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Controversial French Business Tax To Be Abolished
Tax-news.com – Endeavouring to assuage fears and re-establish public confidence in the wake of one-day nationwide strikes, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that local business tax or ‘taxe professionnelle’ will finally be abolished in 2010. Expressing his determination to […]
Yahoo Vote Missed Major Investor
Tampa Tribune – Yahoo is recounting the shareholder vote for its board of directors after discovering that a tabulating firm failed to register the opposition of a major investor. The revision won’t change the outcome of Friday’s election, which retained […]
Hedge Fund Report; Bear Buyout Could Cost Taxpayers
New York Post- Taxpayers are all but certain to take a hit on the securities the Federal Reserve accepted as part of JPMorgan Chase’s takeover of Bear Stearns, according to a report by a hedge fund that is an investor […]