THANK goodness for Scotland's auditor-general. If Robert Black did not exist we would have to invent him – for in the unreal world of Holyrood, where so many politicians think that they can still spend, spend, spend money they do not have, his report about the looming £3 billion spending shortfall was the glacially cold bath they deserve.The publication of his report, prepared by Audit Scotland, is...
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recent RTI reply has brought it to public notice that Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa has been spending a generous amount of money in refurbishing his personal residence. As per reports the amount spent to redo his bungalow was INR 1.7 crore. Out of this amount INR 35 lakhs were spent in decking up his master bedroom.It is normally considered fit for the ministers to be not spending too much on...
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Consumer spending falls in September, incomes flat < ');" class="arial11blue1"> RateConsumer spending plunged in September by the largest amount in nine months, reflecting the end of the government's Cash for Clunkers auto sales program. Incomes, the fuel for future spending, were flat.While the government reported that the overall economy grew in the July-September period, signaling the end of the...
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Labour has echoed the Scottish government's call for the Treasury to speed up capital spending to help economic recovery.SNP Finance Secretary John Swinney has said £350m of spending has already been accelerated but he wants permission to draw down more money next year.Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray has now written to Chancellor Alistair Darling on the issue.Bringing forward infrastructure spending...
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Consumer spending falls in Sept. while incomes flat, raises concerns about recovery's strengthIn this Oct. 7, 2009 photo, a Best Buy saleswoman, lower, gives change to a customer at Best Buy inConsumer spending plunged in September by the largest amount in nine months, reflecting the end of the government's Cash for Clunkers auto sales program. Incomes, the fuel for future spending, were flat.While...
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candidates, including those of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), United Democratic Front (UDF), and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), contesting the upcoming by-election to the Ernakulam Assembly constituency filed accounts of their campaign expenses before the finance officer at the district collectorate on Wednesday.As per this, the UDF candidate Dominic Presentation had spent Rs. 34,152 till October...
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Bank of England's rate-setters have decided to pump an extra £25bn into the economy in their quantitative easing (QE) programme.The Bank has already spent £175bn on QE, which involves printing money to buy assets from banks and other companies to stimulate the economy.The extra £25bn will be spent over the next three months, which is a slower rate of spending than before.The MPC is not ready to take...
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code.Global online advertising spending fell slightly in the third quarter, but there are signs that the market may be recovering and could start growing again soon, according to IDC.Marketers spent US$14.6 billion, down 1 percent compared with last year's third quarter, as all world regions saw online ad revenue contract except for Asia-Pacific and Japan. In the U.S., online ad spending fell 4 percent...
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visitBEIJING—Alibaba.com Ltd.'s third-quarter net profit fell 20% as the company ramped up spending to boost the number of users of its online business-to-business platform.Alibaba said Tuesday its net profit declined to 236 million yuan ($34.6 million) in the quarter from 296.6 million yuan a year earlier, as higher spending on marketing, staff and technology more than offset a double-digit percentage...
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