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NEWS ABOUT: funding

funding stories: 19 news summaries

 Funding for 
 Independent 
 Films Dries Up 

We need government help, say small-budget movie-makers

Nov 4, 09 5:03 PM CST
(Newser) - With no public funding and credit lines frozen, American independent filmmakers are finding it tough to make a movie these days. “I mean if Osama bin Laden gave me money to film, I’d take it,” Todd Solondz tells Bloomberg . The financial crisis has heavily curbed bank financing,... More »

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film • funding • movie industry

(Newser) - A Silicon Valley couple has forsaken a traditional wedding registry for venture capital, Gawker reports. “The World's First Start-up Wedding Registry” doesn’t ask guests for appliances or candlesticks; instead, they can give enough to “feed an outsourced engineer for a day” or pay a month’s worth... More »

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Internet • marriage • wedding • funding • venture capital • startup • gift • registry • Aboomba

OPINION

Privatize Abortion Funding to Save Health Care Reform

Independent fund could finance procedures, diffuse criticisms of govt. plan

Aug 13, 09 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Abortion threatens to derail the push for health care reform, as opponents use the prospect of subsidized procedures to turn pro-life Americans against the whole plan, writes Meredith Simmons for Slate. Progressives are indignant—abortion is a health procedure, they argue, and should be covered like any other. But excluding... More »

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abortion • privatization • charity • funding • health care reform • Blue Dog Democrats • poverty line

 Deal Near on Calif. Budget Gap 


Jul 15, 09 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The California Legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are just steps away from an agreement that would close the state’s $26.3 billion deficit, the Los Angeles Times reports. Talks are expected to conclude today. “I don’t think there is anything that would make negotiations shut down at... More »

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education • California • California legislature • Arnold Schwarzenegger • funding • governor • budget deficit • budget gap • schools

Why Cancer Researchers Are Playing it Safe

Long-shots are risky to fund, so grants go to less ambitious studies

Jun 28, 09 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you're a cancer researcher, it's harder to get money to investigate a potentially field-changing question than to find out whether a food's tastiness affects dieting. The reason is simple but problematic: With limited funding available and lots of research to do, grant-givers don't want to lose money on a... More »

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breast cancer • science • cancer research • funding • cancer drug • scientific funding • women's issues

Would-Be Car-Battery Kings Jostle Over $2.4B From Feds

States seek to become lithium-ion capital of US

May 26, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 165 companies and states are battling for a $2.4 billion Obama administration grant aimed at making the US a leader in electric-car batteries, the Wall Street Journal reports. General Motors, Dow Chemical, and General Electric are among the firms vying for the money; states like Michigan, Kentucky, and... More »

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energy • General Motors • General Electric • Kentucky • Massachusetts • Michigan • funding • auto industry • grants • lithium ion batteries • Dow Chemical Co. • Department of Energy • Obama administration

 Meet Drag Racing's 
 Unlikeliest Sponsor 

Sheik's son has colossal budget, love of motor sports

Apr 22, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The biggest name in American drag racing is an unfamiliar one: Sheik Khalid bin Hamad Al-Thani. The 22-year-old son of the emir of Qatar has a deep love of fast cars and even deeper pockets—his new team's budget is estimated at $10 million, reports the Wall Street Journal. "... More »

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Qatar • funding • drag racing • Sheik Khalid bin Hamad Al-Thani • Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing




 Silverman 
 Show Gets 
 a Reprieve 

Comedy Central to share show with GLBT focused network

Mar 4, 09 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The nailbiting can end: The fate of the Sarah Silverman Program is settled for another year, after Comedy Central struck a deal to finance the comedy. The producers had refused to work with a slashed budget, and negotiations stalled until an exec thought to ask sister network Logo to share... More »

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funding • Comedy Central • Sarah Silverman • economic downturn • Logo Network

Brokerages Get
Tough on B-List
Hedge Funds

With financing cut,
look for many to merge or collapse

Feb 17, 09 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Brokerage firms are cutting their financing and support to hundreds of hedge funds, reports the Wall Street Journal, delivering a further blow to what was the highest-flying sector of American finance. As they attempt to shore up their own positions, the banks are dividing their hedge fund clients into two... More »

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funding • brokerage • hedge funds • banks • financial crisis

(Newser) - Marc Cuban has some ideas about how to get the nation out of this financial mess, and they have a lot to do with—no surprise—Marc Cuban. The billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks says entrepreneurs can lead the way, so he's soliciting business plans at his blog, the... More »

