UK: Gov expenditure unbounded?

14 11 2009 Bercow spends £45,000 on flat refit. Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act obtained by the Daily Telegraph showed that Mr Bercow’s wife gave detailed instructions on the revamp of the historic apartment beneath Big Ben in the...

Pakistan to increase defence budget for 2009-10

Pakistan's defence budget, which has been on the decline for the last five years, is going to be increased in the next national budget for 2009-10, a senior official has said."ISLAMABAD: Pakistan defence budget expenditures during the last five years is seen on the decline....

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Sir Alan Sugar Tells Miliband: "YOU'RE FIRED!" in Newspaper Rant

Sir Alan Sugar in an astonishing rant in the SUN newspaper declares that Prime Minister Gordon Brown should "kick out" his silent enemies, a clear reference to pretender to the PM title, David Miliband.   "...

Cost-cutting BBC spends thousands - on a fish tank

The BBC is coming under fire again today as details are being leaked about how the company spends thousands of pounds a year (more than 2,000) on maintaining their fish tanks in just one of their London offices. I...

Invite a bride, groom on contract

Craze for settling in  western countires in Indian Punjab often leads to innovative ideas. People resort to fake marriages and also forged their documents to get entry into these countries. ""IELTS-cleared girl required for paper marriage with Jat...

CMS Releases National Health Expenditure Projections

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has prepared an analysis of projected national health care expenditures through 2017, which has been published in the journal Health Affairs. According to CMS, national health spending is expected to grow to 6.7 percent...

Auditor General's Hefty Expenses Bill

"Sir John Bourn, guardian of the public purse. In three years he's run up bills of £365k on travel and £27k on meals. Then there's opera, grand prix, polo ... As England's chief investigator into Whitehall waste and extravagance, Sir John Bourn, the comptroller and auditor...

The roots of Dalit rage

"The roots of Dalit rage The symbolism of Dalit politics is a tactical response to the threat of violence lurking beneath the surface of Indian democracy. The benevolent tolerance that caste Hindu society affects may well be misplaced. by | Sukumar Muralidharan In January...

Library investment returns $4 to $1

"A new study released November 29, 2006 shows that nine public library systems in Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren counties in Southwest Ohio create an annual economic impact of nearly four times the amount invested in their operations. The report from Levin, Driscoll...

Prototypes Development Cost can be claimed as R&D cost u/s 35

"Prototypes Development Cost can be claimed as R&D cost u/s 35 Someone Asked on This Blog Can we consider prototype costs as R&D costs? If so, any guidelines as to how many initial productions we can consider as prototypes? From: san-bw@........com Yes, in my view you...

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