Rob Key has backed the use of Kookaburra balls for full County Championship seasons in future despite the first fortnight of 2024 producing just one positive result.
China on Friday published measures aimed at promoting overseas investment in the country's technology sector, in a latest bid to attract foreign investors amid signs some are considering shifting away from the world's second-largest economy. China will support overseas institutions to issue yuan bonds in the country, and also encourage tech companies, including foreign-invested ones, to raise money via bond issuance, the commerce ministry said in a statement. The government will also facilitate...
A group of tech companies in the north of England have called for the creation of a Manchester-based digital investment fund to help challenge the “dominance of London and the South East”. Industry body Manchester Digital and several tech firms based in the north or with a significant northern presence – including Auto Trader, BT […]
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Canada’s Parliament is considering a tax on digital services revenue that would impact the world’s biggest tech companies. The legislation would cover companies’ digital services revenue made from Canadian users, imposing a 3% tax on the revenue above 20 million Canadian dollars (about $14.5 million), Bloomberg reported Wednesday (April 17). It would apply only to companies […]
Derek Underwood, the most prolific spin bowler in England’s Test history, has died at the age of 78. Underwood, affectionately known as “Deadly”, claimed 297 scalps in 86 Test appearances with his brisk left-arm spin, as well as another 32 in ODIs. Underwood also played over 900 times for Kent across three decades and claimed a staggering 2,523 wickets along the way.Derek Underwood, England’s greatest spin bowler, dies aged 78 Continue reading
Sunday was the first night the Rickenbacker Causeway’s flyover bridge that connects westbound traffic to South Dixie Highway and I-95 north was closed
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Former Pakistan men's team's director Mohammad Hafeez has revealed the reason behind tweeting 'RIP Pakistan domestic cricket' after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the T20I squad to face New Zealand. Hafeez opined that the selection decisions rendered domestic cricket completely futile.The PCB gave a maiden call-up to Usman Khan, who finished PSL 9 as the second-highest run-getter. With Imad Wasim and Mohammad Amir delivering encouraging performances in PSL 9 and reversing their...
Canada will press ahead with introduction of a digital services tax on large technology companies, which would raise C$5.9 billion ($4.3 billion) over the five years starting fiscal 2024/25, the federal budget showed on Tuesday. Canada, seeking to address the challenge of taxing digital giants like Google parent Alphabet and Amazon.com that can book their profits in low-tax countries, had held off for two years to allow for the conclusion of talks on a global treaty on taxing multinationals....
The former opening Test batter did not front Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday because he was locked up in a nearby police station after being arrested on the weekend.
A group of 21 organisations, including Broadband India Forum, Deepstrat, the Internet Freedom Foundation, and the Dialogue, as well as some individuals, have written to the government asking for a five-month extension to the May 15 deadline to provide inputs to the draft of the Digital Competition Bill.In the letter addressed to the ministry of corporate affairs, the organisations and individuals have argued that the extension in the comments submission timeline was necessary to allow...