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- Pay tsar turns attention to 525 executives at Tarp groups
- Kenneth Feinberg, the US special master on compensation, has begun scrutinising the pay plans of about 525 second-tier executives at the seven companies receiving "exceptional assistance" from the government.After last week's decision to demand severe curbs on compensation, particularly cash, for the top 25 employees at companies that range...
- External links 2009-10-27
- Toyota scales back loss forecast
- Toyota Motor scaled back its loss forecast for the year to next March on Thursday, reflecting an aggressive cost-cutting drive and improved sales of some vehicles ? particularly low-emission cars such as its Prius hybrid, which have been made more affordable by government subsidies.Toyota said it expected to make...
- External links 2009-11-04
- Tata secures private funding for Jaguar and Land Rover
- India's Tata Motors yesterday said it had secured private funding for its Jaguar and Land Rover marques, ending state aid talks with the UK government.Shares in India's biggest vehicles maker rose 6.81 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange following the news, in a clear sign that investors feel...
- External links 2009-08-11
- Germany and GM stuck over Opel
- Talks between General Motors and a German government task force about Opel on Tuesday brought no immediate end to a stalemate over the spin-off of the US carmaker's European arm.John Smith, GM's chief negotiator, was in Berlin to press Angela Merkel's government for more information on the sale, including...
- External links 2009-08-25
- Car sales surge in August
- Scrapping incentives lifted car sales around the world in August, preliminary data showed, as government subsidies tempted buyers seeking the trade-in bonuses into dealerships.In Japan, car sales rose for the first time in more than a year. Several other countries and carmaking groups in Asia and Europe reported higher...
- External links 2009-09-01
- UK raises 'subsidy war' fear over Opel
- Lord Mandelson called on Brussels on Thursday night to ensure that Germany's offer of multibillion-euro subsidies to smooth the sale of General Motors' European arm does not begin a "subsidy war", with governments using state aid to protect jobs.The UK business secretary's intervention in the escalating political row over...
- External links 2009-09-17
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- Grants Support Atchison, Kan., Grain Company.
- By Eric Palmer, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 13--Government grants and subsidies provided nearly all of the net income realized by Midwest Grain Products in fiscal 2002, the company reported Monday. The Atchison, Kan.,...
- Research articles 2002-08-13
- Mad Bull disease: European Union. (European Commission grants subsidies to Bull and other European companies)
- WITH token opposition from its resident liberal, Sir Leon Brittan, the European Commission has approved a French government subsidy of FFr11.1 billion ($2.1 billion) to an ailing computer-maker, Bull. The decision, taken on October 12th, hands ammunitiWITH token opposition from its resident liberal, Sir Leon Brittan, ...
- Research articles 1994-10-15
- Defining and Measuring Environmentally Harmful Subsidies in the Energy Sector
- This paper focuses on the effects of some harmful energy subsidies in IEA/OECD countries. The form in which subsidies are administered can be classified in different ways. Some have a direct effect on price, like grants and tax exemptions, while others act indirectly, such as regulations that skew the market...
- White papers 2004-04-27
- [2056] Tax implications of government payments to industry.
- Byline: Terry Hayes Dec 19, 2005 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Taxation Office ATO issued draft ruling TR 2005/D17 on 7 December 2005. The ruling shows...
- Research articles 2005-12-19
- Benefit in scrapping state grants.
- Mar 15, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Research at Monash University has found that the Australian Government's State grant system should be abolished. The researchers, led by Peter Dixon, argue that the benefits of removing the $A2bn in yearly subsidies...
- Research articles 2002-03-14
- Rivals jostle in the electric car charge
- In spite of the deep crisis in the automotive industry, several large carmakers are taking a gamble on a technology that has not yet proved it can win over consumers – electric cars. Cars of the future: MITSUBISHI i MiEVThe Japanese carmaker's pure electric model can drive 160km on a...
- News items 2009-08-19
- Working to attract overseas investors: France targets chemicals. (Special Supplement - French Chemicals: An Industry Review)
- The second largest chemical market in Europe, France is a popular investment venue for foreign chemical makers. The country's primary attraction is its central location in the European Community. The French government is courting foreign companies aggressively via a government agency that works with nine commissions in high-unemployment regions. These...
- Research articles 1993-05-05
- Farmers' support flourishes for drought grant plan.(Brief Article)
- Apr 06, 2005 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Government wants to reform the way in which drought relief is given to farmers in affected regions. Federal Agriculture Minister Warren Truss says a new six-point plan will be put to the ...
- Research articles 2005-04-06
- Predicting the 2020 EV Market: Consider the Wild Cards
- It’s always fun to predict the future, and the beauty is that if you are projecting far enough ahead no one’s likely to remember what you’d saidâ€"even if turned out to be egregiously wrong. How many battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and just plain hybrids will sell...
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Why Doctors Aren't Embracing Electronic Medical Records
- In comments to an earlier item about Aetna's "personal health record," Merrill Goozner of GoozNews asked an excellent question: "[W]hy is there so much physician opposition to EMRs?" EMR, of course, is shorthand for "electronic medical records," a main focus of the incoming Obama administration's supposed $50 billion healthcare IT...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Prospect Capital Corporation F1Q09 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from Mr. Jack Zurbach at Fox-Pitt Kelton. Jack Zurbach - Fox-Pitt Kelton Hi. Thanks a ton for trying to take my question, and a nice quarter. I just have a bunch of questions, so I will just start. First of...
- Earnings calls 2008-11-10
- The waste goes on - & on & on. (Pentagon Follies - III) (Cover Story)
- Ross Perot's "crazy aunt in the basement" has moved into the wells of the House and Senate, as lawmakers posture about wacky federal grants and silly subsidies. President Clinton, whose campaign offered an elaborate menu of policy initiatives, talks only about paying down the deficit. Vice...
- Research articles 1993-10-04
- Federal domestic spending up 9 percent in 2001, Census Bureau reports.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-23 April 2002-US CENSUS BUREAU: Federal domestic spending up 9 percent in 2001, Census Bureau reports C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23042002 The federal government provided $1.8 trillion to the 50 states in 2001, according to two reports released today...
- Research articles 2002-04-23
- Federal Domestic Spending Up 8 Percent in 2002, Census Bureau Reports
- WASHINGTON, June 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The federal government spent $1.9 trillion in the states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and outlying areas during 2002, according to two reports released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. This was an 8 percent increase over 2001. Consolidated Federal Funds Report...
- Research articles 2003-06-04
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