Topic: Government Spending

More budget roulette

Gov. Deval Patrick's budget team may not have used smoke and mirrors to balance their spending proposal for the next fiscal year but they certainly...

Treasury bond market at a glance

Key barometers in the Treasury market late Friday, compared with late Thursday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $100 ...
Military contractors misspent more than 25 billion rubles ($822 million) in 2011, or almost 3 percent of the total value of all defense orders for...

Start with MPs

Re: "Harper planning pension revamp," Jan. 27.. . How dare Prime Minister Stephen Harper suggest that reducing accessibility to Old Age Security...

BC-US--Obama-College Costs,98

BC-Obama-College Costs,98 January 28, 2012 09:07 GMT . . College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan By KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer ...

BC-AL--Disaster Request,126

BC-Disaster Request,126 January 27, 2012 22:58 GMT . . Alabama governor seeks federal disaster aid . MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama's governor is...
Sparrowvsrevolution writes "At the Shmoocon security conference, researcher Brendan O'Connor plans to present the F-BOMB, or Falling or...
USS Carl Vinson and USNS Yukon. Navy photo.. . by NICK OTTENS. . President Barack Obama's planned reductions in defense spending have earned him...
Broadway in 1860, from NYPL archives While public library systems across the country flounder in the face of declining tax revenue and dwindling...
On Friday, the Department of Finance updated Canada's deficit projections, and brought welcome news: The federal deficit is shrinking more rapidly...