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https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/128562/inland-revenue-identifies-227000-nz-customers-transactions-valued-over-78-billion
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Interest
"Despite popular thinking - people are not invisible on [the] blockchain, and we have the analytics capabilities to identify and expose crypto asset activities," Inland Revenue Department spokesperson Trevor Jeffries warns. The warning comes as the IRD intends to scrutinise people who actively deal in crypto assets, but aren't declaring income from this in their tax returns.
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https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/31807
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Journals
"End poverty 2015, we can make it happen" is the slogan of the Millennium Development Goals campaign launched by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2002. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) has fully commited to this approach with the Sustainable Tourism - Eliminating Poverty (ST-EP). In 2007, Secretary Ban Ki-moon declared that "tourism, when it ensures sustainable development, can contribute to poverty reduction" by praising the ST-EP experience as "one of the instruments available to achieve the Millennium Development Goals».
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https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/dutch-govt-slaps-uber-record-324-million-fine-transferring-driver-data-us
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Zerohedge
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) fined Uber Technologies Inc. a record 290 million euros ($324 million) for transferring the personal data of European taxi drivers to US data centers. AP said the transfer of European taxi drivers' personal data to the US is a "serious violation" of the...
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https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/07/25/future-of-undersea-electricity-cable-linking-greece-cyprus-and-israel-will-be-decided-next-month/
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Toronto
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The future of an electricity cable linking the power grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel will be cleared up next month when a ruling is expected on whether Cypriot consumers would pick up the tab for the cable's four-year construction costs, Cyprus' energy minister said Thursday.
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https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/will-a-drastic-hike-in-swiss-inheritance-tax-lead-to-an-exodus-of-billionaires/84741116
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Swissinfo
Keystone / Gaetan Bally
A proposal to levy an inheritance tax of 50% on the super-rich has provoked emigration threats from wealthy Swiss residents.
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A proposal to levy an inheritance tax of 50% on the super-rich has provoked emigration threats from wealthy Swiss residents.
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July 23, 2024 - 16:03
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https://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2024/07/thai-airasia-moves-back-to-bangkoks-dmk/
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Ttrweekly
Thai AirAsia X currently operates from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK). Some AirAsia flights (FD) and an AirAsia X flight (D7) to Kuala Lumpur remain at BKK.**. The relocation by Thai AirAsia X will improve the network contribution between AirAsia's domestic and regional flights and Thai AirAsia X's East Asia and Sydney Australia services.
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https://www.designboom.com/technology/volocopter-evtol-crewed-test-flight-vertiport-paris-2024-olympics-aerodrome-saint-cyr-lecole-08-08-2024/
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Designboom
eVTOL volocity by volocopter takes flight amid paris olympics Volocopter, the mastermind behind the 18-rotor Volocity, announces that it has completed a crewed test flight at the Aerodrome of Saint-Cyr-l'École, the dubbed first commercial vertiport for eVTOLs. The news follows France authorizing...
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https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/public-sector/global-government-ai-case-studies.html
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Deloitte
The Deloitte article titled "Global government AI case studies" provides valuable insights into the diverse ways in which governments around the world are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance service delivery, improve decision-making, and drive operational efficiencies. The article presents a series of case studies highlighting innovative AI initiatives undertaken by governments across a range of areas such as public safety, healthcare, transportation, and education. To read more, use the button below to open the original external article.
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/india-raises-windfall-tax-on-petroleum-crude/articleshow/111411867.cms
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Economictimes
The Indian government has raised the windfall tax on petroleum crude to Rs 6,000 per metric ton from Rs 3,250, with effect from July 2, according to a notification issued on Monday. The tax is reviewed every fortnight. Starting in July 2022, India began taxing crude oil production and the export...
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https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/china-protests-eu-move-hike-tariffs-chinese-electric-111275694
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Abcnews
BEIJING -- China's Commerce Ministry on Thursday accused the European Union of making unreasonable demands in its investigation into imports of Chinese electric vehicles before announcing it was raising tariffs by as much as 38%.Ministry spokesman He Yadong said the European side had demanded...
