marketnewslive.blogspot.com - 8/21/2009
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Car shoppers have until Monday night to take advantage of lucrative Cash for Clunkers rebates from the government.
Still No Cash for Clunkers
freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com 6/15/2009 — Last year I blogged about the Cash for Clunkers program in which the government subsidizes consumers who turn in their beat-up old cars to buy new ones. I noted that this program was likely to have a host
of negative unintended consequences that its ...
Cash for Clunkers is a Waste of Government Time, Money
businesspundit.com 6/10/2009 —
The House approved the “Cash for Clunkers” program yesterday , a $4 billion program that subsidizes new, fuel-efficient cars for people driving clunkers. CNN has more :
The measure would give consumers vouchers worth as much as $4,500 to turn in gas guzzlers and buy new cars ...
Cash for Clunkers Program Suspended and Back
moneyning.com 8/3/2009 — What’s the deal with the Cash for Clunkers Program? Within four days of starting, the program’s $1 billion dollar funding is already depleted. Then the next day, the house quickly rushed together another bill to add an additional $2 billion funding to be voted on this week. Since ...
Clunkers
hf-implode.com 7/27/2009 — "The US is getting its own cash for clunkers version going, the sort of program tried and tested in European countries, in which a government ostensibly wants to get old cars off the road for pollution-related reasons, but which also is a great way to boost automobile production and sales. It ...
Auto: Cash-for-Clunkers to be Suspended
calculatedriskblog.com 7/31/2009 — From the Detroit Free Press: Cash-for-clunkers program to be suspended (ht Basel Too) The U.S. government will suspend the popular cash-for-clunkers program after less than four days in business, telling Congress that the plan would burn through its ...
CASH FOR CLUNKERS: Where’s The Automotive ETF?
etfdailynews.com 8/3/2009 — There has been much optimism in the auto industry because of the “CASH FOR CLUNKERS” program. This government stimulus program has proved to be quite successful. The initial response to the program was so vast, that the program recently ran out of the allotted $1 Billion budget.
Video: White House "cash for clunkers could end soon"
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 8/4/2009 — The government's wildly popular "cash for clunkers" program, offering $4,500 rebates to customers who trade in gas guzzlers, is likely to end Friday if the Senate doesn't approve $2 billion more for it, the White House says.
(Lots of) Cash for Clunkers
freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com 11/2/2009 — Edmunds.com reports that its statistical analysis of the Cash for Clunkers program finds that the program generated only 125,000 extra new vehicle sales, meaning that the cost to the U.S. government was $24,000 for each of those new cars.
Gay-marriage laws: Still waiting —
The Economist: Full print edition 8/20/2009
The White House still opposes the Defence of Marriage Act BARACK OBAMA tends to become incoherent when discussing gay rights. During the campaign he said he supported equal rights for gays but also that marriage should be “between a man and a ...
Politics this week —
The Economist: Full print edition 8/20/2009
Truck bombs, mortar and rocket attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad killed around 100 people in a single day and injured more than 500 in the worst incidence of violence so far this year. Insurgents targeted heavily defended government offices and ...
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