Travellers who are bored of the streets of Paris, the canals in Italy or the sunny beaches of the Bahamas have something new to look forward to: space trips. Virgin owner Sir Richard Branson and a team of engineers...
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Mr. Bush failure in maintain fiscal. Mr. Bush has won for "gold medal" for fiscal irresponsibility, definitely."President Bush's budget chief blamed the faltering economy and the bipartisan stimulus package for the...
A US government's $482 billion budget deficit is blamed on costly wars in Afghanistan and Iraq at a time of tax reduction. The goal of a balanced budget by 2012 is still in target of a Republican administration but Democrats think otherwise ....
PHOENIX – Senator John McCain is pledging once again to balance the budget by the end of his first term in 2013, his advisers said Monday, reverting to an earlier pledge he had abandoned in April when he proposed a...
Soaring fuel prices have now started hitting even American economy badly. According to a latest report for the first time in last 13 months, US trade deficit have gone up to $60.9bn in April ."The rising cost...
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When Bill Clintonleft office in the winter of 2000, the economy was booming, the governmentbudget was balanced, and tight fiscal spending had given the government $230billion surplus, making it the largest surplus in...
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"In a radio interview Tuesday, Hillary blamed her congenital dissembling on being “sleep-deprived.” If that is so, then Hillary has been a walking zombie for years.This is the woman who insisted for more than a...
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed a budget plan on Friday to eliminate the federal deficit by 2012 while spending more than President George W. Bush wants on domestic programs like schools and roads.
After a 15-hour debate that began on Thursday, the Senate...
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia always suffered a deficit in its trade with European Free Trade Area (EFTA) member countries during the past four years, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said.Indonesia`s exports to EFTA members stood at US$235.8 million in 2004 while its imports...
"“China spends 9 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on infrastructure and India budgets 3.5 percent … while aiming to increase its allocation to 8 percent. By comparison, the United States budgets $112.9 billion or just 0.93 percent of its GDP, and sidesteps the...
"Wall Street endured another volatile day on Wednesday as stocks plunged at the opening bell, spent much of the session in negative territory, then erased a 326-point deficit in the afternoon.
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Apparently the lack of any high profile disasters has dropped the amount of contributions the Red Cross normally receives, and they are being forced to lay off 1,000 employees. They face a budget deficit of $200...
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"Barack Obama has erased a once substantial deficit to climb into a virtual tie with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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Among Republicans, John McCain charged to the front of a shifting...
""We see it (subsidy hike) as being quite secure at the end of this year because there is still balance between the increase in revenues and that in spending. The deficit in the state budget will remain unchanged," he said.
He said oil output until the end of 2007 would stand...
More good news on the economy. After 22 straight quarters of economic growth we now have a trade deficit that is shrinking and record levels of exports."The U.S. trade deficit fell to the lowest level in...
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