topic »

In Pakistan, Tax Evaders Are Everywhere — Government Included NPR Tax evasion is a chronic problem in Pakistan — only about 2 percent of the population is registered in the tax system, and the government collects just 9 percent of the country's wealth in taxes, one of the lowest rates in the world. But now a new ... See all stories on this topic » NPR

After government sells stock, GM can focus on product and profits Detroit Free Press The U.S. government plans to sell 40% of its GM stock by the end of the year and the remainder within 12 to 15 months. It comes as the automaker is poised to launch more new models in 2013 than in any year since its 2009 bankruptcy. The timing is perfect. See all stories on this topic »

Goodbye, 'Government Motors': Treasury Set to Sell Last GM Shares DailyFinance The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it will sell its remaining stake in General Motors (GM) in the next year or so, winding down a $50 billion bailout that saved the iconic American car giant but also set off a heated debate about government ... See all stories on this topic »

Mexico's new government The Economist HE ONLY took office on December 1st, but Mexico's new president is setting a furious pace. Having laid out sweeping changes to education and set up a new anti-corruption commission, Enrique Peña Nieto went on to unveil potentially far-reaching reforms ... See all stories on this topic » The Economist

Business under Japan's new government The Economist ELECTION victory celebrations in Japan are usually sober affairs: no booze, the obligatory "Banzai!", and the endearing habit of holding aloft a fresh sea bream, which is a good-luck charm and a tasty ingredient for soup to ladle out to supporters. Not ... See all stories on this topic » The Economist

On the Second Amendment: should we fear government or ourselves? OUPblog (blog) Conservatives believe that in the end, our vigilance against tyrannical government is our first civic duty. This was the logic behind the Second Amendment. It comes from a long line of Radical Whig thinking that the Anti-Federalists inherited. That is ... See all stories on this topic » OUPblog (blog)

Nigeria: No Christmas Shopping for Local Government Workers in Jos AllAfrica.com These days most Nigerian families, Christian and non-Christian alike, are out Christmas shopping. Heavy traffic, crowded markets and busy city centres are normal sights. But this year, some Plateau State civil servants can't participate in the ... See all stories on this topic » AllAfrica.com

Venezuela VP says government sticking to plan for Chavez inauguration after ... Washington Post CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's vice president said on Wednesday that the government is still aiming for President Hugo Chavez to be sworn in for a new term as scheduled next month, saying his condition has been improving after his cancer surgery ... See all stories on this topic »

Quit being so naïve. Government subsidies won't eradicate poverty. Triple Pundit A relatively stable year-over-year poverty rate begs the question if government subsidies such as food stamps, Medicaid, public housing, and Social Security are helping solve poverty or merely perpetuating it. Government subsidies attempt to rectify ... See all stories on this topic » Triple Pundit

Government issues new online child privacy rules CBS News ... keep anonymous advertisers and marketers from siphoning personal information about preteens but won't restrain innovation among technology companies and businesses that rely on the Internet to reach consumers, government officials said Wednesday. See all stories on this topic » CBS News

The Cost of Romney's Government-Assisted Transition: $8.9 Million TIME (blog) To that end, the law stipulates that the federal government will provide certain resources to non-incumbent candidates after their nominating convention. The GSA says final costs are still being tabulated, but the initial estimated cost for Romney's ... See all stories on this topic »

Back to the future: the big and bad e-government 1.0 attention void Transparency International (press release) (blog) Imagine you are an NGO lobbying your government to clean up one of the most notorious areas for corruption: public procurement. In response the government declares that a centrepiece of its anti-corruption strategy will be an electronic procurement ... See all stories on this topic »

Best Places For Work-Life Balance In Government AOL Government The federal government has embraced the importance of the health and well-being of its 2.1 million employees, making the workplace a saner place and providing a work/life balance every day. In this year's Partnership for Public Service survey on the ... See all stories on this topic »

