Budget


  • Aug
    18
    By MOTOKO RICH

    As U.S. schools handed out pink slips to teachers this spring, states made a beeline to Washington to plead for money for their ravaged education budgets. But now that the government has come through with $10 billion, some of the nation’s biggest school districts are balking at using their share of the money to hire teachers right away

  • Jun
    22
    By FROM NEWS REPORTS

    The Japanese prime minister, Naoto Kan, pledged Tuesday to balance the budget in 10 years and reduce bond sales, moving to bolster investors’ confidence that he can contain the world’s

  • May
    26
    By MATTHEW SALTMARSH

    Just as economic growth is gathering steam globally, the threat of overheating in parts of Asia and Europe’s budget deficit woes are raising warning signs, the Organization for Economic Cooperation

  • Mar
    24
    By HIROKO TABUCHI

    The Japanese government pushed a record ¥92. 3 trillion budget through Parliament Wednesday aimed at stimulating growth in the long-stagnant economy — another round of spending that will add to

  • By PTI

    The Budget proposal to charge 10 per cent service tax on air travel may not be rolled back, as the government expects to raise between Rs 600 and Rs 1,000 crore annually through the measure.

  • Mar
    21
    By PTI

    Already reeling under escalating prices of essential commodities, there may be more bad news in tore for people in the city with Delhi Government likely to announce a set of

  • Mar
    07

    Raamdeo Agrawal
    Co-founder & director
    Motilal Oswal Financial Services

    Uncertainty over the oil stocks has increased after the budget. The government has given no clear indications on the future of

  • Feb
    28
    By Kumar Shankar Roy

    Critics may have slammed finance minister Pranab Mukerjee for pressing the roll back button on fiscal stimulus too early, but Vikram Kotak, chief investment officer of Birla Sun Life Insurance,