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Budget giving Danville school officials headaches - GoDanRiver.com

2 hours 41 min ago

Budget giving Danville school officials headaches
GoDanRiver.com
There is also $1.8 million in federal stimulus money that is no longer available. Osborne said because they knew the stimulus money would not be around, it was put into specific projects and not personnel. The local ability to pay also went up, ...

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Romney Criticizes Stimulus in Factory that Received Money from Stimulus - ABC News

6 hours 17 min ago

Romney Criticizes Stimulus in Factory that Received Money from Stimulus
ABC News
Mitt Romney renewed attacks on President Obama's stimulus plan during a campaign event at a metal company that received $2.3 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in November 2010. "This president came into office and said, "OK, ...
Romney assails Obama stimulus spending in ColoradoCBS News
Romney faults stimulus at plant that received $2.3 millionCNN (blog)
Romney: Obama needs to 'get out of the way'Colorado Springs Gazette
Wall Street Journal (blog) -msnbc.com (blog) (subscription)
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Gold may test supports, rise higher - Hindu Business Line

12 hours 49 min ago

Gold may test supports, rise higher
Hindu Business Line
Comex gold futures ended higher on Friday in over a month, after encouraging US payrolls data dented hopes of any additional stimulus from the Federal Reserve, which had been priced into bullion's recent rally. US non-farm payrolls jumped 243000, ...

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How Obama's stimulus revived the electric car - Alaska Dispatch

20 hours 48 min ago

Alaska Dispatch

How Obama's stimulus revived the electric car
Alaska Dispatch
A common criticism of President Obama's $800 billion stimulus package has been that it failed to produce anything – that while the New Deal built bridges and dams, all the stimulus did was fill some potholes and create temporary jobs.

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Emerald Wood Products in Emmett is a stimulus project that went awry - The Idaho Statesman

20 hours 49 min ago

The Idaho Statesman

Emerald Wood Products in Emmett is a stimulus project that went awry
The Idaho Statesman
He'd pumped nearly $7 million of his own money and $4 million from taxpayers — federal stimulus dollars — into building a small sawmill in Emmett. In May 2010, he started cutting logs and building a payroll that would eventually cover 57 people in a ...

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Solar energy subsidies: sticky wicket for Tea Party recipient? - Christian Science Monitor

2012, February 4 - 22:33

Christian Science Monitor

Solar energy subsidies: sticky wicket for Tea Party recipient?
Christian Science Monitor
But Mark Neumann, who decries Obama stimulus plan, got the solar energy credits under President Bush. By Scott Bauer, Associated Press / February 5, 2012 Mark Neumann (shown here after losing a 1998 US Senate race in Wisconsin) is a Tea Party candidate ...
Senate candidate Mark Neumann got stimulus fundsGreen Bay Press Gazette
Republican candidate Mark Neumann: Companies got $500000 from stimulusAppleton Post Crescent

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Bonds sell off as jobs report cuts bets on stimulus - Business Recorder (blog)

2012, February 4 - 17:32

Bonds sell off as jobs report cuts bets on stimulus
Business Recorder (blog)
The data reduced the chance of further monetary stimulus from the Fed, economists said. Some traders even started to bet that interest rates could rise in early 2014, causing investors in general to reassess their long Treasuries positions.

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Romney faults stimulus at plant that received $2.3 million - CNN (blog)

2012, February 4 - 17:11

Romney faults stimulus at plant that received $2.3 million
CNN (blog)
Colorado Springs, Colorado (CNN) - Hailing a metal engineering plant that received $2.3 million in stimulus funds as a small business success story, on Saturday Mitt Romney told an audience at the plant the federal recovery program "did not do the job.
Romney Criticizes Stimulus in Factory that Received Money from StimulusABC News (blog)
Romney assails Obama stimulus spending in ColoradoCBS News
Romney Credits Business Owners — Not Obama — for Improving EconomyWall Street Journal (blog)
msnbc.com (blog) (subscription) -Denver Post
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Will Kitsap industries funded by 'Green Jobs' grant stay green financially? - Kitsap Sun

2012, February 4 - 16:59

Will Kitsap industries funded by 'Green Jobs' grant stay green financially?
Kitsap Sun
Their jobs are among the estimated 30 Kitsap County officials say were created with a $2.23 million stimulus grant the county received in late 2009. After hours of poring over every crack and crevice of a building, Stefnik gives homeowners a detailed ...

