At issue is the assertion by the Big Three U.S. airlines — Delta, American and United — that the Gulf carriers have received $ 42 billion
in subsidies from their governments since 2004, violating open skies agreements by giving them an unfair advantage in the international aviation market.
For every # 1 a business spends on fuel, it gets # 1.60
in subsidies from the government.
Not exact matches
Boeing (ba) and Bombardier (bombf) traded barbs on Monday over the U.S. planemaker's claim that its Canadian rival benefited
from billions of dollars
in illegal
government subsidies and dumped its newest jetliner
in the United States at below cost.
From 2005 to 2014, the company received at least $ 613 million
in local
government subsidies to build warehouses and another $ 147 million for its data centers, according to a report by the Institute for Local Self - Reliance, a group that pushes for local resources to be dedicated to community development.
Over the past couple of years, Emirates» expansion into the US market has been met with pushback
from a coalition lead by American, Delta, and United Airlines (the US3) that claim Emirates» growth has been fueled billions of dollars
in government subsidies.
«
In addition to a growing need for international exchange resulting from China's economic development, local governments» increased subsidies are driving Chinese carriers» global route expansion,» Shanghai - based Cadas said in a report released Thursda
In addition to a growing need for international exchange resulting
from China's economic development, local
governments» increased
subsidies are driving Chinese carriers» global route expansion,» Shanghai - based Cadas said
in a report released Thursda
in a report released Thursday.
At the core of the disagreement is a claim by Boeing that Bombardier has cheated American trade rules by accepting
subsidies from the Canadian
government and selling its CSeries aircraft
in the United States at below market prices.
In China, the biggest user, higher domestic prices and government subsidies have resulted in a «notable rise» in output from smelters, Citigroup said in a July 16 repor
In China, the biggest user, higher domestic prices and
government subsidies have resulted
in a «notable rise» in output from smelters, Citigroup said in a July 16 repor
in a «notable rise»
in output from smelters, Citigroup said in a July 16 repor
in output
from smelters, Citigroup said
in a July 16 repor
in a July 16 report.
As a young company, Gildan benefited
from being
in Canada, receiving
government subsidies, and, when it hit a rough patch during the»90s, even borrowing
from Quebec's labour - sponsored fund, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, which invested $ 3.5 million
in Gildan shares starting
in 1996 and lent the company up to $ 30 million
in debentures.
Independents want cuts
in government spending and entitlement reform, but just not those cuts and reforms
in things like education and Medicare and various middle class
subsidies from which they immediately benefit.
On top of rent supplements, each privately owned apartment costs the
government from $ 4,000 to 6,000 per year
in tax benefits and interest
subsidies.
There was little economic activity — some trading
in forest delicacies, some income
from the trekkers, some bribes
from the logging companies who had encroached almost as far as Murudi — but
government subsidies filled the gap.
Tropical Traditions also restored traditional methods of producing coconut oil by hand, and also worked to provide consumer access to other traditional products that had fallen out of favor
in the U.S. market, but for which there was a demand
from health - conscious consumers interested
in sourcing food outside the corporate commodity food supply kept cheap by
government subsidies.
In fact, fruit and vegetable farmers receive no
subsidies from the
government, though fruits and vegetables should make up the largest share of Americans» diets, according to the new pyramid.
«
In 2012, the government reformed the HRA subsidy system so councils keep all the rents they collect from their homes, and receipts from sales of houses or land, giving them the freedom to invest them in building new homes.&raqu
In 2012, the
government reformed the HRA
subsidy system so councils keep all the rents they collect
from their homes, and receipts
from sales of houses or land, giving them the freedom to invest them
in building new homes.&raqu
in building new homes.»
In addition, no matter where the high - tech weapons is made, the producers receive heavy
subsidies from the
government, there is little «market competition» because assault / defense weapons is not basic necessity post WW2.
The restructuring of VRA will also enable the use of cheap electricity
from legacy hydro to support
government subsidy objectives to a targeted category of consumers
in a transparent manner.
Turning to the spare room
subsidy,
in a week
in which DWP Secretary of State Iain Duncan Smith had announced that foster carers and people whose teenage children were
in the army would be excluded
from it, he said that it had been clear
from day one that the
government's intention was that they wouldn't be affected by this.
That insulates most consumers
from price increases even as it requires the federal
government to pay more
in subsidies.