Good morning Michigan: Government gears up for GM exit, mom maces son in ... The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com Today's top stories cover important developments involving the federal government, a serious lawsuit targeting the state and a "frick-en-awesome" graduation prank. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT. U.S. Treasury to sell 200 million shares to GM; announces exit ... See all stories on this topic » The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com

Government Stops Ebay Market in NotHaus Coins Lew Rockwell (blog) Mac Slavo has an article on this. See also his warnings 16 months ago. I've written here on the travesty of finding NotHaus guilty of counterfeiting and on the utterly false government arguments made in the case against him, which nevertheless found ... See all stories on this topic »

The government's plan to get out of General Motors: Too soon? The Week Magazine ritics of the Obama administration won't have "Government Motors" to kick around anymore. The Treasury Department on Wednesday announced that it would sell its entire stake in General Motors within 15 months, bringing to close a controversial $50 ... See all stories on this topic » The Week Magazine

When will we finally have a world government? io9 "We need world government for the same reason that we need government in general," he told us. "There are a number of things — what we can agree are collective goods — that individuals, markets, voluntary organizations, and local governments aren't ... See all stories on this topic »

Government Backs Down on Contraceptive Mandate ChristianityToday.com The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the HHS must not enforce the mandate for employer-provided contraceptives as currently outlined in the Affordable Care Act. In addition, the government must make good on a previous promise to establish a new ... See all stories on this topic » ChristianityToday.com

GM: Farewell, Government Ownership, Hello Corporate Jets Wall Street Journal (blog) General Motors Co. still isn't free of government restrictions on executive pay as a result of its agreement to buy back shares owned by the U.S. Treasury, but company executives are getting something almost as good as money: Permission to use ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Barack Obama And The Federal Government Are Not Taking Your 401(k) Forbes Barack Obama And The Federal Government Are Not Taking Your 401(k). 4 comments, 0 called-out. Comment Now. Follow Comments Following Comments Unfollow Comments. Comment Now. Follow Comments Following Comments Unfollow Comments ... See all stories on this topic »

Queens Psychiatric Hospital Settles With Government Over Discrimination Claim CBS Local NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Queens psychiatric hospital has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, following a claim that it discriminated against non-U.S. citizens in hiring procedures. Holliswood Hospital in Jamaica, Queens, ... See all stories on this topic » CBS Local

The ultimate 21st Century cage match: Titanic Government vs. the National ... Fabius Maximus (blog) Summary: Today GI Wilson writes about the great game of the 21st century — the US government vs. our 4GW foes. Once called "low intensity war", our foes have taught us the ability of sustained 4GW produces only a series of expensive defeats for ... See all stories on this topic » Fabius Maximus (blog)

DeSantis put on Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, Government Reform Committees St. Augustine Record U.S. Rep.-elect Ron DeSantis, R-Ponte Vedra Beach, will serve on the House Judiciary Committee, the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, his office announced Wednesday. See all stories on this topic »

GM to buy stake from Treasury; government may lose billions Fox Business "GM wins," Jefferies analyst Peter Nesvold said, pointing to the elimination of the government stake that has been acting as a drag on the stock price and to eventual higher earnings per share. "From a government standpoint, it's a mixed bag, but they ... See all stories on this topic »

Ukrainian government sanctions anti-Semitic pejorative used against Mila Kunis Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) -- Ukrainian Jews have protested their government's backing of a nationalist politician's anti-Semitic tirade about actress Mila Kunis. The controversy began last month when lawmaker Igor Miroshnichenko of the anti-Semitic Svoboda Party wrote on ... See all stories on this topic »

Hungarian students continue protests despite some government concessions on ... Washington Post BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian high school and university students went ahead Wednesday with protests against changes in the education system despite the government's acceptance of some of their demands. In Budapest, the capital, several thousand ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

CIO Council recommends digital government privacy measures -- FCW FCW.com As agencies put the Digital Government Strategy in motion in their offices, the government is addressing the hot-button issue of privacy with the release of recommendations from the CIO Council's Privacy Committee. In a blog post dated Dec. 14, the ... See all stories on this topic »

