Monday, 07 July 2014 Spain on Friday said it would introduce a blanket taxation rate of 0.03 percent on all bank account deposits, in a move aimed at harmonising regional tax regimes and generating revenues for the country’s cash-strapped… Read More ›
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Poll: Only 18% of Americans trust their TV News
Thursday, 19 June 2014 MINA Breaking News – Poll: Only 18% of Americans trust their TV News Public confidence in television news is at an all-time low, according to a survey released today by Gallup. Only 18 percent of… Read More ›
French court approves 75 percent company tax on high salaries / one million euros ($1.35 million)
France’s top court on Sunday approved a proposal for companies to pay 75 percent tax on annual salaries exceeding one million euros in line with President Francois Hollande’s drive to limit executive pay at a time of economic hardship. The… Read More ›
Russians’ attitudes to US, EU worsened since 1997
© Photo “The Voice of Russia” Russians’ attitudes to the United States and European Union have dramatically worsened since 1997, according to a new survey. The poll results, released by the independent Levada Center pollster on Friday,… Read More ›
Taxes in France top 100% of Income
Sunday, 19 May 2013 More than 8,000 French households’ tax bills topped 100 percent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance Ministry data. The newspaper said that the exceptionally high level… Read More ›
U.S. hospital ICU admissions up 50 percent since 2002
Published: May 15, 2013 at 10:25 PM WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) — Admissions to U.S. hospital intensive care units jumped 50 percent from 2002 to 2009, but researchers are not sure why. Lead author Peter Mullins of George Washington University’s… Read More ›
Poll: 29% of Registered Voters Believe Armed Revolution Might Be Necessary in Next Few Years: Only 47 percent said they disagreed
Twenty-nine percent of registered voters think that an armed revolution might be necessary in the next few years in order to protect liberties, according to a Public Mind poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University. The poll, which surveyed 863 registered voters… Read More ›
Spain’s jobless rate soars to a record high of 27.16 per cent
In nearly two million homes, every adult is out of work – with no end of recession in sight Alasdair Fotheringham Thursday, 25 April 2013 For the first time since modern statistics began, Spain reached the landmark figure of more… Read More ›
How the rich got RICHER during the economic recovery – while the other 93 percent became worse off
Average net worth of households in the upper 7 percent rose by an estimated 28 percent Households in the lower 93 percent dropped by 4 percent Reason found: Affluent households typically own stocks and other financial holdings that increased in… Read More ›
Do you hate working out at the gym? You’re not lazy, it’s genetic, scientists claim
Brains’ reactions to exercise could be 50 per cent determined by genetics Some people are ‘benign masochists’ and enjoy the pain of exercise Others have a low threshold and could be tired out by cooking a meal By Emily Davies… Read More ›
One in ten of us has done no exercise in a decade and abandons trying altogether aged 56
Twenty-one per cent say the last time they were physically active was at school, college and university The typical Brit has given up doing any form of exercise by the age of 56 Report carried out by charity British Heart … Read More ›
Greek Unemployment: 60% of young out of work
Thursday, 14 February 2013 Tensions are running high in Greece as the country’s workers suffer from unemployment rates that are double the rest of the eurozone’s. More than 60 percent of Greece’s young workers are unemployed, according to new data.The… Read More ›
Eurozone recession deepens in fourth quarter
14 Feb 2013 BRUSSELS (AFP) The recession in the 17-nation eurozone recession deepened sharply in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the economy shrinking by 0.6 percent from output in the three months to September when it dropped 0.1 percent, official… Read More ›
Kids face developmental difficulties
Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 Jiji Some 6.5 percent of Japanese elementary and junior high school students may have developmental disorders, an education ministry survey said Wednesday. The survey, conducted in February and March, was based on the evaluations of… Read More ›
More Facebook friends means more stress, says report
Contact: Edd McCracken edd.mccracken@ed.ac.uk 44-013-165-14400 University of Edinburgh A large number of friends on Facebook may appear impressive but, according to a new report, the more social circles a person is linked to online the more likely social media will… Read More ›
American birth rate drops to lowest point ever… and 40 per cent of newborns are to unwed mothers
Per cent of babies born to unmarried women was highest among teens There were 3,953,593 births in the U.S. in 2011, one per cent less than 2010 More older women having newborns as women delay families By Daily Mail Reporter… Read More ›
50% of students lack basic math / National test results show 6th-graders struggle with decimals, ratios (Japan)
The Yomiuri Shimbun Nearly half of all sixth-grade primary school students do not understand multiplication and division with decimals, which is taught in the fifth grade or earlier, according to a study by the National Institute for Educational Policy Research… Read More ›
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