taxpayer: search

Taxpayer-aided banks pay huge bonuses

Solidarity and Workers' Liberty have argued for sacking all the top bank bosses, nationalizing the finance sector without compensation for the big shareholders, and reorganizing it as a public banking, mortgage, and pension service.

$3.8 million home taxpayer-funded

LONDON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A London mother of eight whose $3.8 million home is funded by taxpayers said she is "not going to pretend it isn't great."

Bank execs took $US1.6bn bail-out funds

Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $US1.6 billion ($A2.34 billion) in salaries, bonuses and other benefits last year, an AP analysis reveals.

Bailed-out bank bosses lavished with bonuses

Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $US1.6 billion ($2.34 billion) in salaries, bonuses and other benefits last year, an AP analysis reveals.

Banks Hoarding TARP Funds?

Insight on whether banks are taking taxpayer money and sitting on it, with Steve Bartlett, Financial Services Roundtable president

RBS moves to fill job of chairman as a 'top priority'

Royal Bank of Scotland, which is now 58 per cent owned by the taxpayer, has stepped up its search for a chairman to replace Sir Tom McKillop, who retires at the bank’s annual general meeting in April.

No, Really, I'm a Bank; Just Give Me a Bailout

Maybe TPMmuckraker will reorganize as a bank to get our hands on some taxpayer money. After all, everyone's doing it.

Independent Bank gets early OK for $78m from US

Rockland Trust’s parent, Independent Bank Corp., said it has won preliminary approval to receive $78 million in taxpayer funds under the government’s capital purchase program for banks.

HBOS shareholders approve takeover

HBOS shareholders overwhelmingly approved the bank's takeover by rival Lloyds TSB and an £11.5 billion funding boost from the taxpayer today.

Shareholders vote on HBOS takeover

HBOS shareholders are meeting in Birmingham to vote on the bank's rescue takeover by Lloyds TSB and an £11.5 billion taxpayer bail-out.

HBOS shareholders are meeting in Birmingham to vote on the bank's rescue...

HBOS shareholders are meeting in Birmingham to vote on the bank's rescue takeover by Lloyds TSB and an £11.5 billion taxpayer bail-out.

Shareholders vote on HBOS takeover

HBOS shareholders are meeting in Birmingham to vote on the bank's rescue takeover by Lloyds TSB and an £11.5 billion taxpayer bail-out.

HBOS chairman apologises to shareholders

The chairman of HBOS apologised today for the ailing bank's plight as shareholders gathered to vote on the firm's £11.5 billion taxpayer bail-out and rescue takeover by rival Lloyds TSB.

UK banks face GBP70bln property bombshell

From Telegraph: Britain’s banks face up to £70bln of losses on commercial property loans, enough to force some of them into a further round of taxpayer bail-outs.

Investment tax scheme not applicable to cases pending with department: LHC

ISLAMABAD (December 22 2008): The Lahore High Court (LHC) has declared that the Investment Tax Scheme-2008 would not cover taxpayers against whom proceedings are pending before the tax department. The LHC had dismissed a petition filed by a taxpayer on an anomaly in the Investment Tax Scheme-2008, which has been offered to the general public for legalisation of hidden income/assets.

Halifax defies Brown on rate cut

The country's biggest lender, Halifax, last night remained unrepentant about not passing on the full one percentage point cut to mortgage rates, despite intense pressure from Gordon Brown. The lender, part of HBOS, is receiving an £11.5bn government bail-out. It is being rescued by Lloyds TSB in which the taxpayer is expected to own around 40% when the controversial deal completes next year.

Canadians Miss Out On Doctor Who Season Finale

darthcamaro writes "Canadians were among the last people in the world to get the season 4 finale of Doctor Who which already aired in the UK and Australia. The Canadian public broadcaster — CBC — decided to cut out nearly 20 minutes from the episode, leaving fans wondering what was going on. Doctor Who isn't the easiest show to follow at the best of times — but Canadians are now up in arms (or at least hockey sticks) over their taxpayer-funded broadcaster's lack of respect for SciFi hosers."

Pennsylvania Actually Realizes That Video Game Legislation Is A Bad Idea

We've seen so many states with grandstanding politicians trying to ban the sale of certain video games to kids -- despite the fact that every single law that's been passed along those lines in the US has been thrown out as unconstitutional. In the end, politicians know this -- yet they still keep pushing for such laws, so that, come election time, they can make a false claim in their campaign ads about how they "protected the children." The truth is, all they really did, was waste taxpayer money on a lawsuit that was a clear loss from the beginning. That's why it's great to finally see one state at least investigate the issue a bit, with a Pennsylvania task force quite clearly telling state legislators that such a video game sales law is a bad idea.

Net Neutrality Opponent Calls Google a "Bandwidth Hog"

Adrian Lopez writes "According to PC World, an analyst with ties to the telecom industry — in a baseless attack on the concept of Net Neutrality — has accused Google Inc. of being a bandwidth hog. Quoting: '"Internet connections could be more affordable for everyone, if Google paid its fair share of the Internet's cost," wrote Cleland in the report. "It is ironic that Google, the largest user of Internet capacity pays the least relatively to fund the Internet's cost; it is even more ironic that the company poised to profit more than any other from more broadband deployment, expects the American taxpayer to pick up its skyrocketing bandwidth tab."' Google responded on their public policy blog, citing 'significant methodological and factual errors that undermine his report's conclusions.

Search took 0.01 seconds.