A look at Obama's 2011 budget for govt agencies KING5 Seattle Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:13 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â" President Barack Obama's multi-trillion-dollar budget would boost spending for several government agencies while slashing the account for others. Here is an agency-by-agency glance: | Obama budget would impose host of tax increases KING5 Seattle Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:13 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â" While President Barack Obama is proposing to cut some taxes for companies that hire workers, his budget would raise a host of other taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals. | US urges China against sanctions AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:12 PM PST WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States urged China on Monday not to slap sanctions on US companies selling arms to Taiwan, as the firms tried to stay out of President Barack Obama's biggest row yet with Beijing. | Obama budget scraps NASA's manned moon mission Computerworld Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:12 PM PST Computerworld - NASA is facing a new frontier. President Barack Obama' 2011 federal budget proposal, released today, scraps NASA's latest plan to return humans to the moon by 2020. The budget plan looks to turn the agency's attention to developing new engines, in-space fuel depots and robots that can venture out into space. | New study shows effectiveness of MEND program in prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity PhysOrg Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:12 PM PST Ground-breaking results from a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the MEND Program (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it!), a multi-component community-based childhood obesity intervention, are published today in the US journal Obesity. The results coincide with the launch of Michelle Obama's initiative to reduce childhood obesity announced in the State of the Union speech. | Stimulus: The secret sequel CNN Money Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:11 PM PST They're not calling it Stimulus 2, but the Obama administration wants to extend the life of several Recovery Act provisions by building them into the federal budget. | NASA: Good night moon, hello new rocket technology AP via Yahoo! News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:11 PM PST President Barack Obama is redirecting America's space program, killing NASA's $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon and using much of that money for new rocket technology research. | Obama's bank size limit proposal could help rivals Market Watch Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:11 PM PST Former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker -- now a senior finanicial aide to President Obama -- goes before lawmakers this week to explain the White House's proposal to limit the size and trading activity of the nationâs biggest banks | Gibbons: Obama right to end Yucca Mountain Carson Times Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:11 PM PST Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons says President Barack Obama is making the right decision to zero out funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. | | |
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