Prez orders hike in awards prize money
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With a view to encouraging the  creative contribution to Indian cinema, President Pratibha  Patil on Friday directed that the prize money of national film  awards be increased five times.
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An arbitrator awarded Boston Bruins captain Joe Thornton $6.75 million for 2004-05, increasing his salary from last season&#39;s $5.5 million but not allowing him to break the arbitration record of $7 million.
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Speculation grows ahead of the announcement of the 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The head of one of the world's largest funders of biomedical research is has said that he's set to substantially increase funding.
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The curtain is about to rise on one of the most competitive national seasons for governors races in years, and the money to finance it is already pouring into campaign coffers.
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Would-be US presidential nominees are set to file fundraising figures, as spending balloons.
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The winner of this monthâs British Open will receive $1.5 million, making it the richest prize in any major. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club said the winner of the July 19-22 tournament in Carnoustie, Scotland, would earn $60,460 more than Tiger Woods did when he won at Royal Liverpool last year. The total purse for this British Open will be $8.5 million, an increase of $403,000.
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The men's and women's singles champions will get a record $1.4 million apiece at this year's U.S. Open and the total prize money will top $19 million for the first time.
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An inquiry into allegations Tony Blair's government traded political honors for cash intensified Tuesday as British media reported a senior Blair aide had expressed concerns the leader's chief fundraiser had attempted to influence her evidence to police.
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Like any prize, the value is counted as income; winners must pay up to $7,000 or forfeit the car. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Leave it to Uncle Sam to spoil the party.
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White House press secretary Tony Snow is taking his gift of gab across the country in the coming weeks to raise money for Republican candidates, an unusual task for the president's top spokesman.
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The total prize money for this month&#39;s British Open is up 200,000 pounds (300,000 euros) from last year to 4.2 million pounds (6.2 million euros), The Royal and Ancient (RA) announced Tuesday.
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The Uefa president gets up to a lot more than we thought according to your efforts. This week's lucky winner is David Squires, who wins a Â£100 bet with BlueSquare. Second prize, Carlton Books's The England Cricket Miscellany, goes to John O'Reilly. Next week we want to see your takes on Lord Coe's Olympic logo shenanigans. Send them to gallery@guardian.co.uk by 6pm on Tuesday June 12 as a jpeg or gif, complete with a TITLE and CAPTION. Anybody who forgets will be made to listen to Sir Alex Ferguson's iPod.
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A pan-Asian television network has promised former champion India a cash reward of 10 million rupees (222,000 dollars) if it wins field hockey's World Cup this month.
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Detectives in the cash for honours investigation seized a draft list of people Labour wanted to nominate for peerages which showed all those put forward had loaned the party millions of pounds, sources confirmed yesterday.
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Home-delivery rates will increase 3 percent to 4 percent and the newsstand cover price will increase to $1.25, from $1.
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The government evidently has decided to permit the currency to appreciate much faster than before.