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The government says it is exploring how to getting UK banks to increase lending to businesses and households.President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are considering growing government-assisted health care insurance and unemployment compensation as they begin work on a two-year economic recovery package, but the timing of the package remains uncertain.The parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government clashed on Sunday over new measures to shield Europe's largest economy from what threatens to be its deepest recession since World War Two. Pressure increased on the British government today to rescue Jaguar Land Rover after Canada became the second G8 economy to bail out its motor industry. Sales of new cars have abruptly dried up amid the global downturn and Jaguar Land Rover, which employs 15,000 people in Britain, has warned ministers that it will have to lay off workers in the new year if the government does not ...Priests at Nepal's most revered Hindu temple said Sunday the government's decision to appoint two head priests was political interference in religion and they vowed to protest.The French government is concerned about a possible campaign of farLeft terrorism this year including potential sabotage of critical infrastructure or even bomb attacks.POLICY: Stimulus package a drop in the ocean New Delhi, Jan. 4 The Friday Stimulus from the central bank and the Union Government, designed to pep up the spirit and revive activity amid the concerns over anaemic growth prospects for the global economy, coupled with the December 7, ...The Feb. 17 transition from analog to digital television broadcasts looms and as many as 8 million households are still unprepared, but the government program that subsidizes crucial TV converter boxes is about to run out of money. ANKARA, Turkey The new government founded under Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has won a vote of confidence in the Parliamentary General Assembly.When the federal court placed Guam's solid waste operations in receivership, it also derailed the Guam government's stated goal of entering into a public-private partnership to build a new landfill and close the Ordot dump.Yahoo! News Search Results for Government
