'Drunk' allegations halt Ukraine parliament budget hearing Jun 18th, 2013 - 14:00h (CET +01.00) KIEV (Reuters) - A parliamentary hearing on Ukraine's budget was suspended on Tuesday when opposition deputies alleged that a deputy finance minister presenting the budget report was drunk. Anatoly Myarkovsky, first deputy finance minister, spok... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 'drunk', allegations, halt, ukraine, parliament, budget, hearing, Top Keywords

British manufacturers urge health budget cuts to fund growth Jun 3rd, 2013 - 01:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturers urged the government on Monday to cut the healthcare budget and put money into growth-generating areas such as infrastructure and technology when it unveils its latest spending review next month. The criticism... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : british, manufacturers, urge, health, budget, cuts, fund, growth, Top Keywords

Labour party vows iron discipline on budget, spells out some cuts Jun 3rd, 2013 - 00:40h (CET +01.00) By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour party will seek to convince sceptical voters it is fit to run the economy by promising "iron discipline" on spending and pledging some cuts to welfare benefits if it w... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : labour, party, vows, iron, discipline, budget, spells, some, cuts, Top Keywords

S&P says France must deliver promised budget cuts to protect rating May 27th, 2013 - 19:30h (CET +01.00) By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - France needs to deliver promised budget cuts if it wants to avoid a further credit rating downgrade, Standard & Poor's lead analyst for France told Reuters on Monday. S&P, which stripped France of its... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : s&p, says, france, must, deliver, promised, budget, cuts, protect, rating, Top Keywords

'Fast & Furious' leads 'Hangover' in big-budget movie battle May 26th, 2013 - 20:10h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - The sixth "Fast & Furious" action movie raced past comedy sequel "The Hangover Part III" to lead U.S. and Canadian box office charts through Sunday, putting the film on track to claim victory for the U.S. Memorial ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 'fast, &, furious', leads, 'hangover', bigbudget, movie, battle, protect, rating, Top Keywords

UK consumer morale dips as personal budgets squeezed - GfK Apr 30th, 2013 - 03:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer confidence dropped unexpectedly in April, mainly as a result of worsening personal finances, a survey from researchers GfK NOP showed on Tuesday. The headline index in the poll fell to -27 from -26 in March, slight... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : consumer, morale, dips, personal, budgets, squeezed, movie, battle, protect, rating, Top Keywords

Egypt opposition files court case to reveal budget Apr 27th, 2013 - 21:40h (CET +01.00) CAIRO (AP) - Several Egyptian opposition parties and civil society groups filed a lawsuit on Saturday to try to force the government to disclose the upcoming fiscal year's planned budget for the country where the economy has waned amid continued... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : egypt, opposition, files, court, case, reveal, budget, battle, protect, rating, Top Keywords

Rush to help airlines, travelers could crack open budget door Apr 27th, 2013 - 07:10h (CET +01.00) By David Lawder and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress got rid of a headache on Friday when it rescued the flying public from flight delays caused by its budget cutting. But in the view of many lawmakers, the pain is just about to begin. Mem... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : rush, help, airlines, travelers, could, crack, open, budget, door, rating, Top Keywords

UK firms keep quarterly ad budgets flat, plan 2013 rise - survey Apr 11th, 2013 - 01:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - British companies kept marketing expenditure broadly unchanged in the first quarter although more of them expect to increase rather than cut their budgets in 2013, an advertising industry survey showed. The IPA Bellwether report sa... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : firms, keep, quarterly, budgets, flat, plan, 2013, rise, survey, rating, Top Keywords

Obama budget makes cybersecurity a growing U.S. priority Apr 10th, 2013 - 22:30h (CET +01.00) By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed on Wednesday increased spending to protect U.S. computer networks from Internet-based attacks in a sign that the government aims to put more resources into the emerging global cy... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : obama, budget, cybersecurity, growing, priority, plan, 2013, rise, survey, rating, Top Keywords