Senate budget funds social programs from reserves, taxes hikes – Worcester Telegram Senate budget funds social programs from reserves, taxes hikesWorcester TelegramBOSTON — The State Senate approved a $ 34 billion annual state budget late Thursday that makes investments in early education, elder care, local aid and other areas in part by drawing from the [...]
Signature Theatre gets 0000 grant from Arlington County to get it up to … – Washington Post Signature Theatre gets $ 250000 grant from Arlington County to get it up to …Washington PostThe Arlington County Board approved a $ 250,000 grant to Signature Theatre on Tuesday as the parties reconsider Signature's lease and tax arrangements. [...]
Seven thrilling facts about carbon taxes from the CBO – Washington Post (blog) Seven thrilling facts about carbon taxes from the CBOWashington Post (blog)A carbon tax, you may recall, would impose a fee on oil, gas and coal. The idea is that this would help tackle global warming by raising the price of emitting carbon-dioxide. [...]
Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start By Poornima Gupta and Padraic Halpin SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Executive Tim [...]
Rolls-Royce wins engine order from U.S. lessor CIT LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply engines to power 23 Airbus aircraft ordered by U.S. leasing company CIT Aerospace, it said on Wednesday. Rolls, the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines behind U.S. group General Electric , said the deal included Trent [...]
Sprint gets waiver from Softbank, permitting discussions with Dish (Reuters) – Wireless service provider Sprint Nextel Corp received a waiver from SoftBank Corp on various provisions of their merger agreement permitting it to engage in discussions with Dish Network Corp. Satellite TV service Dish made a $ 25.5 billion counter bid last month for Sprint [...]
Yen edges up from lows, Asian shares firmer By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The yen pulled up from a 4-1/2 year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economics minister said a further steady drop in the yen could have negative effects on households, pushing the dollar to a low of 102.00. "People [...]
Exclusive: South Africa’s NUM seeks 15-60 percent wage rises from gold, coal producers By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices [...]
Collect taxes from online sales – Lexington Herald Leader United Liberty Collect taxes from online salesLexington Herald LeaderIt seems like the biggest argument against the proposed Marketplace Fairness bill is that it would just be too much trouble. Too much trouble for online retailers to collect and remit taxes to multiple jurisdictions. Too much trouble [...]
In IRS scandal, why is any political group exempt from taxes? – MiamiHerald.com San Francisco Chronicle In IRS scandal, why is any political group exempt from taxes?MiamiHerald.comWASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for giving extra scrutiny to conservative organizations that asked for tax-exempt status. But the scandal begs a broader question: Why [...]