1 Benefits board puts cuts to retiree subsidies on hold
The Public Employee Benefits Board Thursday voted to pull back a proposed bill cutting back subsidies for retired worker health benefits. “Why are we doing this now,†said member Jacque Ewing-Taylor. Source: Lahontan Valley News
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2 Board puts cuts to retiree subsidies on hold
The Public Employee Benefits Board on Thursday voted to pull back a proposed bill cutting subsidies for retired worker health benefits. Source: Nevada Appeal
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3 Nigeria Aims to End Oil Subsidies Within 6 Months, Finance Minister Says
Nigeria’s government is aiming to remove subsidies on domestic fuel prices within six months after investing in a mass transit system to ease the impact on the poor, Finance Minister Olusegun Aganga said. Source: Bloomberg
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4 Hayhurst criticizes Stutzman farm subsidies
Tom Hayhurst, the Democrat running to represent the 3rd District in the U.S. House, said Friday that if his opponent is so opposed to farm subsidies, he ought to return the nearly $1 million in subsidies he's received in the last 15 years. Source: Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
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5 Toyota Prius May Lead Japan Car Sale Collapse as Subsidies End
TOKYO -- The Prius hybrid has spearheaded sales growth for Toyota Motor in Japan for more than a year, helped by government subsidies. Source: San Jose Mercury News
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6 Gas shortage to force the GCC to do away with subsidies
With looming power cuts in a number of countries in the Gulf, the region is obliged to free up the subsidies in the energy sector, a US energy statistical and analytical, said. Source: Zawya
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7 Rail boss calls for subsidies for farmers, not transport operators
Subsidies for railway grain transportation should be given to farmers, not to transport operators, Russian Railways (RZhD) President Vladimir Yakunin said on Thursday. Source: Russian Information Agency Novosti
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8 Subsidies encourage employers to keep health plans for early retirees
WASHINGTON - Some of North Texas' largest employers will benefit from a new federal program that subsidizes retiree health insurance, including some that considered dropping coverage after the health care law passed. Source: Dallas Morning News
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9 Government subsidies encourage wasteful behavior
One of the things that makes it tough to figure out how much has to be charged for insurance is that people behave differently when they are insured from the way they behave when they are not insured. Source: Detroit News
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10 For a leaner mai baap state
Sharad Pawar's defiance of a court order to distribute free foodgrains has turned the spotlight on subsidies. Even if it can't prune them, the government can at least target them better. Abhijit Patnaik writes. Source: Hindustan Times
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