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- Uncle Sam Says You're Rich. So Why Do You Feel Screwed?
- If your family makes much more than $150,000, you're too rich to get federal aid. But that doesn't mean your job or your 401k is secure. And guess whose taxes will pay for the bailout you're not getting?Recessions always hurt folks who live from one paycheck to the next. That's...
- Articles 2009-05-04
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- 16 Ideas for the Next Stimulus Package
- Regular and voracious reader Ennyman tipped me to Incentives Matter, an economics blog by the lyrically-named economist Pedro Albuquerque (see Ennyman's interview with Albuquerque). As if on cue, yesterday saw the posting of Albuquerque's 16 directives for the U.S. government should follow to restore the economy with a minimum of...
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- The Business Council on the Rudd Stimulus Package | BTalk Australia
- (14min 55) After some argy-bargy in the Senate, the Australian government has passed a $42 billion fiscal stimulus package. About a third of the money will go in cash handouts to low and middle income earners, with most of the remainder allocated on infrastructure projects. There’s been...
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- Retailers nervous about Christmas as Government stimulus fades
- The comments come despite a number of good results posted by retailers, as many executives expect consumers to pull back on spending as interest rates rise. Country Road chief executive Ian Moir told the Australian Financial Review that despite the company recording a 10.8% rise in sales for the first...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Brown puts fiscal stimulus centre stage
- A series of ministers will use this week's Labour party conference to claim government action helped pull the country back from the economic abyss, while their Tory counterparts will as surely use their own conference next week to blame the government for the downturn's depth.Gordon Brown drew the battle...
- External links 2009-09-27
- US Senate panel OKs expanded economic stimulus package
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Senate Finance Committee Wednesday passed a 157 billion dollar economic stimulus package that expands tax benefits already agreed by the House of Representatives and the White House. The package, which passed on a bipartisan 14-7 vote, reduces the per-person amount of tax rebates promised...
- Research articles 2008-01-30
- Economic Stimulus Advantage Offering Developed by IBM to Enable Businesses With Bonus Opportunities to Access Technology Under U.S. Economic Stimulus Package
- IBM Global Financing IGF, the technology lending and leasing business segment of IBM (NYSE: IBM), today announced that it will pass along some of the benefits IBM receives under the new U.S. economic stimulus package, signed into law Wednesday by the President, to U.S. businesses looking to access technology equipment...
- Research articles 2008-02-14
- IRS to send out packets for stimulus payments
- WASHINGTON AP -- The Internal Revenue Service said Monday it will contact some 20.5 million people who receive Social Security or Veterans Affairs benefits to ensure they don't miss out on the economic stimulus payment of at least $300. The tax agency said that starting next week it...
- Research articles 2008-03-11
- City leaders can help constituents receive economic stimulus rebates.
- Congress has approved an economic stimulus package to boost the economy and help struggling families. Individuals can receive at least $300 and married couples at least $600. Those raising children under age 17 can receive an additional $300 per child. However, to get the payment, individuals...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- Could Obama's Stimulus Plan Benefit VCs at the Expense of Small Businesses?
- Not every small business advocate is on board with President-Elect Obama's stimulus plans. The benefits to small businesses are still unclear, which is one reason why a refund on business taxes has made its way into the plan, according to the Associated Press. The American Small Business...
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- US firms in China expect benefits in Beijing stimulus
- BEIJING AFP â?? Two thirds of American companies operating in China expect to benefit from a huge stimulus package unveiled by Beijing to counter the global crisis, a US business association said Monday.The figure was one of the findings in a 2009 report on the state of US business released...
- Research articles 2009-04-27
- Germans Find Cheap Manufacturing In The U.S.
- German green tech companies are placing their chips on the U.S. market and even applying to take part in U.S. government stimulus for the industry. Yet not only are they hoping to tap the U.S. solar and wind power market, but they've decided to locate...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Striking Workers at Derby, N.Y., Cap Maker to Get Longer Unemployment Benefits.
- By Fred O. Williams, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 14--Just when their unemployment benefits were running out, striking workers at New Era Cap Co. in Derby got an unexpected reprieve. They will receive extended unemployment benefits under the...
- Research articles 2002-03-14
- Cutoff Date for Emergency Federal Jobless Benefits Arrives in Missouri, Kansas.
- By Diane Stafford, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 28--More than 13,000 Missourians and Kansans -- among about 750,000 people nationally -- will lose their federal unemployment insurance benefits today. Those are the unemployed workers...
- Research articles 2002-12-28
- The Right Stimulus Extended Unemployment Insurance Benefits or Tax Cuts?
- Extending unemployment insurance coverage has become a crucial ingredient in the typical response of U.S. fiscal policy to adverse economic conditions. This paper constructs and quantifies a stochastic general equilibrium search model, with incomplete unemployment insurance, to examine the economic consequences of extending unemployment benefits during recessions. Moreover, it also...
- White papers 2002-08-01
- Stimulus deal add-ons would benefit seniors
- WASHINGTON -- A top Senate Democrat unveiled a $156 billion economic stimulus package Monday that awards rebates to senior citizens living off Social Security and extends unemployment benefits, setting up a clash with the White House and House leaders pushing a narrower package. As the House planned a...
- Research articles 2008-01-29
- Daschle Abandons Push for Economic Stimulus.
- By Jill Zuckman, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6--WASHINGTON--Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said Tuesday that he is giving up on passing an economic stimulus package sought by President Bush but promised to ask the Senate to extend unemployment ...
- Research articles 2002-02-06
- Economic Stimulus Package Will Benefit Some Veterans
- To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Public Affairs, +1-202-461-7600 Peake: Special Provision for Low-Income Veterans WASHINGTON, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Veterans who last year received disability compensation, pensions or survivors benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs VA may be entitled to an...
- Research articles 2008-04-03
- Senate filibuster defeats Clinton stimulus package; NLC lauds efforts of administration and Congressional backers. (National League of Cities)
- Senate Republicans last week succeeded in filibustering President Clinton's economic stimulus plan to death. The White House and Senate Democrats dropped the proposal and agreed to pass just the $4 billion extension for unemployment benefits. The defeat of the President's plan to help revive...
- Research articles 1993-04-26
- Sophistry Reigns Supreme: The Slippery Slope of Stimulus
- Peter Morici submits: As Congress has added to the stimulus package, members have become ever more elastic in defining various kinds of spending and tax programs as GDP boosting and jobs creating. Expanded welfare payments, unemployment benefits for part-time workers and more generous tax write offs for past corporate losses...
- External links 2009-02-03
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