• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the US to repeal the huge federal budget cuts introduced this year, denouncing them as "excessively rapid and ill-designed". http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22911400 8 comments 14/6/2013 worldnews
• Berlin government allegedly supports Hezbollah activists through refugee project: employees of a Berlin-based theater project designed to assist refugees—which is funded by the Berlin government—are activists for the EU-designated terrorist organization http://www.jpost.com/international/berlin-government-supports-hezbollah-activists-through-refugee-project-451747?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=reddit&utm_source=news 3 comments 22/4/2016 worldnews
• Tinder, Stripe, Instagram Vets Announce $50M Crypto Fund With Focus on Design https://decrypt.co/88163/crypto-fund-chapter-one?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sm 10 comments 14/12/2021 cryptocurrency
• NYC, Seattle and Portland sue Trump administration over 'anarchy' designation and threat to withhold funding https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/22/politics/nyc-trump-administration-complaint-anarchy/index.html?utm_content=2020-10-22t19%3A11%3A07&utm_term=link&utm_source=twcnn&utm_medium=social 5 comments 22/10/2020 politics
• APTA says it 'strongly opposes' use of 'anarchist' designation to restrict funding https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/10/16-digest-temporary-shutdown-of-northstar-commuter-line-a-possibility 3 comments 16/10/2020 nottheonion
• McConnell-linked group funds ads helping N Carolina Democrat A political committee linked to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says it's funding ads designed to meddle in next month's North Carolina Democratic Senate primary https://abcnews.go.com/politics/wirestory/mcconnell-linked-group-funds-ads-helping-carolina-democrat-69128301?cid=clicksource_4380645_6_mobile_web_only_headlines_headlines_hed 11 comments 22/2/2020 politics
• House Dems Take Aim at 'Trust Fund Babies' With Estate Tax Designed to Combat Obscene Wealth Inequality https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/25/house-dems-take-aim-trust-fund-babies-estate-tax-designed-combat-obscene-wealth 452 comments 26/10/2019 politics
• Pairwise coordination subsidies: a new quadratic funding design -- vbuterin [ethresear.ch] https://ethresear.ch/t/pairwise-coordination-subsidies-a-new-quadratic-funding-design/5553 5 comments 4/6/2019 ethereum
• US Asks Pakistan To Freeze Funds Of Designated Terror Groups https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/us-asks-pakistan-to-freeze-funds-of-designated-terror-groups_in_5c67a00ce4b05c889d1f7847?utm_hp_ref=in-news 13 comments 16/2/2019 worldnews
• An Israeli government study shared with Washington argues that Palestinian refugees number in the thousands, not the millions designated by a U.N. aid agency whose funding has been slashed by the Trump administration, an Israeli official said on Friday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-refugees/israel-says-palestinian-refugees-number-in-the-thousands-not-millions-iduskcn1mm2jw 14 comments 13/10/2018 worldnews
• MLS set to intodruce a “Young Transfer Fund”, a sum of money designated for bringing in international players under 20. https://theathletic.com/359370/2018/05/18/mls-is-about-to-introduce-ytf-a-new-pool-of-money-to-purchase-young-international-players/ 157 comments 18/5/2018 soccer
• Adobe XD goes free with new Starter plan, Adobe announces $10M fund for designers https://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/18/05/15/adobe-xd-goes-free-with-new-starter-plan-adobe-announces-10m-fund-for-designers 32 comments 15/5/2018 apple
• MIT researchers have secured private funding to build SPARC, a compact tokamak fusion reactor designed to demonstrate net thermal energy production https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/09/nuclear-fusion-on-brink-of-being-realised-say-mit-scientists 10 comments 9/3/2018 worldnews
• Donald Trump took advantage of program designed to help small businesses after 9/11 — one of many times he’s used public funds for private gain http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-9-11-funds-program-net-150g-payday-article-1.2641951?cid=bitly 35 comments 19/5/2016 politics
• The International Monetary Fund has officially designated the Chinese yuan a global reserve currency. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/everything-just-changed-chinas-currency-170312895.html 12 comments 1/12/2015 geopolitics
• Congress funded covert operations against Iran designed to destabilize the country’s religious leadership. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh?obama=bush 4 comments 15/6/2009 politics
• Italy warns of autumn funding crisis as EU summit claims unravel: The EU Recovery Fund was not designed for immediate liquidity problems https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/07/26/italy-warns-autumn-funding-crisis-eu-summit-claims-unravel/ 20 comments 26/7/2020 europe
• Trump Seeks Steep Cut to Fund Designed to Deter Russia From Threats to Europe | World Report | US News https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2020-02-10/trump-seeks-steep-cut-to-fund-designed-to-deter-russia-from-threats-to-europe?fbclid=iwar0ownqjcocd_hjmcdax3lkpgo4kbma9gx_kfcvkhsslujbrev6sixpausg 13 comments 14/2/2020 politics
• MP govt to build Sita temple in Sri Lanka; CM Kamal Nath to allot funds. Nath asked officials to finalise the design of the temple and arrange for funds in the current fiscal itself, the official informed. https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/mp-govt-to-build-sita-temple-in-sri-lanka-cm-kamal-nath-to-allot-funds/1837130/ 7 comments 29/1/2020 india
• Nearly 100 percent of Trump funds designed to help farmers went to white farmers https://grist.org/article/trump-trade-war-usda-farmer-subsidy-race-disparity/ 25 comments 8/10/2019 politics
• Nearly 100 percent of Trump funds designed to help farmers went to white farmers https://grist.org/article/trump-trade-war-usda-farmer-subsidy-race-disparity/ 336 comments 4/8/2019 politics
• A nonprofit is funding the design of a satellite that will track emissions of the greenhouse gas methane, which is capable of trapping about 30 times more heat than carbon dioxide. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/01/to-track-greenhouse-gases-this-nonprofit-wants-to-launch-its-own-satellite 4 comments 15/1/2019 worldnews
