International politics
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https://lenpenzo.com/blog/id83860-a-look-at-the-benefits-of-italian-dual-citizenship.html
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Many of us remember as children being immersed in Italian culture within our families and communities. We had parents, grandparents, or great grandparents from Italy. We may have grown up in cities with thousands of Italian immigrants. And we remember the sounds of the Italian language, or the...
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https://time.com/7019497/apple-eu-court-vestager-irish-tax-bill/
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Apple Inc. lost its court fight over a €13 billion ($14.4 billion) Irish tax bill, in a boost to the European Union's crackdown on special deals doled out by nations to big companies.The E.U.'s Court of Justice in Luxembourg backed a landmark 2016 decision that Ireland broke state-aid law by...
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https://www.carscoops.com/2024/06/eu-and-chinese-officials-meet-to-discuss-tariff-dispute/
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EU And Chinese Officials Meet To Discuss Tariff Dispute
German and Chinese officials believe tariff disputes can be resolved with simple communication
June 25, 2024 at 09:35
The EU has said it will increase tariffs on Chinese EVs by up to 38.1%.
China could...
German and Chinese officials believe tariff disputes can be resolved with simple communication
June 25, 2024 at 09:35
The EU has said it will increase tariffs on Chinese EVs by up to 38.1%.
China could...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/technology/elon-musk-political-views.html
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Nytimes
Elon Musk is all in for Donald Trump's campaign.The billionaire endorsed Mr. Trump shortly after the attempt on his life last month. He's helped form a political action committee to financially support the Trump campaign, and he's bashed the former president's political rivals online.And on...
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https://sputnikglobe.com/20240622/debt-disaster-why-global-south-increasingly-sidelines-the-us-dollar-1119059080.html
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecasts that the US national debt will hit $50.7 trillion by 2034, but the true figure "surely will be much bigger," wrote William Pesek, an award-winning journalist and author, for the Asia Times. The CBO projected on June 18 that US debt would reach 122 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2034, far surpassing the nation's record-high public debt-to-GDP ratio of 106 percent in the aftermath of World War II.
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Global technical alliances will help drive future research but could also provoke geopolitical tensions.
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https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8392/4/3/83
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The Pink Tax has plagued many sectors within companies for decades []. It refers to gender-based pricing, where products and services targeted at women are priced higher than similar products marketed to men []. Relevant studies and articles will be utilised to highlight gaps in existing research, aiming to raise awareness of the implications arising from the Pink Tax due to marketing and management practices, with a particular focus on a company of choice.
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https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/08/31/us-fights-canada-over-new-tech-tax-that-could-cost-apple-billions
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Canada's new Digital Services tax could cost iPhone maker Apple billions, but the US says the fees are discriminating against American tech companies — and is pushing for a delay. Canada first proposed the legislation in 2021 as an interim measure, following a statement from the G20 allowing for international digital service tax (DST) reform.
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/india-champion-of-growth-in-g20-lvaro-pereira-chief-economist-oecd/articleshow/113677700.cms
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Economictimes
NEW DELHI: India is the "champion" of growth among the G20 countries and its expansion will propel the global economy, OECD chief economist Álvaro Pereira said. He remained optimistic about domestic demand maintaining its upward trajectory. Pereira also flagged the need for continued emphasis on...
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https://nypost.com/2024/09/10/business/eu-court-orders-apple-to-pay-14-4-billion-in-back-taxes-to-ireland/
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Apple must pay $14.4 billion in back taxes to the Irish government after the European Union's top court rejected the iPhone maker's appeal of a landmark 2016 ruling — which CEO Tim Cook denounced at the time as "total political crap."
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Tuesday upheld...
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Tuesday upheld...
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https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2024/09/13/multinationals-not-alarmed-at-apple-tax-judgement-head-of-ida-says/
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Irishtimes
IDA Ireland has rejected suggestions that this week's Apple tax ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) had damaged Ireland's reputation internationally.Chief executive Michael Lohan said that while the judgment was historic, it was not being raised by client companies."Clients...
