23 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on UK’s mansion tax called a ‘political stunt’
UK’s mansion tax called a ‘political stunt’
Resentment over wealthy foreigners buying real estate prompted calls for a “mansion tax” in the U.K., but it could hurt the market.
23 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Cook: And one more thing…climate change is a really big deal
Cook: And one more thing…climate change is a really big deal
Tim Cook is the most important person at the world’s biggest company, which just had its biggest product launch in history. Yesterday he was in New York to talk about one thing: climate change.
23 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why Treasury’s new rules won’t kill tax inversions
Why Treasury’s new rules won’t kill tax inversions
Josh Brown on why Jack Lew’s latest moves aren’t enough for stopping tax inversions
23 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why tax reform won’t bring back billions in cash held abroad
Why tax reform won’t bring back billions in cash held abroad
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced Monday night that he would begin cracking down on American companies that avoid taxes by moving their headquarters overseas. Lew will stop these so-called “tax inversions” by making it more difficult for smaller foreign companies to take over larger U.S. companies, and by making “hopscotch” loans—where U.S. companies get around paying taxes on dividends by distributing earnings as a loan to a foreign company—taxable.
23 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Obama on Syria strikes: War on Islamic State will ‘take time’
Obama on Syria strikes: War on Islamic State will ‘take time’
Hours after plunging the United States into new warfare in the heart of the Middle East, President Obama insisted Tuesday that international support proved that “this is not America’s fight alone.”
23 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Cramer: Don’t flip out on Alibaba
Cramer: Don’t flip out on Alibaba
CNBC’s Jim Cramer shares his thoughts on Alibaba, Yahoo and tax inversions.
23 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Russia withdraws troops from Eastern Ukraine
The Wall Street Journal: Russia withdraws troops from Eastern Ukraine
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization says Tuesday that Russia has withdrawn a sizable number of troops from eastern Ukraine.
read more