• Opinion: NASA needs to scrap the SLS program because it fucking blows. It will already be outdated in both technology and in price by the time it comes out. Multiple private companies have much better rocket designs and MASA should just focus money into helping fund these programs https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/abzcmb/opinion_nasa_needs_to_scrap_the_sls_program/ 28 comments 2/1/2019 space
• New research uncovers 'one of the tobacco industry's greatest scams' - Evidence that big tobacco companies are still facilitating tobacco smuggling, while attempting to control a global system designed to prevent it, and funding studies that routinely overestimate levels of tobacco smuggling. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uob-nru082218.php 57 comments 23/8/2018 science
• NASA has greenlit funding for 28 new projects, including a submarine designed to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and a robot that wants to landsail across the surface of Venus http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/118903-nasa-developing-space-bound-submarine 156 comments 7/8/2012 technology
• Obama administration launches $1 billion healthcare drive: The Obama administration on Monday said $1 billion of federal funds allocated in last year's health reform law will go toward innovation programs designed to boost jobs and improve patient care. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/14/us-usa-obama-healthcare-idustre7ad15m20111114 5 comments 15/11/2011 politics
• After five years of secret construction, the cloak is coming off a privately funded spacecraft designed to fly well-heeled tourists into space. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091207/ap_on_bi_ge/us_space_tourism;_ylt=ahji42zn4nuh0gynk3uy.2qplbif;_ylu=x3odmtjontdpdnu4bgfzc2v0a2fwlziwmdkxmja3l3vzx3nwywnlx3rvdxjpc20ey3bvcwmxbhbvcwmybhnlywn5bl90b3bfc3rvcnkec2xra3zpcmdpbmdhbgfjda-- 9 comments 7/12/2009 science
• After five years of secret construction, the cloak is coming off a privately funded spacecraft designed to fly well-heeled tourists into space. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091207/d9ced36o0.html 4 comments 7/12/2009 reddit.com
• Bill Introduced - H.R.484 No Glory for Hate Act. "No Federal funds used to name, designate, or redesignate a Federal building or Federal land after, or in commemoration of, any former President that has been twice impeached by the House of Representatives" https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/484/text?r=12&s=1 18 comments 18/2/2021 politics
• Twitter is funding a small independent team of up to five open source architects, engineers, and designers to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media. None 24 comments 12/12/2019 opensource
• Jack: "Twitter is funding a small independent team of up to five open source architects, engineers, and designers to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media. The goal is for Twitter to ultimately be a client of this standard. 🧵" https://twitter.com/jack/status/1204766078468911106 24 comments 11/12/2019 btc
• Radical Labour levy would double council tax on holiday homes - Plans for a new levy on tens of thousands of second homes have been drawn up by UK Labour in a move designed to ease the housing crisis and generate funds to cut homelessness. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/sep/23/second-home-tax-labour-policy-double-council-tax-homelessness 9 comments 23/9/2018 worldnews
• Two new studies from Tobacco Control Research Group expose evidence that big tobacco companies are still facilitating tobacco smuggling, while attempting to control a global system designed to prevent it and funding studies that routinely overestimate levels of tobacco smuggling. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/new-research-uncovers-one-of-the-tobacco-industrys-greatest-scams/ 7 comments 25/8/2018 science
• Hungary: Orban Goverment lied after European Commission suspended Euro 2.3 Billion worth of funding, because tenders were systematically designed to suit a specific Orban-friendly company. http://hungarytoday.hu/cikk/ec-spokesman-opposition-parties-blame-government-frozen-eu-funds-57872 7 comments 17/4/2015 europe
• Obama: Health insurers are "filling the airwaves with deceptive and dishonest ads. They're flooding Capitol Hill with lobbyists and campaign contributions. And they're funding studies designed to mislead the American people" http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/10/health_insurers_deceptive_and_dishonest_obama.php?ref=fpb 7 comments 18/10/2009 politics
• US designates Nordic Neo-Nazi group as terrorists. | Friday’s designation will deny NRM members from accessing the US financial system, with the intention of making it more challenging for them to move money through the international system and fund their efforts. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/14/politics/us-designates-nordic-neo-nazi-group-terrorists/index.html 12 comments 18/6/2024 law
• Sec. 3. prohibition on Use of Federal funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a Federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities in access to affordable housing https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/103/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22s103%22%5D%7D&r=1 10 comments 1/2/2017 politics
• Introducing the Swiftboat Network - The right wing has designed an insidious new way to allow many rich contributors to fund unlimited spending on political message campaigns, all orchestrated by one PR firm, thus avoiding most existing FEC laws for reporting and disclosure. http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2009/09/28/introducing-the-swiftboat-network/ 14 comments 29/9/2009 politics
• Heads up: Fidelity, which was the first asset manager to allow donors and investors to use bitcoin to support donor-advised funds (beginning back in 2015), has recently been pushing back against a U.S. D.O.L. Compliance Assistance Release that is designed to discourage bitcoin use for retirement. https://www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/about-fidelity/Letter_to_DOL_on_CAR_2022-01.pdf 2 comments 20/5/2022 bitcoin
• EU countries have fallen far short of their duty to an African economic development fund designed to help discourage mass migration to Europe, Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker charged Friday. http://www.france24.com/en/20170623-eu-states-slammed-lack-support-africa-fund 11 comments 24/6/2017 europe