The Ministry of Finance announced Thursday that it has expanded its trial municipal bond program, allowing more local governments to issue bonds directly and assume a larger role in managing their own finances, The Wall Street Journal ...
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A string of footballers and other celebrities have been accused of using an extravagant data centre construction scheme in a bid to avoid tax. The data centres, on the Cobalt business park just outside Newcastle, are completely empty two ...
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Few advanced economies can measure up to the potential of emerging markets, which have been forecast to exhibit the fastest growth rates for food and non-alcoholic beverages over the next five years, according to a new report from global ...
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Well-healed Australian investors, battered by political uncertainty and the ongoing aftershocks of the global financial crisis, are maintaining their faith in local shares, according to an exclusive survey of individuals with at least ...
One of only a handful of 37-year-old, still-working Apple-1 computers sold for a record three-quarters of a million dollars Saturday at an auction in Germany. The record price was paid by an anonymous bidder. In an interview with the?New ...
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In their earliest medieval incarnation, chandeliers were little more than two wooden cross beams with stakes on the ends for mounting candles. As they evolved, chandeliers became grandiose and opulent works of art displayed by the wealthy ...
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Qingming Festival is when Chinese people visit the graves or burial grounds of their ancestors. Traditionally, people brought a whole rooster with them to the graves visited but the occasion has become less formal over time. The festival ...
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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced that it is working with tax administrations from the United States (the IRS) and Australia (the ATO) on analysing data to reveal "extensive use of complex offshore structures to conceal assets by ...
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The most interesting category of coloured stones is gems that display optical phenomena. This week we will examine some of the more common phenomena that can add interest and profit to the coloured stone department of a retail store. ...
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Federal style furniture, also known as neoclassical furniture or American neoclassical furniture outside the United States, is the style of furniture that gained prominence and became synonymous with the Federal period in American history. ...
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Created by the expert hands of Neapolitan artisans, Borghesiani is uniquely placed as the suiting label with the common touch. In a tradition formerly reserved for aristocrats and the very wealthy, Neapolitan tailoring Borghesiani-style is ...
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Jaguar Land Rover will produce up to 200,000 cars a year exclusively for the Chinese market thanks to a new joint venture between the British car maker and China’s Chery Automobile Company. A new $1.65 billion manufacturing plant in ...
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Feeling safe is one of the elements of ‘home’, without it, it isn’t really your home; it’s just a place where you live. While this might have something to do with the area you live in, there are a number of ways you ...
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In daily life Around the turn of the 20th century, bicycles reduced crowding in inner-city tenements by allowing workers to commute from more spacious dwellings in the suburbs. They also reduced dependence on horses. Bicycles allowed ...
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v The food that composes the dessert course includes but is not limited to sweet foods. There is a wide variety of desserts in western cultures now including cakes, cookies, biscuits, gelatins, pastries, ice creams, pies, pudding, and ...