Now a Message From a Sponsor Of the Subway?
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The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering selling naming rights to bridges, tunnels, bus lines and subway stations to help meet anticipated budget shortfalls of over $1 billion in years to come. Some critics say the trend toward naming things after the highest corporate bidder rather than naming things after heroes reflects a general decline in American values, while others suggest that putting a private trademark on a public institution reduces the public's sense of investment in the quality of the institution in question.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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Investors Recoil From Oil Terms In Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan's new tax law raises the government's share of oil revenues by 20 percent and is deterring foreign companies from investing in further exploration in the Caspian Sea. Foreign investment has allowed petroleum production to grow to 1.2 million barrels a day.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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M.T.A. Budget Projections May Have Been Too Bleak
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The projected deficit of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority may be less than previously believed, because tax revenues from petroleum and real estate are expected to be higher than usual.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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