Federal surplus to be $5.9 billion: Goodale
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Finance Minister Ralph Goodale says the federal government should achieve an $5.9-billion surplus this year. That compares to $9.1 billion in 2003-04, he told the House of Commons finance committee on Tuesday.
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By Eric Aasen, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 23--COPPELL -- The land that the Coppell school district wants to condemn near North Lake should be valued at $9 million, a group of special commissioners determined Friday.
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Despite President Bush's promise to spend  $9 billion on reconstruction contracts in Iraq in the next  several months, administration and congressional officials said  on Thursday it could take more than a year to actually pay out  that much money for projects.
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OTTAWA (CP) - A strong domestic economy and healthy global demand means Ottawa is on pace to record another whopping budget surplus - &#36;8.9 billion - this fiscal year, says Finance Minister Ralph Goodale.
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Canada&#39;s promise to give C$18 billion ($14 billion) to the 13 provinces and territories over the next six years for health care won&#39;t push the federal government into deficit, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale said.
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CANBERRA Treasurer Peter Costello of Australia on Tuesday raised the government&#39;s forecast cash surplus for the year ending June 30 to 6.2 billion Australian dollars, or $4.7 billion, because of higher tax revenue, petroleum royalties and dividend
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The federal government raked in billions more than it expected last year in personal and corporate income taxes, and slapped down all $9.
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Australia&#39;s Treasurer Peter Costello said his forecast in May for aA$2.4 billion ($1.7 billion) budget surplus will help keep interest rates from rising.
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President Bush's proposed federal budget is based on too-rosy revenue estimates and would probably not produce its advertised surplus of $61 billion in five years, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
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The federal government, running record budget deficits over the past two years, is projecting that it will have to borrow a record $147 billion in the first three months of 2005, the Treasury Department announced Monday.
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The U.S. government will pay $5.8 billion to help Iraq expand further its army and police force, which are deemed too small for its security needs
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State and local taxes swallow $9.02 out of every $100 in taxable income.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration urged skeptical members of Congress on Tuesday to support the president's new $2.9 trillion spending plan, arguing that the budget can be balanced without raising taxes.
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OPPOSITION Leader Mark Latham said today Labor would aim to keep the Budget surplus at its current level of about $2.5 billion. But Mr Latham said the situation would not be clear until the release of figures by the Government on Friday.
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New York City's budget surplus could approach last year's record of $3.8 billion thanks to Wall Street profits and a still-robust commercial real estate market, according to a recent report from the state comptroller.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will seek $950 million in federal aid for the areas affected by the Asian tsunami, nearly tripling a previous commitment of $350 million that was announced when the administration was under fire for what critics called a sluggish response to the crisis.
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The federal deficit of the US government hit a record high of 436.9 billion US dollars in the first 11 months of fiscal year of 2004 which will end in this month, the Treasury Department reported on Monday.