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https://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/gov-low-unemployment-states.html
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Governing
Is the strong job market hiding a growing skills gap?
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https://qz.com/canada-slaps-chinese-evs-tariffs-byd-mexico-us-europe-1851631628
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Qz
In This StoryCanada on Monday said it would join the U.S. and Europe in slapping China-made electric vehicles with massive tariffs as firms like BYD (BYDDY) look to expand. The Canadian Department of Finance said its tariffs are designed to protect more than 125,000 — mostly unionized — auto...
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https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/07/23/government-weighs-betting-revenue-boost/
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Irishtimes
Government is weighing a betting tax boost but with an extra allowance meant to protect smaller bookies from a hit to turnover. Revenue currently levies 2 per cent on all bets placed with online or on-street bookies in the State, that is not passed on to punters, raising €103 million last year. Reforms introduced in 2002 originally linked the charge to State funding for horse and greyhound racing, but Government effectively broke that in 2008 during a financial crisis.
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https://financialit.net/news/artificial-intelligence/wolters-kluwer-harnesses-genai-enhanced-tax-and-legal-research
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Financialit
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Asia Pacific, a leader in professional information, software solutions, and services, announces important GenAI-enabled enhancements to CCH iKnowConnect, its prominent tax and legal research platform.Wolters Kluwer now offers an enhanced search experience with the...
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https://www.xtb.com/en/education/the-outlook-for-commodities-in-the-second-half-of-2024
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Xtb
Chart Bloomberg commodity price index . If we look at the oil price first, Brent crude oil is currently trading below $80 per barrel. Some of the decline is due to selling from speculative investors who may not see further upside potential in the oil price. Speculative investors were net sellers of crude for two straight weeks at the end of July, which added to the downside price pressure.
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https://fortune.com/2014/07/15/five-emerging-nations-plan-a-development-bank-of-their-own/
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Fortune
Leaders of big developing nations hope to create an alternative to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, as a sign of independence.
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http://jewishleadership.blogspot.com/2024/08/why-are-european-union-and-world-bank.html
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Jewishleadership
by Robert Williams Back in March, the Biden administration claimed that it was persuading the Palestinian Authority (PA), led by Mahmoud Abbas, to change its murder-for-hire "pay for slay" policy. Terrorists who have been imprisoned in Israel for their crimes, as well as families of deceased or wounded terrorists, receive monthly stipends as a reward for murdering Jews.
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https://www.forexlive.com/news/opec-agrees-to-delay-october-oil-output-increase-report-20240905/
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Forexlive
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https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/08/19/kamala-harris-tax-hike/
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Breitbart
Vice President Kamala Harris is gunning for businesses with a plan to hike taxes. As part of her presidential campaign, Harris is pushing to hike the corporate tax rate to 28 percent, a move that critics say could hit the economy hard just as the country tries to steady itself. Harris campaign spokesman James Singer confirmed the plan to NBC News, claiming—without evidence— that the tax increase is "a fiscally responsible way to put money back in the pockets of working people and ensure billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share." Contrary to Singer's claim, raising taxes on businesses does not put money back in the pockets of working people.
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https://investorplace.com/2024/07/tsla-forecast-why-betting-against-ev-pioneer-tesla-could-be-a-costly-mistake/
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Investorplace
When Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock was listed in 2010, it commanded a market capitalization of $2.23 billion. After almost a decade and a half, Tesla's market valuation is at $690 billion. For an investor holding Tesla stock since listing, the compound annual growth rate of returns would be almost...
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-41479291.html
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Irishexaminer
New car sales in the European Union fell 18.3% in August to their lowest in three years, dragged down by double-digit losses in major markets Germany, France and Italy and sliding electric vehicle (EV) sales, auto industry body data shows.The data showed the fourth consecutive monthly drop in EV...
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The United States and China are both taking different approaches to achieve quantum supremacy and win the geopolitical, technological, and military advantages that come with it.