Civil resistance sole way to stop US government aggression: Analyst Press TV Civil resistance "is the last constitutional hope" the American people have to stop the US government's foreign aggression, a distinguished international legal authority says. Unlike the civil rights activists of the 1950s and 60s who "conscientiously ... See all stories on this topic » Press TV

In China, government's denial of Mayan apocalypse is only fueling the paranoia Quartz The government is calling it "the end of the world rumor," the idea that Mayans did not foresee the world's existence extending beyond 1,872,000 days, the last of which is Friday. On Dec. 17, police detained almost 1000 members of a religious group for ... See all stories on this topic » Quartz

Government yet to set up panel for revising Delhi Metro fares New York Daily News "The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) requested the government to set up the fourth Fare Fixation Committee. The committee has not been constituted so far, nor firm date can be given," Minister of State for Urban Development Deepa Dasmunsi told the ... See all stories on this topic »

Collins, Pingree say government should do more to prevent mentally ill from ... Bangor Daily News Two members of Maine's Congressional delegation say more work needs to be done when it comes to gun control and mental health. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said there's room for improvement. "We should examine, among other issues, whether ... See all stories on this topic »

Government Accused of San Bashing AllAfrica.com HUMAN rights group Survival International last week accused Botswana paramilitary police of having "severely beaten" two San men after accusing them of having hunted without permits in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). The two men were ... See all stories on this topic »

The Associated Press: Government prepares to sell General Motors stock The Associated Press When the government sells its last GM shares, the Treasury Department projects that autos will be the biggest money-loser of all the corporate bailouts connected to the Great Recession. The government already lost more than $1 billion on the bailout of ... See all stories on this topic »

Editorial: Much tax money lost to theft, malfeasance OCRegister As the Romans said, "Who watches the watchmen?" They meant: Government watches out for crime and corruption in private society. But who will do so for the government itself? In the early days of America, government was small, and the people could keep ... See all stories on this topic »

Ally Financial says debt to government is paid off Winston-Salem Journal Ally Financial says debt to government is paid off Associated Press |. DETROIT - Ally Financial says it has repaid $4.5 billion of debt owed to the government after it helped bail the company out during the 2008 banking industry meltdown. Ally, based ... See all stories on this topic »

Mitsubishi Motors Slumps on Government Recall Warning Bloomberg (7211) fell the most in 21 months in Tokyo trading after receiving a government warning saying it was "passive" in its handling of engine oil leaks as the carmaker ordered a fourth round of recalls. The stock slumped as much as 11 percent, headed for ... See all stories on this topic »

"Government Motors" No More: GM Surges as Feds Exit (GM) Motley Fool Shares of General Motors (NYSE: GM ) hit a 52-week high on Wednesday, surging as much as 17% higher than Tuesday's close price, on news that the U.S. government finally would cease being the company's largest stockholder. Investors are piling into the ... See all stories on this topic »

Cobb School, Government Holiday Closings - East Cobb, GA Patch Patch.com Cobb County Government offices will be closed on Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec., 24, as well as Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25. All government offices also will be closed on New Year's Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1. These services include all Cobb County Public ... See all stories on this topic »

Saudi government donates information and technology equipment to Sierra Leone Newstime Africa State House, Freetown, 18th December, 2012; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guinea Adikali Foday Sumah has presented information and technology items being a gift from the Government of the custodian of the two Holy ... See all stories on this topic » Newstime Africa

Md. Man Accused Of Stealing Government Property CBS Local BALTIMORE (AP) — A Severn man has been indicted on a charge of theft of government property after metal cabinets were stolen from a warehouse that stored property owned by the Social Security Administration. Fifty-four-year-old Samuel Morales was ... See all stories on this topic » CBS Local

Government threatens UK teachers with pay cuts as punishment for industrial ... World Socialist Web Site Education Secretary Michael Gove's demand that head teachers take "robust" measures against staff involved in industrial action is a declaration of war by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition. Its immediate target is an assault on the pay and ... See all stories on this topic »

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