Britain is exploring a radical new set of taxes on high pollution imports into the UK, the trade secretary has told Sky News. In an exclusive interview, Liz Truss said that the government is considering introducing a carbon border adjustment tax if efforts to get an international deal combating climate change and carbon pricing do […]
A new report by a national industry group that says oil and gas development supports hundreds of thousands jobs in Colorado arrives amid robust discussions on the economic recovery and energy future of the state and nation. The report released Tuesday by the American Petroleum Institute said oil and gas supported 69,000 direct jobs and […]
Around the late 1940s, Jim Austin’s father purchased Square One retail center through a $100 handshake deal at a bar. “My father ran across someone who was obviously in the mood to sell, I’m guessing at the bar in the old Cosmopolitan Hotel,” Austin said. “That was the down payment, but I’m sure there was […]
Marks & Spencer’s chairman Archie Norman has warned of a political “running sore of symbolic proportions” if UK chilled products are banned in Northern Ireland. Mr Norman also said consumers in Northern Ireland faced higher prices and empty shelves as a result of the “pointless and byzantine” way post-Brexit rules are being enforced. The retail […]
The cracks are showing in Netflix’s worldwide dominance. Netflix is still king of streaming video, but audiences are slowly shifting toward new rivals, namely the Walt Disney Company’s Disney+, according to research from Parrot Analytics. Netflix’s share of worldwide demand interest — a measure of the popularity of its shows created by Parrot and a […]
OPINION: Why has Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern personally signed off giving $2.75 million to a Mongrel Mob sponsored rehab programme? Why did minister and co-leader of the Greens, Marama Davidson, visit the Mob? Why are the Māori Party MPs opposing firearm prohibition orders against gang members when Māori are the most frequent victims of gang […]
Recent Sale $1.04 MILLION 2307 Avenue D (between East 23rd Street and Bedford Avenue) Brooklyn Built in 1931, this 8,600-square-foot, four-story building in Flatbush has six three-bedroom apartments and a vacant ground floor classified as a day-care space. All the apartments are rent-stabilized, and one is vacant. Buyer: 2307 Avenue D Seller: Service family Broker: […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank will likely reverse its decision to taper its bond buying programme if Sydney remains in a coronavirus lockdown when the board meets on Aug.3, economists at the country’s top banks said on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk past the main entrance to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) head office […]
Top U.S. financial regulators met on Monday to discuss stablecoins, asset-backed digital currencies that are exploding in popularity so quickly that the government is struggling to keep up — and which economic officials increasingly see as a risk to financial stability. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that derive their value from an underlying currency or basket of […]
Recent home loan borrowers in the country’s largest city should brace themselves for a potential $10k rise in their annual payments if mortgage rates rise as many are predicting. Last week the four major trading banks – ASB, ANZ, BNZ and Westpac all increased their home loan rates in the wake of a spike in […]