Mayor isn’t the only one frustrated by difficulties closing the budget gap

MILPITAS taxpayers looking at the results of the Mayor’s Task Force study of long-term strategies for closing the growing gap between revenues and expenses could well share Mayor Bob Livengood’s dissatisfaction with the results.

RI budget cut plan to release Thursday

Rhode Island lawmakers have pushed off for a day the announcement of a plan designed to close the state’s $220 million budget shortfall.  

Budget ‘removes obstales’ to foreign investment in Canadian tech firms

Reactions to the 2010 federal budget announced yesterday by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty were wide and varied in Canada’s business and IT community. While some praised it for removing obstacles to foreign investment in Canadian tech firms , others panned it for meagre funding of information and communication technology (ICT) projects.

Federal budget deficit rises to $39.4-billion

Canada’s deficit for the fiscal year has reached $39.4 billion, government figures say, highlighting a difficult position for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty as he prepares the March 4 budget.

Opposition walkout mars Mukherjee’s budget presentation

In an unusual departure from the norm, opposition MPs Friday walked out of the Lok Sabha during Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s budget presentation to protest some taxation proposals, provoking the minister to stop in his tracks and shout impatiently that he be allowed to continue.

A beginner’s guide to the Union Budget

As finance minister Pranab Mukherjee gets ready to present the much anticipated budget for financial year (FY) 2010-11 on February 26, we tell you what you ought to know about the Union budget.

Budget cuts will see end of free services

THE public will have to start paying for government services that are currently delivered free of charge as a result of deep cuts in the budgets of Scotland’s local author

Legislators seeking comment on budget cuts

HELENA (AP) — The Legislative Finance Committee is seeking public comment on the proposed $40.5 million cuts to state spending.

BOJ Gov Shirakawa To Attend Budget Committee From 0130 GMT

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa will attend a Lower House budgetary committee Tuesday morning, a parliamentary official said. The BOJ chief is scheduled to appear before the …

HUD asking for $41.6B for 2011 budget

LOS ANGELES — The Department of Housing and Urban Development said Monday it will ask for less money from Uncle Sam this year because it expects income from two of its agencies to more than double.