Starting this month, Canada Revenue Agency is sending out 33,000 letters to help Canadian taxpayers (as they put it) "better understand their tax obligations and to encourage them to correct any inaccuracies in their past income tax and ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Greece's government Wednesday ruled out reducing a tax on heating oil despite a sharp increase in smog resulting from extensive wood-burning. "Reducing the price is not the solution (to the smog problem)," Finance Minister Yannis ...
Tags: Greece, heating oil, extensive wood-burning, tax hikes, energy prices
The Orvis Company, Inc. of Manchester, VT, entered an agreement to sell its Ross Reels subsidiary to the Mayfly Group, LLC. Mayfly operates various brand names including Abel Automatics, Inc., a manufacturer of premium fly-fishing reels and ...
Tags: Orvis Company, Ross Reels, Mayfly Group
According to the Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI), Japanese demand for crude steel in the first quarter of 2014 is expected total 27.85 million mt, decreasing by 1.4 percent from the fourth quarter output forecast made in the third ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
Russian mining and steel producing company Evraz has announced signing of an agreement with Ruda Khakasii on the acquisition by Ruda Khakasii of a number of Evrazruda's iron ore assets and utilities companies located in the Republic of ...
The Industrial Price Index (IPRI) for Spanish textiles increased by 0.8 percent year-on-year in November 2013, according to the data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The IRPI registered in the month of November is ...
Tags: Textile Industry, Price Index
Helped by strong demand of yarns and fabrics from China, the Pakistan-based Quetta Textile Mills reported a robust growth in its bottom-line for the quarter ended September 2013. The profit after tax of the Quetta Group’s flagship ...
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The bankrupt Boston-area pharmacy that allegedly made tainted steroid injections which sickened hundreds and killed 64 will compensate victims, officials say. Paul D. Moore, the bankruptcy trustee involved in the negotiations with the ...
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Nations that are considering nuclear energy must grapple with its high capital costs and Fukushima-scale risk. An energy-policy riptide along the English Channel shows how unpredictable the calculations can be: Both France and the United ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Nuclear Plants, Energy
More young adults have health insurance now than three years ago. And many of them are getting that coverage under a provision of the Affordable Care Act that allows them to stay on their parents' health policies until they turn 26, U.S. ...
Tags: health insurance, Affordable Care Act, health policies
According to the forecast made by the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (Meti), Japan’s steel demand will be at 27.85 million tons in the first quarter of 2014, up slightly by 0.6% year on year and increasing by 1.4% from a ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
It is reported that Brazil Ministry of industry and trade Chamber (Camex) announced that declined to Germany, China, Korea, and Finland, and Taiwan and Viet Nam withdrawal of antidumping (AD) duties imports 300-series cold rolled (CR) ...
Although many blame the health law for all recent health care cost increases, trends that bump up the cost of care were in place before the law was enacted and are being driven up even more by routine costs, some say. Kaiser Health News: ...
Six in 10 heads of Japanese companies expect the economy to have recovered half a year after this coming April's consumption tax hike, a Nikkei survey finds. The quarterly poll of presidents or chairmen at key domestic corporations found ...
Tags: Japanese companies, April's consumption tax hike, economy recovery
The movement for healthier, high-performing buildings has reached a new milestone, as the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) issued the 20,000th LEED certification for a commercial project. This month, USGBC’s Green Building ...