On May 20, 2015, nine days BEFORE the
government was inaugurated, I laid out «Policy Prescriptions» - diversification of production,
government revenue, and exports; imperative of a strong and credible economic team and cabinet; targeting «opportunity sectors» (solid minerals, refining and petrochemicals, a new and realistic fiscal regime for upstream oil and gas, private sector investments
in power and infrastructure, agro-processing, retail and construction); freeing «up resources
from downstream petroleum sector deregulation» emphasizing «an economic reality
in which hard decisions including some previously rebuffed by the opposition will have to be taken» a clear reference to the petrol
subsidy which
government waited a full year before countenancing the critical decision!
One of the charges read, «That you, Adegbite Adetoye and Ponnle Abiodun whilst being directors of Origin Oil and Gas Limited on or about the 8th day of October 2010 to December, 2011
in Abuja within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and with intent to defraud, conspired to obtain the sum of N735, 132, 076.18
From the Federal Government of Nigeria under false pretence that the said sum represented subsidy accruing to you, whereas the sum is above the actual subsidy payment for the importation of 15,000 mt of premium motor spirit (petrol) which you claim to have purchased from Vitol SA and imported into Nigeria through MT Silverie which representation you knew to be false.&ra
From the Federal
Government of Nigeria under false pretence that the said sum represented
subsidy accruing to you, whereas the sum is above the actual
subsidy payment for the importation of 15,000 mt of premium motor spirit (petrol) which you claim to have purchased
from Vitol SA and imported into Nigeria through MT Silverie which representation you knew to be false.&ra
from Vitol SA and imported into Nigeria through MT Silverie which representation you knew to be false.»
According to Good Jobs First, a national policy resource center that tracks
subsidies from local and state
governments, New York leads the country
in overall spending on megadeals — defined as corporate incentive packages that total more than $ 75 million.
The Bronx - based Parkash, who owns about 60 buildings, has collected more than $ 500,000
in Section 8
subsidies from the federal
government over the past five years, according to the New York Post.
Now, McMillan, teeing off rants against everything
from government subsidies of Wall Street to the price of a can of lima beans, says he once again has City Hall
in his sites — and was inspired to run,
in part, by Prince's death.
The sad thing is that our local community
in New Square is described
in Wikipedia as a place where «four Hasidic men created a nonexistent Jewish school to receive $ 30 million
in education grants,
subsidies, and loans
from the U.S. federal
government.
From, 2010 to 2020 roughly, the federal
government would have to supply about 420 billion dollars
in subsidies to get these massive scale [s] of production for, you know, all the mix of photovoltaic systems, solar power systems, the compressed air systems, the direct current system.
Michael Pattison, chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, says that
in the past two years the
government has spent more than Pounds Sterling 100 million collecting information on house values for the Council Tax and on land use so that farmers can claim
subsidies from the European Commission.
But corn's main deleterious effects come
from high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is used
in so many processed foods that it's now almost impossible to avoid thanks
in large part to the collusion between the food industry and
government that serves to provide lavish
subsidies to grow corn, which manipulate normal market forces.
At the same time business has become an influential advocate for school reform, Robert B. Reich, a prominent political economist at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of
Government, argues
in The Work of Nations, it has quietly worked to procure
subsidies and tax breaks
from state and local
governments.
Because of the giant distortions of the presence and
subsidies from the federal
government as well as the atypical set of people who live
in that area, policy experiences
in DC are very often quite different
from the experiences
in the rest of the country.
But even
in the case of direct
government subsidies, it's far
from clear that accountability to
government is necessary or even prudent, as Professor Jay P. Greene of the University of Arkansas explains:
A recent study
from the Center for American Progress, for example, found that,
in 30 states, mid-career teachers who head families of four or more are eligible for
government subsidies, such as subsidized children's health insurance or free or reduced - price school meals.
Add an endless chorus of disenchantment
from politicians who hate
in principle the idea of
government support for the part of the car industry interested
in electrification (as opposed to glorious
subsidies for everything petroleum - related), and Fisker was always going to be
in the crosshairs.
The Wall Street Journal mentioned that «
In France, newspapers also have had to play catch - up online, given that overall circulation is down by nearly a third in four years and direct government subsidies to the press are projected to slide 29 % by 2015 from their 2010 pea
In France, newspapers also have had to play catch - up online, given that overall circulation is down by nearly a third
in four years and direct government subsidies to the press are projected to slide 29 % by 2015 from their 2010 pea
in four years and direct
government subsidies to the press are projected to slide 29 % by 2015
from their 2010 peak.
