Iran Confronts an 'Economic Evolution': Ahmadinejad's Plan to Curb Government Subsidies Threatens to Alienate Recipients
TEHRAN, Dec. 3 -- Gasoline? It's 36 cents a gallon. Laundry detergent? Fifty cents for a standard-size box. Milk? About 20 cents a quart. These prices are so low because Iran's government spends half its national budget to subsidize many of life's necessities. Not for long.

Bernanke Says Government Must Step Up Efforts on Foreclosures
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. government must step up efforts to prevent home foreclosures, with options including buying delinquent mortgages and providing bigger incentives for refinancing loans.

Government Must Find Way To Save Auto Industry, Dodd Says
Government Must Find Way To Save Auto Industry, Dodd Says

European Government Notes Hold Gains as ECB Cuts Rate to 2.50%
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- European government notes stayed higher after the region?s central bank cut its main interest rate by the most in its 10-year history to revive the slumping economy.

Canadian government in vice-regal hands
OTTAWA, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The future of Canada's embattled national government was in the hands of the British queen's representative in Ottawa Thursday.

Heathrow Runway Decision Delayed Until January, Government Says
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- London Heathrow Airport?s plans for a third runway won?t get a decision from the U.K. government until next month after new Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon said he needed more time to assess the application.

Government 'must be firm on arms'
The government must stand firm on its deadline for loyalist decommissioning, SDLP leader Mark Durkan says.

UK union protests government office closures
Britain's public service union says government plans to close Revenue and Customs offices will cost 3,400 jobs. The government says it plans to avoid layoffs when relocating staff and accuses the union of scaremongering. More than 90 out of nearly 600 customs...

German Government Wind Pwr Goal Doubtful On Financial, Tech Risks -PWC
FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- Incalculable technical risks and uncertain project funding due to the financial crisis are jeopardizing the German government's plan to massively expand the country's power generation capacity off its coasts, consultant company PricewaterhouseCoopers said Thursday.

Former Contract Worker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Government Property
A former contract worker admitted in federal court today that he stole at least 89 laptop computers and other equipment worth about $175,000 from the Government Accountability Office and tried to sell them over the Internet.

Bernanke says government must do more to stem home foreclosures that are dragging down economy
WASHINGTON - Bernanke says government must do more to stem home foreclosures that are dragging down economy. Comments are subject to the site's terms of use and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or approval of the Star Tribune.

UK union protests government office closures
Britain's public service union says government plans to close Revenue and Customs offices will cost 3,400 jobs.

TUC says government welfare reform plans are 'utopian'
James Purnell triggered a row with union leaders today by announcing further stringent welfare reforms that would force lone parents with children aged one or above to prepare themselves for work or face benefit sanctions. The TUC claimed that the plans were "utopian" and that the government would do better to concentrate its efforts on stimulating the economy. The proposals, likely to ...

Government recommends Kansas for biodefense lab
The government has recommended a site in Kansas for a new $450 million laboratory to study biological threats such as anthrax and foot-and-mouth disease, officials said Wednesday.

Radical Jewish settlers embrace confrontational strategy against Israeli government
The Israeli government has arrested Jewish settler Itamar Ben Gvir more than 300 times by his own count.

Avis: We need government help, too
Struggling car-rental company Avis Budget Group is asking the federal government for financing to allow it to buy vehicles for its fleet, Bloomberg News reported.Amanda Brown/The Star-LedgerAvis is looking for federal help in bolstering its fleetThe Parsippany company is asking...

Harper meeting with GG in bid to save government
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has arrived at Rideau Hall and is meeting with Gen. Michaelle Jean to ask to have Parliament suspended in order to keep his government alive.

Low Trust in Federal Government Rivals Watergate Era Levels
Gallup's annual Governance survey shows Americans generally expressing less trust in the federal government than at any point in the past decade, and trust in many federal government institutions is even lower now than during the Watergate era. The distrust is mainly directed at those in Washington, as Americans' level of trust in state and local governments is holding steady.

Japan's Government Imperils Economy, Banks, Ex-Regulator Says
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Japan?s government is leading the nation?s banks and economy into a crisis worse than that in the U.S. by softening rules and encouraging lenders to make risky loans, the country?s former top regulator said.

Radical Jewish settlers embrace confrontational strategy against Israeli government
(By DION NISSENBAUM, McClatchy Newspapers) The Israeli government has arrested Jewish settler Itamar Ben Gvir more than 300 times by his own count. He's been arrested for holding a public barbeque to celebrate the 2004 death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. He's spent months under house arrest and scuffled with Israeli police, and he was temporarily barred from taking part in protests ...