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October 4, 2021 By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday that tweaking the country’s financial income tax rate will be among options in addressing income disparity. In his first news conference as prime minister, Kishida also said he will consider offering cash payouts to households hit hardest […]

Blue Origin’s next passenger list will include TV and film space exploration veteran William Shatner, along with Blue Origin’s own Audrey Powers, who serves as the company’s Voice President of Mission & Flight Operations. These two will round out the four-person crew that includes previously announced passengers Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries, on a […]

October 4, 2021 By Helena Soderpalm and Nick Carey STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) -Geely-owned Volvo Cars plans to raise 25 billion Swedish crowns ($2.9 billion) through an initial public offering (IPO), the Swedish carmaker said on Monday of what would be one of Europe’s biggest listings this year. Volvo said it will list on the Nasdaq Stockholm […]

October 4, 2021 (Corrects quote and lead to clarify that Germany would reject a hypothetical demand) BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany would reject any Iranian demands for the United States to release frozen Iranian assets as a condition for nuclear talks to resume, Germany’s foreign ministry said on Monday. “If here new conditions are being set by […]

October 4, 2021 By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – All sides in Libya’s conflict, including Russian mercenaries, have committed violations that may include war crimes, U.N. human rights investigators said on Monday, adding that they had drawn up a confidential list of suspects. Libya has been in turmoil for a decade, with the last several […]

October 4, 2021 MANILA (Reuters) – A group of 13 high-profile organisations has urged government cooperation in a probe into alleged misuse of pandemic funds, in a challenge to President Rodrigo Duterte’s order for ministers not to answer summons for a Senate investigation. The call for compliance by the groups, among them academic, business and […]

October 4, 2021 By Alexander Smith BRACKLEY, England (Reuters) – British sailor Ben Ainslie joined forces with the Applied Science division of Formula One’s Mercedes motor racing team on Monday to launch his latest campaign to win the America’s Cup. Ainslie will skipper Britain’s challenge to holders Emirates Team New Zealand for the world’s oldest […]

As DevOps SaaS platform Esper continues to build out the category and the number of connected devices grows, the company took on another round of funding to stay ahead of demand. Just five months after announcing a $30 million Series B round, the company is back with an even bigger capital infusion — $60 million […]

Company benefits make or break the ability to recruit top talent. On one side of that is 401(k), while on the other are consumer-directed benefits, any accounts offered by the employer to use for a designated purpose that typically has tax-advantaged benefits. Elevate has a new approach to how employers and employees access, manage and […]

Jane Mosbacher Morris started her career in the U.S. Department of State helping women fight terrorism. Now she is helping them find fairly paid work. She recognized that for women to drive change they needed access to resources, so she started studying agriculture and other sectors and become interested in the strategic investment in supply […]

In preparation for the holiday shopping season, Amazon today convenient a new way to send gifts through its mobile app. Instead of entering in the recipient’s mailing address — a piece of information people often don’t know in today’s age of digital communications — Prime members can now send a gift to a friend via their […]

October 4, 2021 TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s air force scrambled again on Monday to warn away 52 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, the largest number to date reported by Taipei and the fourth straight day of Chinese incursions. Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained for a year or more of […]

October 4, 2021 (Refiles to fix media identifier) By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s opposition on Monday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to order cabinet ministers and aides named in leaked financial documents known as the Pandora Papers to resign from office and face investigation. Major news organisations published the leaked documents on Sunday. […]

October 4, 2021 BEIRUT (Reuters) -The judge investigating Beirut’s catastrophic port explosion survived attempts to have him removed from the inquiry when a court dismissed two complaints against him on Monday. The investigation into the Aug. 4, 2020 explosion, one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts in history, has made little headway amid a smear campaign […]

October 4, 2021 KABUL (Reuters) – In a public park in the Afghan capital Kabul, Nor Agha Nori is one of hundreds of people sleeping in makeshift tents, as the country suffers a growing humanitarian crisis. Originally from the northern Takhar province, Nori’s family of seven are among hundreds of thousands of people, the majority […]

October 4, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A massive leak of financial documents was published by several major news organizations on Sunday that allegedly tie world leaders to secret stores of wealth, including King Abdullah of Jordan, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The dump of more than 11.9 million records, […]

October 4, 2021 MADRID (Reuters) -A Spanish administrative court has ordered tax authorities to reimburse Colombian singer Shakira, court officials and lawyers said on Monday, while a separate criminal lawsuit she faces over a 14.5 million euros ($16.8 million) tax dispute continues. Shakira’s legal team did not specify how much money she would get back, […]

October 4, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday it had seen no evidence in a massive data leak of financial documents https://ift.tt/3FfgjBM of hidden wealth among President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle despite allegations to the contrary from news organisations. The dump of more than 11.9 million records was published by several major […]

October 4, 2021 KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian police said on Monday they had arrested a 25-year-old man who hacked more than 100 foreign companies and caused damage worth more than $150 million. The hacker, who was not identified, used phishing attacks and hijacked software that allows computers to be accessed remotely, a police statement said. […]

October 4, 2021 By Maha El Dahan and Alaa Kanaan BEIRUT (Reuters) – After spending three decades building up a real estate business he inherited from his father, Ralph Khoury now finds himself packing up his home an hour from Beirut to start a new life in a country he little expected to visit: Georgia. […]