In order to take full advantage of what OverDrive can offer, Libranda is transitioning to a cloud - based system, funded in part by subsidies and loans from outside sources and government agencie
In order to take full advantage of what OverDrive can offer, Libranda is transitioning to a cloud - based system, funded
in part by subsidies and loans from outside sources and government agencie
in part by
subsidies and loans
from outside sources and
government agencies.
In addition to this helpful
government subsidy, students with subsidized loans also benefit
from a six month grace period after their graduation.
The new Build America Bond Program allows state and local
governments to issue taxable bonds
in 2009 and 2010 for
government capital projects and receive a direct federal
subsidy payment
from the US Treasury for a portion of their borrowing costs.
Another argument
in favor of the option is that some postsecondary institutions may increase tuition to benefit
from some of the
subsidies that the
government gives students; reducing
subsidies might therefore slow the growth of tuition.
Notably, the White House administration has delayed implementation of the income verification rules, leaving income verification for now on the «honor system» (with random checks of a statistically significant sample to verify compliance), but raising concern
from many that there may be a higher incidence of fraudulent income reporting to qualify for the
subsidy in the coming year (though ultimately, inappropriately reported amounts could still be recaptured by the Federal
government when the subsequent tax return is filed later, as discussed below, limiting the potential scope of any fraud).
Along with United and Delta Air Lines, American has been vocal
in its opposition to Gulf carriers» operations
in the United States, arguing they should be curtailed
in response to illegal
subsidies from Middle Eastern
governments.
Among other criticism, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who had seen the work
in the catalogue but not
in the show, called it «sick stuff» and threatened to withdraw the annual $ 7 million City Hall grant
from the Brooklyn Museum hosting the show, because «You don't have a right to
government subsidy for desecrating somebody else's religion.»
These include reducing inertia
in social and economic systems; building on a growing public desire for
governments to act on climate change; removing implicit and explicit
subsidies; reducing the influence of vested interests that increase emissions and reduce resilience; enabling the shifts
from ineffective governance and weak institutions to innovative leadership
in government, the private sector and civil society; and engaging society
in the transition to norms and practices that foster sustainability.
The food shortages and riots that have wracked the world
in recent months,
from the Philippines to Egypt to Haiti, have starkly dramatized the moral bankruptcy inherent
in our
government's continued
subsidies for the production of corn ethanol.
Suffice to say that when you factor
in all of the
government subsidies and «externalities» (increased health costs
from respiratory sickness, environmental degradation, etc; the stuff that we all have to pay for maybe not
from our wallets but
in our tax returns), the true price of fossil fuels is much, much higher than any individual or company pays.
Before announcing the closure of Northern
in mid-2015, Alinta unsuccessfully sought $ 25 million
in subsidies over three years
from the South Australian Labor
government to keep it operating until this year, to ensure an effective transition occurred, after a rapid rise
in renewable energy made it unviable.
It is hardly surprising that such reductions
in subsidies would lead to «protests» and «outrage»
from the solar industry; an earlier Washington Post article by Faiola
in November 2009 took note of the fact that even with
subsidies in place, average German families had a hard time adopting solar on a household level since they «can't afford the initial cost, which runs between $ 8,000 to $ 20,000 even after generous
government rebates.
And then the bubble bursts and the wind - scam reality is exposed... «When you're trying to sell a «product» with no commercial value, the «business» — for want of a better word — can only be about what you can extract
from gullible / compliant
governments (and unwitting power consumers),
in the form of massive and endless
subsidies.»
Iran leads the world
in fossil fuel consumption
subsidies providing $ 78 billion
from its
government resources
in 2014 to lower the cost of fossil fuels to end - users
in its country.
Your point about coal vs. oil availability
in the 19th century is well taken, although I would remind you that much oil exploration (outside of the middle east) is not done on the cheap, and is indeed supported by generous
subsidies from governments.
We are dismayed to see people being forced
from their homes due to incessant, wind turbine generated low - frequency noise and infrasound; and horrified as we witnessed those
in positions of power not only fail to help those people, but turn on these victims of a
government - sanctioned,
subsidy - soaked industry.