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entrepreneurs • Mark Cuban • Dallas Mavericks • recession • funding • blog

(Newser) - President Obama today overturned the “gag rule” prohibiting the US from funding groups that provide abortions or abortion counseling overseas, Reuters reports. The policy has been enforced and rescinded depending on the Oval Office occupant since it was instituted under President Reagan. Unlike yesterday's high-profile signing ceremony, today's executive... More »

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abortion • pregnancy • Planned Parenthood • funding • aid programs • humanitarian aid • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama • gag rule • family planning • Mexico City Policy • NGOs

Lawsuits Allege Minn.'s Coleman Diverted Funds

FBI investigating claims a friend steered cash toward senator

Dec 10, 08 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The FBI is looking into a pair of lawsuits that claim a friend of Norm Coleman tried to channel funds to the Minnesota senator, the Pioneer Press of St. Paul reports. A Houston suit says financier Nasser Kazeminy aimed to divert money to Coleman through Coleman's wife’s employer; another... More »

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FBI • corruption • funding • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • probe • political scandal

Wall St. Disarray Leaves Mess for Nonprofits

Charitable giving suffers as firms fold, merge, cut back

Sep 22, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The victims of the Wall Street tsunami aren't all investment bankers and McMansion brokers. Kids with diabetes, residents of low-income housing, and fans of classical music are among those who could take a hit as nonprofits that depend on philanthropy from financial services firms absorb the fallout, the Boston ... More »

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philanthropy • Wall Street • funding • financial services • nonprofit • credit crisis • financial crisis

 Chicago School Boycott 
 Moves Downtown 

'Teach-ins' at corporate offices protest unfair funding

Sep 3, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Civic leaders held "teach-ins" at downtown Chicago businesses today to protest uneven education funding in Illinois, the Tribune reports. Educators joined students boycotting a second day of school in the lobbies of buildings including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Boeing Corp. Most businesses said they would welcome the students... More »

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education • Chicago • Richard Daley • protests • funding • boycott • public schools • James Meeks

$600M Windfall Aims to Boost Risky Research

Institute launches drive to encourage scientific breakthroughs

May 27, 08 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - American medical research got a big boost today, courtesy of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The philanthropic body, one of the world’s largest, committed $600 million to fund the research of 56 scientists that it thinks can change the world. The institute hopes to back high-risk, high-reward research that... More »

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medical breakthrough • medical research • funding • private donors • Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Candidates
Run the Gamut on Earmarks

Clinton in top 10; Obama near bottom; McCain has none

Feb 15, 08 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - This year’s presidential frontrunners represent a wide array of stances on congressional earmarking—a term for garnering funds for home-state pork, reports the Washington Post. Hillary Clinton is one of the Senate’s biggest earmark recipients, Barack Obama is in the bottom quarter, and John McCain is one of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Senate • earmarks • funding • spending • Senate Appropriations Committee

Democrats Vote $150B For War

Will continue to pressure administration to end conflict

Oct 2, 07 3:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - After failing to force the White House to bring significant numbers of troops home, Senate Democrats helped authorize another $150 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 92-3 funding approval came as the House planned legislation that will require President Bush to produce a coherent exit... More »

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Iraq • Congress • Pentagon • Senate • Harry Reid • funding • defense policy bill • Dick Durbin • Iraq exit strategy

Bush Asks Congress to Double AIDS Effort

Calls for $30 billion over 5 years, after he's out of office

May 30, 07 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush wants to double the funding of a U.S. program that battles the global AIDS crisis. Bush will ask Congress today to commit $30 billion over the next five years after the current program expires in 2008. The extra cash could save the lives of 1.5 million... More »

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AIDS • human rights • international development • Sudan • PEPFAR • economic sanctions • funding • George W. Bush

Dems Ditch
Iraq Timeline Demand

New war spending bill won't include much-ballyhooed provision

May 22, 07 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic leaders have quietly abandoned a cornerstone of their Iraq war platform: a timeline for withdrawal. Racing to pass a spending bill before the Memorial Day recess, they don't have the votes to pass a timeline, the LA Times reports, and they risk fallout for failing to fund troops in... More »

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Iraq • Democrats • Democratic Congress • Iraq pullout • Iraq appropriations • war • timetable • funding • Iraq war • Iraq war spending

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