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https://sputnikglobe.com/20240709/bulgaria-lost-over-750mln-in-2024-due-to-schengen-zone-accession-delays---reports-1119312996.html
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Sputnikglobe
"The results of the full admission of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen are not a one-off effect but will intensify with deeper economic integration between European countries, which means that each successive postponement will cause greater lost benefits for both the Bulgarian and the European economy," Nikolov said, as quoted by Euractiv.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/19/air-india-plane-bound-for-us-makes-emergency-landing-in?traffic_source=rss
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Aljazeera
Air India plane bound for US makes emergency landing in Russia Krasnoyarsk airport says plane carrying 244 passengers and crew was forced to land due to an activated smoke detector.An Air India passenger plane flying from New Delhi to San Francisco has made an emergency landing in Russia after...
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https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/european-union-a-small-step-closer-to-alternative-business-structures/5120231.article
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Lawgazette
External ownership of law firms across the European Union inched closer on Thursday with the latest development in a landmark dispute involving a German practice. But there remain formidable regulatory and legislative hurdles to overcome if UK-style alternative business structures are to proliferate across the bloc.
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https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2024/06/19/increase-cgt-relief-threshold-for-company-owners-in-budget-2025-says-deloitte/
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Deloitte has called on the Government to increase the €1 million lifetime limit against which company owners can apply for a reduced rate of capital gains tax (CGT) in Budget 2025. It argues the move would incentivise Irish businesspeople to remain in the Republic and scale their businesses...
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https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/09/26/state-set-for-equivalent-of-another-apple-windfall-in-coming-years/
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Irishtimes
As the US drags its heels over the implementation of the global deal struck three years ago to levy a minimum 15 per cent tax on large corporations - the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) so-called Pillar Two tax reforms - efforts to even secure political agreement...
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-softens-on-asset-sales-promising-to-go-to-voters-first/D6Q7IUIOYFDOTOIKWWDOLDVCHU/
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"That's always a possibility and then we'd work our way through that," he said."You've got a kaleidoscope of options going forwards, but we've always been clear that if we were to sell them, we would take that to an election as a commitment."Labour's state owned enterprises spokeswoman Arena...
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https://www.ibtimes.com/us-crackdown-tax-free-imports-hits-temu-shein-hard-3743406
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Ibtimes
The U.S. government's plan to ban tax-free Chinese imports, long in the works, has dealt a blow to consumer-sector giants like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Shein, and Temu, which are already grappling with a consumer crisis in their home market.Shares of Alibaba and smaller rival JD.com Inc. fell...
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https://www.crn.com.au/news/westcon-comstors-intelligent-demand-program-boosts-partner-revenue-610482
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Global technology distie Westcon-Comstor said its Intelligent Demand (ID) program generated US$768 million in additional revenue for channel partners in fiscal year 2024. This is a substantial 70 per cent increase from the previous year's US$450 million. The ID program utilises predictive analytics to uncover growth opportunities for partners.
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1921984/sweden-grandparents-paid-parental-leave
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Express
Sweden has acknowledged the role grandparents play in young families through a groundbreaking new law implemented earlier this month.Parents of young children living in the country can now transfer part of their family leave allowance to the baby's grandparents.Much like parents receiving the...
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-edges-closer-european-union-membership-decade-war
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Foxnews
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss how NATO members have bolstered their spending, the latest on the war in Ukraine and how the alliance can counter aggression from countries like Russia and China. Ukraine, through its ongoing war with Russia and extensive reforms, is nearing its...
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https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/global-economy-has-turned-the-corner-oecd-says/
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"Inflation is projected to be back to central bank targets in most G20 economies by the end of 2025," it said, forecasting headline inflation for the G20 to decline from 5.this year to 3.in 2025, "with core inflation in the G20 advanced economies easing to 2.in 2024 and 2.in 2025." "Declining inflation provides room for an easing of interest rates, though monetary policy should remain prudent until inflation has returned to central bank targets," said OECD secretary-general Mathias Cormann in a release.