1.   It pays interest subsidies only to Ford Credit, not other finance houses.

2.   Here efficiency is increased if a per-unit output subsidy is paid to suppliers, rather than a grant towards input costs.

3.   Fischler is completing plans to change the way subsidies are paid to olive growers.

4.   Hearst agreed to pay the subsidy in an effort to dissuade the U.S. Justice Department from blocking the Chronicle sale on antitrust grounds.

5.   If subsidies are paid based on the number of trees the incentive is simply to plant trees and not produce good quality oil, he said.

6.   In addition, Infiniti paid substantial subsidies on new models to offer attractive lease deals.

7.   In the long run, the program was cheaper for the government than paying crop subsidies on the same acres, Schenck said.

8.   Oil refiners are now paid subsidies by the government to keep prices artificially low.

9.   Remaining subsidies would be paid only if market prices drop.