Tax breaks to hire local journalists approved in NY, a national first (Third column, 5th story, link) Related stories:California wants Big Tech to pay for news. GOOGLE fighting back
On Monday, purchase an Original Glazed ® or Assorted dozen in shop and pay only the sales tax for a second Original Glazed ® dozen Krispy Kreme ® is giving taxpayers an additional “deduction” on Tax Day next Monday, April 15: purchase an Original Glazed® or Assorted dozen in shop and receive a second Original Glazed® dozen for just the price of sales tax in their state. On Monday, April 15, purchase an Original Glazed® or Assorted dozen in shop and pay only the sales tax for a second Original...
In 2020, a dangerous pathogen swept the globe. The pandemic required government action, we were told, but the government of one nation was not enough. Even powerful governments (like that of the United States) worked with other governments to keep pandemic measures from being futile. In order to avoid a fatal lack of coordination, some
What COVID-19 was to the 2020 election, this will be for 2024. And no, it’s not a
The crisis engulfing Boeing is showing no signs of abating. City A.M. explores whether the Boeing-Airbus duopoly could ever be broken.
Soaring temperatures, thunderstorms and floods are leading 38% of Dutch people to rethink their summer holiday plans, according to new research by the Dutch tourist board NBTC. The board asked 7,000 people in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Britain, France, the US and China about their holiday plans and in total, 46% said extreme weather would influence their choice of destination. But the Dutch, alongside the Germans, were the least likely to take extreme weather conditions into account....
Glenn Maxwell has elected to take a break from the IPL to refresh himself physically and mentally after requesting Royal Challengers Bengaluru management pick someone else in his place for the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad.Maxwell has been struggling for runs in IPL 2024. Before Monday's game, he had scored only 32 runs in six innings at an average of 5.33. There were speculations that he might have sat out because of a thumb injury but that was not the case."For me, personally, it was a...
The International Monetary Fund has said that most industrial policies rely heavily on costly subsidies or tax breaks, which could be detrimental to productivity and welfare if not effectively targeted. The multilateral lender stated this in a new report titled ‘Industrial Policy Is Not a Magic Cure for Slow Growth’. According to the global lender, Read More
The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months.
The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found. The AP drew on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents, leaked recordings and dozens of interviews that showed the freeze began far earlier than previously known — in the first weeks of the outbreak — and involved political and scientific infighting in China as much as...
Earth Day may start Monday, but volunteers are already working to clean up state parks so that they can be ready for the busy spring and summer season.
Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...