International politics
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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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Appleinsider
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://www.newstrail.com/ipaas-software-market-comprehensive-study-explores-huge-growth-in-future/
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Newstrail
HTF MI introduces new research on IPaas Software covering the micro level of analysis by competitors and key business segments (2024-2030). The IPaas Software explores a comprehensive study of various segments like opportunities, size, development, innovation, sales, and overall growth of major players.
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https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/how-parents-can-turn-children-29831856
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Parents seeking to secure their children's financial future have been offered a simple tip by retirement gurus: regularly contribute to a Junior ISA. By putting in the maximum £9,000 annually, they could provide their offspring with a nest egg of over £255,000 by the age of 18. According to...
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https://theconversation.com/would-a-tech-tax-be-a-fair-way-to-make-google-and-meta-pay-for-the-news-they-distribute-and-profit-from-237234
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Theconversation
As the News Media Bargaining Code agreements in Australia start to wind down, there is discussion about what will come next. Media academic Andrea Carson calls the codes, passed in 2021, "world-first" legislation because Australia was the first country to use competition law to get Google and Meta to pay news publishers for the news they distribute and profit from.
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https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/ratios-of-indexed-line-charts-by-ellis2013nz/
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R-bloggers
[This article was first published on free range statistics - and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don'A few months Michael Read of the Australian Financial Review published a chart showing real household income in Australia plummetting, relative to the OECD, since late 2021.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/10727156/canada-digital-services-tax-us-trade-dispute-talks/
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The U.S. has requested trade dispute settlement consultations with Canada over its new digital services tax, the Biden administration said on Friday, adding that the "discriminatory" tax appears...
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The U.S. has requested trade dispute settlement consultations with Canada over its new digital services tax, the Biden administration said on Friday, adding that the "discriminatory" tax appears...
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https://goodauthority.org/news/south-korea-court-overruled-the-government-climate-policy/
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South Korea's constitutional court ruled that parts of the country's climate legislation fail to protect the rights of future generations. This August 2024 ruling echoes a landmark case from Germany where the court similarly found existing climate legislation insufficiently ambitious and precise to protect the rights of future generations. .
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https://cfotech.co.nz/story/telematics-is-helping-to-accelerate-economic-growth-across-apac
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Cfotech
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is the world's economic growth engine, powered by a growing consumer class, a strong manufacturing base and an accelerating innovation sector. Much of that growth has been powered by technology, and in fact one recent report found that in Southeast Asia could be a...
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/govt-slashes-windfall-tax-gains-on-petroleum-crude-to-rs-1850/tonne/articleshow/112933092.cms
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Economictimes
Continuing another cut, the Union government on Friday slashed windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to Rs 1,850 per tonne from previous Rs 2,100 per tonne. The new rates will be effective from August 31, an official notification said. While on the other hand, windfall tax on export of...
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https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/28/kamala-trillion-new-taxes/
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Dailysignal
WATCH: Presidential Race Heats Up During 'Brat Summer' as Harris Finally Agrees to Interview A Year After Hawaii Fire, Rebuilding Has Barely Begun What Is Secret Service Hiding About Trump Assassination Attempt? Are We Already In a Recession?
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https://www.marxist.com/protests-against-rio-tinto-mine-rock-serbia.htm
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Marxist
Recently, Serbia has once again been shaken by mass protests that brought tens of thousands to the streets. This is round two of the fight against Rio Tinto, a notorious multinational mining company that is trying to start operations in the west of the country. This is also the sixth time in the last eight years that mass protests against the regime of Aleksandar Vučić have been organised in Serbia.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/29/stocks-to-play-asia-pacifics-data-center-capacity-boom-per-bofa.html
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Cnbc
The Asia-Pacific region is set to see strong data center demand over the next few years, which is a boon for artificial data center operators and hyperscalers' expansion in that part of the world, Bank of America found. APAC data center capacity is set to double in five to six years at a compound annual growth rate of 14% in the next five years, adding nearly 2 gigawatts of new capacity per year, analyst Sriharsh Singh said in a Tuesday note.
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https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/denmark-record-25-government-ministers-after-major-reshuffle-113237863
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Abcnews
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Thursday appointed six new ministers in a major reshuffle of her three-party centrist government, bringing the number of ministers to 25 — the largest ever in 30 years. One of the ministers will head a new government office of...
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c990kl9xm7po
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Bbc
'Fuel duty next' and 'Brexit reset' A number of Thursday's front pages lead with Sir Keir Starmer's visit to the continent. The Daily Mirror splashes with "Brexit reset" as it reports on the prime minister saying the UK will work closer with the European Union on migrant crossings and trade but...
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https://www.thetechedvocate.org/sources-emmanuel-macron-invited-pavel-durov-to-move-telegram-to-paris-in-2018-in-2017-a-joint-operation-between-french-and-uae-spies-hacked-durovs-iphone-wall-street-journal/
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Thetechedvocate
In a surprising turn of events, French President Emmanuel Macron extended an invitation to Pavel Durov, the enigmatic founder of Telegram, to relocate the popular messaging app's operations to Paris in 2018. This bold move underscores France's ambition to position itself as a leading tech hub in...
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https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/08/equity-scholars-spent-5-years-trying-to-define-gender-with-no-luck/
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Legalinsurrection
So these international "equity" scholars spent five years researching the definition of "gender" and came back with nothing.
That's not stopping them from pushing "gender" into all aspects of research:
International scholars concluded a five-year "equity" project by determining the concept of...
That's not stopping them from pushing "gender" into all aspects of research:
International scholars concluded a five-year "equity" project by determining the concept of...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/28/chinas-state-media-canada-is-shooting-itself-in-the-foot-with-new-ev-tariffs.html
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Cnbc
China's state media has criticized Canada over its decision to impose 100% import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, using bolder language than Beijing's official government response. Canada is "shooting itself in the foot" by "following U.S.' protectionist policies," the outspoken editor of the Global Times, a Chinese government mouthpiece, wrote Wednesday.
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https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8392/4/3/83
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Mdpi
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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http://ktemoc.blogspot.com/2024/08/oecd-moots-gradual-return-of-gst-for.html
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PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 — Malaysia should seriously consider bringing back the goods and services tax (GST) to increase its revenue, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in its report on Malaysia released today. The OECD Survey of Malaysia 2024 noted that the country's current tax system contributes only 12 per cent to the economy and suggested that the government explore ways to boost revenue since its spending, including on subsidies, eats up 3.5 per cent of the GDP.
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https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/08/the-future-of-international-scientific-assessments-of-ais-risks
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Carnegieendowment
As artificial intelligence (AI) changes how people around the world live and work, new frontiers for international collaboration, competition, and conflict are opening. AI can, for example, improve (or detract) from international cyber stability, optimize (or bias) cloud-based services, or guide the targeting of biotechnology toward great discoveries (or terrible abuses).
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https://www.itnewsafrica.com/2024/08/e-hailing-giant-faces-penalty-over-illegal-data-transfers/
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Itnewsafrica
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined Uber Technologies €290 million ($324 million) in a historic ruling for unauthorizedly sending the personal information of European drivers to the US. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union has resulted in one of the biggest penalties to date.
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https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/cigarette-taxes-europe-2024/
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Taxfoundation
Cigarette smokers in the European Union pay far more in excise taxes than they do for the cigarettes themselves. The EU Tobacco TaxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government...