The Trump administration announced on Friday that it will award nearly $13 billion in infrastructure grants to Puerto Rico, to help the island recover from a hurricane that struck three years ago. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption toggle caption Ramon Espinosa/AP The Trump administration announced on Friday that it will award […]
Billion
67 posts
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106837/82/1068378266_0:156:3000:1844_1200x675_80_0_0_6b225cdfa80708003160e293e605bf42.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009181080496641-us-democratic-senators-unveil-350-billion-funding-package-to-counter-chinas-rise/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Nearly a dozen US Senate Democrats have sponsored new legislation to fund efforts to counter China’s edge in areas such as manufacturing, technology, and science. A release from Senator Sherrod Brown’s office revealed that the proposal includes over $350 billion in […]
Texas highways are not and have never been strewn with homemade bombs. Yet Texas police have over 100 MRAPs, the armored vehicle with a blast-resistant hull that U.S. service members drove in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tennessee cops have 86 more. Ohio police have 43. It’s just one measure of how […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009101080422142-us-senate-rejects-300-billion-republican-covid-19-aid-bill/ Republican and Democratic lawmakers are deadlocked over a proposed fifth funding package to help tackle the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. The US Senate has rejected a $300 billion coronavirus aid bill proposed by the Senate Republican leadership with Democrats blocking the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107810/05/1078100585_0:26:3326:1896_1200x675_80_0_0_a72f4bdf15ad471d6f859fcd34b11c1a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202009101080418922-richer-meets-richest-mukesh-ambani-may-offer-jeff-bezos-20-billion-stake-in-reliance-retail/ At a time when the global economy is struck by pandemic woes, India’s biggest industrialist Mukesh Ambani has been seeing huge investments in his Reliance Industries, one of India’s most valuable companies. In recent months, Ambani’s oil-to-telecom company has garnered investments […]
A $13.3 billion award has been given to defense contractor Northrop Grumman by the US Air Force amid the service’s engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase to replace its aging intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nuclear delivery system. Northrop Grumman announced on Tuesday that the Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor had […]
Romanesco broccoli, as seen by a 3.2 billion pixel camera. Scientists chose to take a picture of the broccoli because of its fractal shape. LSST Camera team/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Rubin Observatory hide caption toggle caption LSST Camera team/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Rubin Observatory Scientists and engineers in California are building a […]
The cruiseliner industry had been enjoying “robust growth” since 2018 but the coronavirus pandemic has knocked it sideways. In March thousands of tourists were stranded on cruise ships in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Far East after COVID-19 was reported on board. The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) says the global shutdown caused […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/04/1080370900_0:0:3217:1809_1200x675_80_0_0_8e52657137f1fad2888b13254d051aa6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009041080370931-trump-says-willing-to-use-300-billion-of-unspent-money-for-covid-19-stimulus/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump said he wants to release an unspent $300 billion to use for coronavirus financial relief if Congress approves the plan. “We have $300 billion in an account that we didn’t use. I would be willing to […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would only allow indoor dining to resume in New York City if the NYPD sets up a task force to enforce social distancing rules, as restaurants sue authorities for $2 billion, citing “irreparable harm.” Cuomo addressed reopening businesses in NYC and elsewhere during a press […]
The explosion that ripped through Beirut on 4 August aggravated Lebanon’s economic crisis and fuelled anti-government sentiment, which led to an early departure of the prime minister and his cabinet. The Beirut explosion caused between $3.8 billion and $4.6 billion in physical damage to the Lebanese capital, according to the […]
Earlier on Sunday, British business leaders berated Health Secretary Matt Hancock for “scaremongering” talk about a possible second national lockdown that they said risks “untold damage” to businesses trying to recover from the first one. UK Treasury officials are considering a £30 billion ($40 billion) tax raid on the wealthy […]
