What would the world be like if the great innovators never existed? Imagine if Thomas Edison’s light bulb never glowed, or if Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone didn’t ring. If Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first computer went in a different direction, what would Steve Jobs have done? But it’s not just technology that has […]
Within days of the “lights, camera, action” of Davos, finance minister Paschal Donohoe issued a press release outlining Ireland’s latest move against international tax avoidance. Although issued on a Wednesday the OECD’s tax team called it out as part of their latest developments’ webinar the day before. Either way the truth was out there. That […]
Tony Blair has reiterated his warnings on the consequences of a no-deal Brexit, saying it could be “devastating” for the Northern Ireland peace process. The former prime minister said no deal will inevitably lead to a “really hard border” on the island of Ireland and cause a huge split within the UK. Mr Blair – […]
I never quite get over the magic of snowy weather. That feeling you get when you throw back the curtains and everything is carpeted in a thick layer of fresh snow. The Walker family love it too – though I could have lived without the endless snowballs. But cold weather can bring distress to many […]
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit against BlackRock Inc that had accused the world’s largest fund manager of charging too much in investment advisory fees, according to a preliminary order. Investors in the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund and the BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund had filed suit in 2014 alleging the […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The benchmark S&P 500 index fell for a third straight day on Friday as skepticism over the United States and China reaching a trade deal before a looming deadline added to concerns over slowing global growth. President Donald Trump on Thursday fanned worries when he said he did not plan to […]
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks sank over 1 percent on Thursday on fears that the United States and China would not be able to reach a trade deal with less than a month left in their fragile truce, adding to worries about a slowdown in global growth. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were […]
Asian stocks lost ground on Friday as investors worried about a broadening global economic slowdown, with sentiment not helped by the absence of any positive signs for a resolution in the US-China trade row. Safe-haven government bonds benefited in the face of growing anxiety over the global outlook, with German and Japanese debt yields falling […]
The only thing more startling than the flurry of tax proposals Democrats have unveiled in recent weeks is the full-throttle response they’ve gotten from the public. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested a near doubling of the top income tax rate. Senator Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the party, introduced a bill to raise taxes on dynastic […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When Tesla Inc announced last month a second round of job cuts to rein in costs, one crucial department was particularly badly hit. The automaker more than halved the division that delivers its electric vehicles to North American customers, two of the laid-off workers said. Some 150 employees out of a […]