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One tax law for us and another for Amazon | Nick Cohen
On the edge of Rugeley stands Amazon's largest distribution centre in Britain. Life for the workers who trudge around the 800,000 sq ft warehouse is not as bad as it was for the men who once worked in the pits of the Staffordshire coalfield, but that is not saying much. They must carry satnavs, which direct their movements round the stacks and flash warnings from managers to stop dawdling ...
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UK exporters whistle up success in a thriving new market America
When the New York Philharmonic needed cuckoo and nightingale sounds for a performance of Haydn's Toy Symphony, it was a whistle factory in Birmingham that took the call.Acme Whistles dispatched the various bird call whistles from its factory in Birmingham's jewellery quarter. It was one of the more unusual deliveries from what has become a multimillion-pound US order book for the ...
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If everyone knew the oil market was open to rigging why did no one act
petrol companies a clean bill of health after a cursory examination barely four months ago, the competition authorities in Brussels have just knocked down the corporate doors in their first move on alleged market ...
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Should John Humphrys have won an award for savaging his own boss
BBC mandarin too mighty to escape a Humphing good towsing. You don't get much more independent and award-worthy than that.Which is what the judges obviously thought. Any alternative? Just, perhaps, that it's slightly odd to bestow such accolades for unseating a boss who hadn't done anything much wrong except fail to get a grip on swift-moving events in his earliest weeks in office ...
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Amazons tax arrangements are nothing short of a work of art. Bravo
Amazon has come in for plenty of stick for paying so little tax in the UK. But its actions display such impish wit that it's hard not to revel in the majesty of a terrible thing well ...
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Three reasons why the US got itself out of an economic mess
America's economic structure, its leaders' ability to make rapid political decisions and cultural memories of the Great Depression have been the engine of its ...
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Fury at corporate tax avoidance leads to call for a global response
Anger over the financial affairs of multinationals such as Google, Amazon and Starbucks is gathering momentum in Westminster. Now the UK is poised to lead the debate about international tax reform at next month's G8 ...
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Android has become a hedge against Microsoft and Windows
(Credit: Hewlett-Packard) Hewlett-Packard rolled out another Android device this week. This could become a pattern as PC makers hedge against a world that's less about Microsoft and more about Google. On Tuesday, the largest PC maker in the world -- a dubious distinction these days ...
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UPDATE 1-US judge revives Dexias mortgage lawsuit vs JPMorgan
May 17 (Reuters) - A federal judge has revived a closely watched lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of misleading Belgian-French bank Dexia SA into buying more than $1.6 billion of troubled mortgage ...
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Business Board seeks to sweeten coffee farmers earnings
Coffee stakeholders are working on strategies to enhance the industry competitiveness by expanding the market share locally and internationally. The key strategy involves merging of primary coffee societies into giant cooperative institutions, ...
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Tech fair broadens and brightens seniors world
The 72-year-old Chula Vista resident will soon be able to see her grandchildren in Ohio on a daily basis. She'll be able to comparison shop without leaving her home. And, she will reconnect with old friends all over the country. All these life improvements are thanks to what she learned at Saturday's Technology Fair for the over-50 ...
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Microsoft opens full-line store at Dadeland
Microsoft store manager, Gonzalo Di Paolo, shows off a Surface tablet and colorful keyboard inside the brand new Microsoft retail store that will be opening at the Dadeland Mall on Saturday, May 18, ...
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Yahoo board to meet on $1.1B offer for Tumblr
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is rumored to be planning a Monday announcement, possibly of Yahoo's purchase of Tumblr for a reported $1.1 ...
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London bankers plan to dodge new EU crackdown on bonuses
An EU crackdown on bankers' bonuses in the City of London will just lead to a surge in basic salaries and other initiatives to circumvent regulations, experts warned on Saturday.Banks, still unpopular for their leading role in the financial crisis, are keeping their avoidance plans under wraps, but industry figures were happy to boast privately that they could run rings round ...
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At Google we aspire to do the right thing. So we welcome a debate on international tax reform | Eric Schmidt
At a time when families are having to tighten their belts and funding for vital public services is under pressure, corporate taxation is rightly a hot topic. And as a company that has always aspired to do the right thing, we understand why Google is at the centre of that debate. In the interests of moving the argument forward - away from accusation and toward action - here are three principles ...
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Giant of Shareholders BlackRock Quietly Stirs
BlackRock , the world's largest asset manager. BlackRock's size is mind-boggling. With almost $4 trillion under management, it is, according to a recent University of Michigan study, the single largest shareholder in one of every five United States companies. It manages money from pension funds and endowments as well as retail investors, controls large stakes in companies ...
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Hewlett-Packard Employees At Risk Of Geese Attacks
Employees at Hewlett-Packard's office in Boise, Idaho, have been warned to stay away from geese who are nesting in the area (geese not ...
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Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
After weeks of rolling without a winner, the Powerball jackpot has once again ballooned in time for its Wednesday drawing, an estimated $360 million jackpot considered the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot in ...
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Whats it like to run a restaurant with your family
family has stuck so closely together - no one I talk to seems to know how many Allens are involved in Ballymaloe or associated enterprises in the area, but they are numerous.Is anyone in the next generation snapping at their heels? "I can see a busy-ness in several of them," says Darina. "You think, well that little one will rule the world given half a ...
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Innovating to Boost Restaurant Sales
Taco Bell's taco with a Doritos shell makes you stop in your culinary tracks, well, that's the point. Hoping to increase sales and traffic in their restaurants, fast-food and fast-casual operators are cranking up the menu innovation machine to produce items that stray from the gastronomic norm, ...
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New Bill to Colleges Prove Your Worth
What's a college education really worth to you? While that question may be difficult to answer, a new bill is attempting to give families a bit more clarity about what they might expect to gain from a given college or university. ...
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Bernanke Tells Grads Innovation Is Key
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks to guests at a banking conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on May 10, 2013 in Chicago, ...
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Yum or Yuck Cutting-Edge Menu Items
, well, that's the point. Hoping to increase sales and traffic in their restaurants, fast-food and fast-casual operators are cranking up the menu innovation to produce items that stray from the gastronomic norm. "The pace of innovation has increased dramatically over the past five years," said Darren Tristano, an executive vice president at Technomic, a market research firm. ...
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Microsoft wants you to get to know Windows 8
Speaking to the New York Times a couple of weeks ago, Tami Reller, Windows division CFO, admitted that the Windows 8 "learning curve is real" and said that Microsoft will be addressing the issue ...
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US Airways plane makes unusual belly landing at Newark airport
(Fotolia) NEWARK, N.J. - A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane’s landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials said. Piedmont Airlines flight 4560, operating for US Airways from Philadelphia with 34 passengers and three crew members, landed safely at 1 ...
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Nepal reaches out for help to save tiger population
Nepal’s tigers, along with tigers across the Asian region, are being killed off by poachers and human encroachment on their habitats, with an extinction crisis mounting, the government has appealed to the international community for help.
The tiger, there is arguably no land animal so beautiful and majestic as this magnificent member of the Felidae family. These creatures have invaded the human imagination for centuries and are the national animals of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malaysia, as well as North and South Korea. Read more
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