At St.Charles High School in St.Louis, delivering his 52nd speech on health care since taking office early last year, the president again took aim at Republican calls to scrap the current legislative effort, and those he said favor giving the insurance industry even more power than it has now.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

Some industry experts question the decision to scrap the current rules in which concessions are overseen by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP).

ECONOMIST: Brazil's oil policy

The government wants to scrap the current system of EU farm subsidies by taking the money out of food production to fund projects that sustain the rural environment.

BBC: Struggling farmers urge PM to retain EU subsidies

He wants to charge bookmakers 2.5% of their turnover, more than double the current levy, and scrap a pending profits-based scheme, which, he says, makes racing shoulder too much of the bookmakers' business risk.

ECONOMIST: Horse-racing