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Romney assails Obama stimulus spending in Colorado - CBS News

2012, February 4 - 16:31

Chicago Tribune

Romney assails Obama stimulus spending in Colorado
CBS News
Mitt Romney slammed President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package Saturday at a rally featuring a plant owner who said he received some of the money and it didn't create any jobs. "This president came into office and said: 'OK, we're going to get ...
Romney Criticizes Stimulus in Factory that Received Money from StimulusABC News (blog)
Romney faults stimulus at plant that received $2.3 millionCNN (blog)
Between the Rockies and a political hard place, Romney hits Obamamsnbc.com (blog) (subscription)
Wall Street Journal (blog) -Denver Post -Los Angeles Times
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Romney Assails Obama Stimulus Spending in Colorado - National Journal

2012, February 4 - 15:57

Romney Assails Obama Stimulus Spending in Colorado
National Journal
Mitt Romney slammed President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package Saturday at a rally featuring a plant owner who said he received some of the money and it didn't create any jobs. “This president came into office and said: 'OK, we're going to get ...

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Audit: Calif. slow to spend weatherization funds - North County Times

2012, February 4 - 15:28

Audit: Calif. slow to spend weatherization funds
North County Times
California officials still lag on a federal stimulus program that helps people make energy-efficient upgrades to their homes, and some cities risk having to give back some of the funds because of the delays, according to a new state audit.
Oakland, SF May Lose Millions in Fed FundsNBC Bay Area

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Romney Criticizes Stimulus in Factory that Received Money from Stimulus - ABC News (blog)

2012, February 4 - 15:28

Romney Criticizes Stimulus in Factory that Received Money from Stimulus
ABC News (blog)
Mitt Romney renewed attacks on President Obama's stimulus plan during a campaign event at a metal company that received $2.3 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in November 2010. “This president came into office and said, “OK, ...
Romney assails Obama stimulus spending in ColoradoCBS News
Romney faults stimulus at plant that received $2.3 millionCNN (blog)
Romney: Obama needs to 'get out of the way'Colorado Springs Gazette
Wall Street Journal (blog) -msnbc.com (blog) (subscription)
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Watchdog finds cybersecurity 'shortcomings' with stimulus-backed power grid ... - Fox News

2012, February 4 - 12:45

Fox News

Watchdog finds cybersecurity 'shortcomings' with stimulus-backed power grid ...
Fox News
A multibillion-dollar stimulus push to modernize the nation's power grid is raising cybersecurity concerns, as the Department of Energy's official watchdog reports that dozens of grant recipients came to the table with inadequate security plans.

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Injecting stimulus to revive the jute industry - Financial Express Bangladesh

2012, February 4 - 10:15

Injecting stimulus to revive the jute industry
Financial Express Bangladesh
Country's jute and jute goods exports have registered a substantial growth during the last couple of years. Such a fabulous growth was never witnessed in Bangladesh for decades. And its benefits have reached every segment of the industry, including the ...

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New inner-city health center opens in Boston - Boston.com

2012, February 4 - 09:56

Boston.com

New inner-city health center opens in Boston
Boston.com
Construction of the new facility was largely enabled by a portion of the $80 million in federal stimulus funds the state received for eight community-based health centers, four in Boston and one each in New Bedford, Fall River, Fitchburg and Lowell.
New Health Center Opens In RoxburyWBUR

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Cyprus Finance Ministry presents stimulus package - Famagusta Gazette

2012, February 4 - 03:36

Famagusta Gazette

Cyprus Finance Ministry presents stimulus package
Famagusta Gazette
The Finance Ministry presented to the political parties the stimulus package aimed at boosting economic growth. It provides for a broad spectrum covering all sectors of the economy. The package will be submitted to the Council of Ministers for approval ...

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Republican candidate Mark Neumann: Companies got $500000 from stimulus - Appleton Post Crescent

2012, February 4 - 02:26

Republican candidate Mark Neumann: Companies got $500000 from stimulus
Appleton Post Crescent
AP MADISON — Solar energy companies owned by a Tea Party Republican running for an open US Senate seat in Wisconsin who is opposed to the 2009 federal stimulus package have received $500000 in grants under the program. The Associated Press first ...
Senate candidate Mark Neumann got stimulus fundsGreen Bay Press Gazette

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Bonds Sell Off As Jobs Data Reduce Bets On Stimulus - Investor's Business Daily

2012, February 3 - 15:44

Financial Post

Bonds Sell Off As Jobs Data Reduce Bets On Stimulus
Investor's Business Daily
The data reduced the chance of further monetary stimulus from the Fed, economists said. Some traders even started to bet that interest rates could rise in early 2014, causing investors in general to reassess their long Treasuries positions.
Fed's Evans Seeks Clearer Rate Pledge or 'Ambitious' Asset BuysBusinessWeek

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Opposition parties cry for stimulus, not austerity - Toronto Sun

2012, February 3 - 15:36

Opposition parties cry for stimulus, not austerity
Toronto Sun
(Andre Forget/QMI Agency) Opposition parties said the Canadian economy needs stimulus instead of austerity after the latest job numbers released Friday highlighted a sluggish job market. The NDP and Liberals want the government to consider changing its ...

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