US subsidies

By Matt Egan, CNN Business The shortage of computer chips is raising the price of new and used cars, delaying electronics shipments and slowing economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic. “It’s a huge problem,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told CNN before leading a White House meeting with chip makers and …

China’s decision to formally seek to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the world’s largest Asian trade deal, presents the United States with a huge set of economic and diplomatic challenges. China’s accession to the CPTPP would deal a heavy blow to US economic policy and further strengthen …

Even those of us who work on the opinion side of the business should have the truth as our focus. I’m a conservative, but I also have a long history of critical fact-reporting of Republicans. I’m proud of it. The truth has no ideology. These notions are difficult to reconcile, …

The United States of America has pledged $ 10 billion to end hunger and poverty, ensure gender equality and limit the climate crisis, strengthening the United Nations initiative to improve global food systems. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the fund at the first United Nations Food Systems Summit …

As federal lawmakers deliberate on President Joe Biden’s $ 1,000 billion plan to strengthen America’s infrastructure, few people may have noticed that the current plan also includes a $ 6 billion line of credit for nuclear power plants. While it can wait until another day to debate whether subsidizing certain …

AMSTERDAM – The Joint Council on Tuesday signed a cooperation agreement with the Capital Region Land Bank to continue a public funding program aimed at rehabilitating dilapidated city-owned properties and returning repaired homes to underserved families. The State’s Home Access and Community Renovation Program aims to address dilapidated residential properties …

ROBERT KITCHIN / Tips Finance Minister Grant Robertson gives details of the restart of the wage subsidy program when community transmission was detected in New Zealand in August 2020, after several months without a case in the community. OPINION: Amid another lockdown, Kiwi workers and businesses are suffering. While the …

By DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING, Michigan (AP) – Michigan to make more children eligible for child care subsidies, equip state soldiers with body cameras, and make pandemic wage increases for home workers permanent nursing and other caregivers under the upcoming state budget, ready for initial approval Tuesday. The $ …

Hello and welcome to our continued coverage of the global economy, financial markets, euro area and business. Fears are growing that the UK’s carbon dioxide shortage will soon lead to empty shelves, as food producers urge the government to step in and provide support. Ian wright, CEO of Food and …

By Isaac Anumihe, Abuja Nigeria’s federal government may have succumbed to pressure from the World Bank to remove its electricity subsidy as a condition for accessing more funds. Recall that last week, President Muhammadu Buhari wrote to the National Assembly asking for approval to borrow the sum of $ 4,054,476,863 …