Prospect of party closing Tory ‘loopholes’ if elected prompts some wealthy individuals to explore a move overseas“People are jumping on planes right now and leaving,” said Nimesh Shah, the chief executive of Blick Rothenberg, an accountancy firm that specialises in advising very rich “non-doms” on their tax affairs. “I am not being dramatic, they are leaving right now.”Shah said his clients – some of the richest people in the country – were “petrified” of plans to abolish the “non-domicile”...
Before New Labor's landslide victory in the 1997 general election, I learned from reliable City sources that the party's future chancellor, Gordon Brown, and his economic adviser Ed Balls were planning a tax seizure of Britain's pension funds.Working secretly with the now-defunct accounting firm Arthur Andersen, they worked on a law that would repeal the tax breaks that British companies enjoyed on dividend payments into company pension schemes.The estimated £5 billion a year the government...
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2024 The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed the $95 billion foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan … with more than $60 billion of that pot of taxpayer money going to Ukraine. The aid package breezed through with a vote of 79-18. In the House, Democrats after voting […]
Yesterday, in an on-air "What You're Weather App Can't Tell You" segment, I referred to the pretty big change in rain from the north side to the south side of the Kansas City metro so far this month. Kansas City International Airport is around 2.5", while down toward Olathe and near Gardner and Lee's Summit, []
FEATURE — Emotions will be running high this week, but also transformative. Tuesday, April 23, at 5:49 p.m. MDT, a full moon in the fixed Water sign of Scorpio will grace the Southern Utah sky. Full moons, which indicate culminations, endings and emotional declarations, illuminate issues that have been building beneath the surface. The energy […]
Turns out that the Fallout show has gotten everyone in the mood to play the games, as pretty much every title in the series has seen their player count skyrocket. Last week, Prime Video finally released its live-action adaptation of Fallout, which was quickly met with positive reviews all around. So, it should come as no surprise that players would get a hankering for the games too, which is exactly what happened. In fact, at least according to SteamDB stats, players returned to all of the...
Diablo 4 players are eagerly waiting for Season 4 with high expectations following the successful launch of PTR, and Executive Producer Rod Fergusson revealed that the devs have been inspired by lessons learned during the highly acclaimed Season of Blood. Time's running out for Diablo 4 devs as Season 4 draws nearer, and Blizzard isn't only taking feedback from PTR to put together this new chapter. Season of the Construct was heavily criticized right from the beginning, and Executive...
The THC-infused "Tranquilita Margarita" drink contains 8th Wonder's Ocho Verde Cannabis spirit and Cut Above Zero Proof Agave Blanco. The concoction will contain four milligrams of THC.
Rules governing political campaigning on terrestrial television don’t apply to streaming or online – and parties are starting to play dirtyOne of my favourite jokes in The Simpsons concerns the unhinged nature of US political advertising. “Mayor Quimby supports revolving-door prisons,” a growly voice narrates over footage of exactly what you imagine. “Mayor Quimby even released Sideshow Bob, a man twice convicted of attempted murder.” And then, a final disclosure at a noticeably faster pace:...
They were taken into police custody for questioning after they laid flowers outside the Nazi dictator's birthplace in western Austria.
Black college students expecting to attend the annual beach party on Georgia's Tybee Island this weekend will be in for a rude awakening.
Great news for Ben & Jerry's fans. Ben & Jerry's will hold a “free cone