Air France to Get a $4.7 Billion Government Bailout: Live Updates

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Air France to Get a $4.7 Billion Government Bailout: Live Updates

Here’s what you need to know: Air France is considered too big to fail in its home country, but the company’s debt has ballooned during the pandemic.Credit…Christian Hartmann/Reuters Air France…

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Senate’s Covid-19 package tees up fight over Medicaid funding, hospital bailout

Testing funding makes it in More dollars for coronavirus testing had appeared in jeopardy after the White House pushed Republicans to zero out funding. But as testing delays grew, Republicans…

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Nearly $2 trillion worth of federal bailout for states not needed

Coronavirus Relief Fund sends $111 billion to states; Federal Reserve can buy up to $266 billion worth of state and local debt Federal bailouts of state and local governments are…

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EU says conditions needed in Lufthansa bailout, seeks deal

BRUSSELS – The EU competition chief said Friday that she is not “creating extra hurdles” for Lufthansa after the airline balked at accepting a 9 billion-euro German government rescue package…

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EU says conditions needed in Lufthansa bailout, seeks deal

BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU competition chief said Friday that she is not “creating extra hurdles” for Lufthansa after the… BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU competition chief said Friday that…

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There’s A Moral Hazard Problem With Cassidy’s And Kennedy’s Bailout Bills

A number of fault lines have ruptured among Louisiana conservatives concerning a potential bailout of state finances as a consequence of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, reaching up to its highest…

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Bailout for Hawaii businesses: Fund to help tenants hurt by COVID-19 closures – Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather

“These restaurants and small businesses are not going to be able to make their rent payments going forward,” Tanaka said. “And they’re going to eventually go out of business. During…

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Comparing Red/Blue state federal bailout money is a false comparison, economists, analysts argue

The argument that some Democratic “blue states” should receive more federal bailout money than Republican “red states” because their residents pay more in federal taxes isn’t really a comparison of…

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Amid coronavirus bailout talk, Cuomo and state lawmakers have kept 40 and 60 percent pay raises

While New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo argues that New York receive additional federal coronavirus relief funds and openly spars with President Donald Trump over funding, he has not taken a…

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Wisconsin business lobby asks for bailout money for lobbying groups

Daniel Bice Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 6:44 PM EDT May 8, 2020 The uber-conservative Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce — the state’s business lobby — has long fought most tax increases and deficit spending. …

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