• Called a continuing resolution, it must pass by March 27 to prevent a partial government shutdown.

    CNN: Hope for compromise recedes as budget debate begins

  • In the absence of a budget accord, there's a possibility of a third partial government shutdown starting January 27, when a temporary funding measure expires.

    CNN: Hopes for budget deal wither

  • But while a partial government shutdown would still close federal tourist attractions, this time it would affect less than half as many federal workers as the last time.

    CNN: Negotiators set for final budget push

  • Boehner said Sunday he was "hopeful" for an agreement to prevent a partial government shutdown on March 27, but he provided no details on Republican legislation the House will consider this week to address the issue.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The problem with borrowing billions of dollars from taxpayers, some banks found, is that it comes with nettlesome strings like restrictions on executive compensation, pricey dividends payable to Uncle Sam and, in some cases, partial government ownership.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • It now goes to the Senate, where leaders of both parties said they expect changes to the House plan by Democrats, leading to further negotiations in an effort to avoid a partial government shutdown when current government funding authorization expires in three weeks' time.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Clinton and the Republicans in Congress recently have avoided a "legislative train wreck, " including a budget deadlock and partial government shutdown, but some Republicans are still concerned about whether they can work with congressional Democrats and the White House to pass important legislation this year.

    CNN: Election 2000 overview: A lot is at stake for voters

  • Yet he sounded hopeful about avoiding a partial shutdown of the government when a temporary spending bill expires next month.

    NPR: Boehner: Up To Democrats To Prevent Budget Cuts

  • The government plans a partial sale in July, cutting its stake to just over 50%.

    ECONOMIST: Petrobras

  • The lack of appropriations caused a six-day partial shutdown of the federal government in November and the ongoing record-length second closure that started December 16.

    CNN: Low-level budget talks resume

  • Today AIG remains the only global insurer that solely owns its China life insurance subsidiary, while other players must accede to partial ownership by the Chinese government or Chinese partners.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But that is what the Greek government, as a partial owner, is about to do as part of the EU-IMF bailout package.

    FORBES: How A Chinese Economic Policy Could Save Club Med Countries

  • The Bangladeshi government has ordered the partial shut-down of natural gas stations in and around the capital to counter a growing power crisis.

    BBC: Bangladesh to shut gas stations amid power crisis

  • What, for example, happens in the entirely plausible scenario that Mr Livingstone is elected as mayor urging that the tube modernisation be funded by a bond issue, while the government continues to advocate partial privatisation?

    ECONOMIST: The Greater London Authority: How powerful? | The

  • The government has said it might consider partial payments if full payments are not ready by the end of February.

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  • Turkey already has several thousand troops in northern Iraq, keeping an eye on the militants, who recently broke off a four-year ceasefire after rejecting the Turkish government's offer of a partial amnesty.

    ECONOMIST: Finally, a new UN resolution

  • Ryan, the conservative House Budget Committee chairman from Wisconsin, has proposed a partial privatization of the entitlement that would provide government subsidies to help senior citizens pay for coverage they would choose from a list of options.

    CNN: Obama, Ryan trade charges on Obamacare and Medicare

  • The French government made concessions, such as the partial privatisations of Aerospatiale and the Thomson electronics group.

    ECONOMIST: European aerospace

  • In a separate case, star litigator Boies, who was the U.S. government's hired gun in its partial antitrust victory against Microsoft in 2000, has filed an antitrust suit against Qualcomm on behalf of chipmaker Broadcom.

    FORBES: Cellular Scion

  • Al-Sadr has proposed a partial withdrawal of fighters from Najaf and the turnover of government buildings to Iraqi police, according to national security adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie.

    CNN: Coalition estimates 50 killed in Iraqi cleric's militia

  • President of the National Union of Students Liam Burns said Mr Milburn was right to say the government should immediately cease funding "fictional, partial fee waivers", but added that reducing upfront financial support would also have questionable merit.

    BBC: Unis 'should offer poor pupils automatic interview'

  • So, too, have workers at United Airlines: a bankruptcy judge recently ruled that the firm could hand its pension plan over to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, a government-linked pension insurer that pays only partial benefits to high-earners.

    ECONOMIST: Getting greyer—and poorer too? | The

  • The solar industry, which relies heavily on government subsidies for manufacturing and installations, has become more partial to the cheaper multicrystalline wafers in order to cut costs and compete more effectively with other sources of electricity, from wind to natural gas.

    FORBES: Suntech's Bid To Outshine Solar Rivals In Cost and Performance

  • Electric and natural gas utilities that provide partial (or full) service to consumers are heavily regulated by government agencies, which set the price utilities charge customers for electric and gas service, the terms of that service, capital budgets and construction plans and so forth.

    FORBES: America's Other Energy Revolution And Why It Matters

  • He has supported several measures to restrict abortion rights, ban partial-birth abortion and define human fetuses as children (with attendant government-provided health benefits).

    ECONOMIST: George Bush and the social conservatives

  • The joint committee on the government's National Security Strategy (NSS) said the full or partial collapse of the single currency was "plausible".

    BBC: Security: UK 'must plan for euro collapse'

  • But on February 4th, having bravely taken on the left over the partial privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, and weathered a national airport strike, the government won an important victory.

    ECONOMIST: Indian privatisation

  • The Japanese government said Monday that the fuel rods in one reactor have fused together in a partial meltdown.

    WSJ: Uranium Firms Take Hit After Earthquake

  • Instead of a full compensation scheme, the government this year asked a former High Court judge, Sir John Chadwick, to devise a partial "ex-gratia" scheme for those who had suffered the most.

    BBC: High Court backs Equitable plan

  • The government's continued role in the power sector illustrates that India's liberalization has been only partial.

    WSJ: India Blackouts Show Failure to Lure Investors

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