If the state were to deposit its money in its own state-owned bank, it could have enough credit to solve its budget crisis with funds to spare.
Posts Tagged ‘dollars’
Qureshi says war on terror cost Pak 35 billion dollars
July 21st, 2009 |
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Pakistan’s war against terrorism has cost it more than 35 billion dollars, the country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has claimed.
Addressing a joint press conference with EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, Qureshi said Pakistan wants aid promised by the international community to provide aid to the affected people, The Dawn reports.
Speaking about his meeting [...]
Government Watchdog: Bailouts Could Rise to $23 Trillion Dollars
July 20th, 2009 |
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I have previously pointed out that “independent experts say that total government spending [for the bailouts] could rise to $20 trillion dollars.”Now, the government’s own watchdog over the various bailout efforts – the special inspector general – sa…
Government Watchdog: Bailouts Could Rise to $23 Trillion Dollars
July 20th, 2009 |
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I have previously pointed out that “independent experts say that total government spending [for the bailouts] could rise to $20 trillion dollars.”Now, the government’s own watchdog over the various bailout efforts – the special inspector general – sa…
Your Taxpayer Dollars Were Used to Torture Children
July 18th, 2009 |
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I have repeatedly written that the U.S. has tortured children as part of the war on terror (and see this).In an excellent new article, Daily Kos adds the following information:President Jimmy Carter wrote that the Red Cross, Amnesty International and t…
The Great Seattle Advertising Experiment: What Will Happen to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Print Advertising Dollars?
March 17th, 2009 |
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer today because the first major metro newspaper to stop publishing in print but keep the news brand alive on the web. Seattlepi.com’s Executive Editor Michelle Nicolosi promises bold experiments, “to break a lot of rules that newspaper Web sites stick to.” And to be sure, the entire news industry will be watching [...]
When A Newspaper Stops Publishing In Print, What Happens To The Print Advertising Dollars?
December 17th, 2008 |
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With all the debate over the future of newspapers, here’s a question I haven’t heard anybody ask (much less answer): If a metropolitan newspaper suddenly ceased to publish, leaving the city with no newspaper, what would happen to all of that newspaper’s ad dollars?
Most newspaper companies’ strategy right now is based on the assumption that [...]