These Six Banks Have Frozen $4.6 Billion Belonging To Venezuelans By La IguanaTV/La Tabla. August 29, 2020 These Six Banks Have Frozen $4.6 Billion Belonging To Venezuelans2020-08-292020-08-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/07/bull-by-arturo-di-modica_sam-valadi_flickr-1024×595.jpg200px200px Above photo: Charging Bull by Arturo Di Modica: “Wall Street icon” the symbol of aggressive financial optimism. Flickr/Sam Valadi. The looting, theft and hijacking […]
The video-sharing app, which has 100 million active users in the United States alone, has fallen victim to the Trump administration’s standoff with China. The president previously accused TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, of spying on its users at the behest of Beijing, a claim the company and […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/13/1080219823_0:94:3067:1819_1200x675_80_0_0_b13184018dfeab85b7991a5232c2d550.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008221080250239-house-approves-bill-to-provide-25-billion-to-us-postal-service/ US Senate Majority Leader McConnell has said that the Senate “will absolutely not pass” the bill providing $25 billion in support to the US Postal Service. After a vote in the House of Representatives, the document must first go to the Senate for approval, […]
Banks Have Made $18 Billion From ‘Paycheck Protection Program’ Processing Fees By Collen Boyle, In These Times. August 22, 2020 Banks Have Made $18 Billion From ‘Paycheck Protection Program’ Processing Fees2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/01/jpmorgan-chase-building-nyc_credit-ben-sutherland_creative-commons.jpg200px200px Fees paid to banks eclipse funding allocated to develop vaccines, provide medical supplies and feed children. Whether or not a single […]
Winning is everything in Trump world, and the winner in the border wall fundraising scandal is a contractor who has ended up with more than $1.7 billion in federal contracts. Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon is said by prosecutors to have pocketed only a relatively modest $1 million. Brian Kolfage, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105999/68/1059996836_0:300:5760:3540_1200x675_80_0_0_8c5625c302753e20ac9bde5dabf2f9d1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008051080061878-walt-disney-company-loses-47-billion-amid-covid-19-pandemic/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Walt Disney Company in a press release revealed that the company lost $4.7 billion in its third quarter of the fiscal year. Data in the release on Tuesday showed that Disney lost a net income of roughly $4.72 billion […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): As COVID-19 has slowed down the Indian economy, the government’s revenue collections have not been matching the pandemic-induced expenditures. The government needs funds to roll out a $12 billion economic stimulus package without inflating the fiscal deficit beyond a certain level. The Indian government is planning to […]
Imperialist Economic War Costs US Almost $200 Billion By Pasqualina Curcio, People’s Voice. July 29, 2020 Imperialist Economic War Costs US Almost $200 Billion2020-07-292020-07-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/venezuela-defend-the-homeland-indestructible-e1596040182366.jpg200px200px Above photo: Venezuela Defend the Homeland, Indestructible, from Peoples World. Quantifying each and every one of the effects of the war that imperialism has declared on the […]
The logo of German car maker Volkswagen is seen on flags fluttering in front of a car dealer in Hamm, western Germany, on May 25. One of VW’s many legal settlements over the Dieselgate scandal has finally been carried to its conclusion, the FTC says. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images […]
The total value of ether locked in DeFi’s oldest project has surpassed $1 billion for the first time. Source link
Trump Administration Announces New Resources to Protect Nursing Home Residents Against COVID-19 CMS.gov Press Release As part of the unprecedented efforts taken by the Trump Administration, President Trump today announced several new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiatives designed to protect nursing home residents from coronavirus disease 2019 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107983/46/1079834663_0:212:3000:1900_1200x675_80_0_0_23eb2f84c97faffa796dfb8c839e91f1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007221079949463-canadian-parliament-approves-extension-amendment-to-62-billion-covid-19-wage-subsidy-program/ TORONTO (Sputnik) – Canada’s House of Commons has approved the Trudeau government’s proposed extension and an amendment to the Emergency Wage Subsidy in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, House Speaker Anthony Rota said at the conclusion of the parliamentary session. With the […]