Taiwan moves to levy rich man’s tax
Taiwan moves to levy a so-called 'rich man's tax'.(2 May) Taiwan has moved to levy a so-called "rich man's tax" on nearly 10,000 of the island's wealthiest people in a bid to narrow the income gap, officials said Friday. Under the proposal, those with annual net income of over Tw$10 million ($333,000), or...
Xenophobia and public discontent in Singapore
Orchard Road, Singapore (Photo: Komar/Shutterstock.com) (8 May) Singaporeans are up in arms over plans by Filipino residents to hold an Independence Day celebration. The online ruckus over the planned Philippine Independence Day celebration on Orchard Road in Singapore is the latest ominous sign of rising xenophobia in...
Fear of economic blow as births drop globally
NEW YORK (AP) — Nancy Strumwasser, a high school teacher from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, always thought she'd have two children. But the layoffs that swept over the U.S. economy around the time her son was born six years ago helped change her mind. Though she and her husband, a market researcher, managed to keep their jobs,...
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