News tagged with “help small”. Found:
5 tagged news reports.
Your Search Returned 5 tagged news reports
In Des Moines, Gates chides critics, defends biotech crops
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility
In what was billed as his first major speech on agriculture, Gates chided critics who he said are “instantly hostile to any emphasis on productivity” and ignore the challenges to food production posed by climate change. “They act as if there is no emergency,...
Tags: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates Foundation, billed gates, Mr Gates, Des Moines, Iowa, Norman Borlaug, help small
Ritter revisits Colorado forest plan
Denver :: CO :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Gov. Bill Ritter on Monday proposed revisions to a management plan for roadless areas in Colorado's national forests and a 60-day public-comment period, answering a call from conservationists who have been unsatisfied with the state plan. "It's good,...
Tags: Colorado, Bill Ritter, federal stimulus, roadless areas, stimulus package, help small
Lloyds TSB promises help for small businesses
London :: United Kingdom | 12 months ago
Credibility Lloyds TSB has responded to the government's demands to maintain lending to small businesses by pledging today to pass on any interest rate cuts and to set up surgeries to help businesses in trouble. The move by Lloyds comes as the monetary policy committee...
Tags: small businesses, Lloyds TSB, rate cut, Bank of Scotland, help small, businesses lending
Darling urges banks to help small businesses
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Chancellor Alistair Darling today urged the banks to use a £4bn package of support from the European Investment Bank to help small and medium sized businesses through the credit crunch. At Commons question time, Mr Darling said: "It doesn't mean that...
Tags: Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling, investment banks, British, chancellor alistair, European Investment Bank, Federal Reserve, small businesses, help small, prime minister
Aid sought for fishermen and farmers in Myanmar
Rome :: Italy | about 1 year ago
Credibility A UN food agency is appealing for USD 33.5 million to help fishermen and small farmers hurt by the cyclone in Myanmar. The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation said that 75 per cent of farmers in the country's main food-producing region lack sufficient...
Tags: Myanmar, small farmers, food agency, sufficient seed, main food, based food, region lack, lack sufficient, producing region, help small
Site Links
Site Topics
Contributions
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
