Confucius says - man who chops own firewood is warmed
twice via SB
'I think CEOs are paid too much': RBA board member calls for change
Corporate Australia has to acknowledge that high executive pay 'is an issue', says RBA board member
The World’s Most Dangerous Black Markets YaleGlobal
There is a bank in Ukraine that is offering *21%* interest on a checking account.
“As Suburban Women Turn to Democrats, Many Suburban Men Stand With Trump.” (NYT)There is a bank in Ukraine that is offering *21%* interest on a checking account.
But you must take 10,000 steps a day, tracked by their app, to qualify.Miss one day and you get nothing.I can’t decide if it’s insanity or brilliance.
That is from Kyle Trouble
When his aged father and newborn son died within a few years of each other, William James took an interest in "ghosts and clairvoyances and raps and messages from spirits"... ghost
The Rise of the "Elite Expert Segment of the Gig Economy"
SBL, 9 October 2018. How To Be A Rock Star In The Elite Expert Segment Of The Gig Economy
Is an white paper from The Luxury Institute,
which is an expert network firm.
These firms provide clients access to industry experts, most of which are independent consultants
The white paper points out highly skilled expert talent is in demand. “...the gig economy will ensure
that elite business experts benefit from what economists call a “power law distribution,”
where the top achievers earn a highly disproportionate amount of the revenue.”
Making government as a platform real
I repeat ...Making government as a platform real
"If you want a natively digital nation, or a state, or a city …
you actually need to be bold enough to create some new institutions;
institutions that are of the internet, not on the internet. " (Public Digital)
New satellite data peels Australia's landscape bare
"Geoscience Australia has stripped Australia's landscape bare through
the first continent-scale, cloud-free spatial views of Australia's soil and
rock cover." (Geoscience Australia)
Rogue State: the case against Delaware
"How the First State subsidises itself at the rest of America's expense."
(The New Republic)
These firms provide clients access to industry experts, most of which are independent consultants
The white paper points out highly skilled expert talent is in demand. “...the gig economy will ensure
that elite business experts benefit from what economists call a “power law distribution,”
where the top achievers earn a highly disproportionate amount of the revenue.”
Making government as a platform real
I repeat ...Making government as a platform real
"If you want a natively digital nation, or a state, or a city …
you actually need to be bold enough to create some new institutions;
institutions that are of the internet, not on the internet. " (Public Digital)
New satellite data peels Australia's landscape bare
"Geoscience Australia has stripped Australia's landscape bare through
the first continent-scale, cloud-free spatial views of Australia's soil and
rock cover." (Geoscience Australia)
Rogue State: the case against Delaware
"How the First State subsidises itself at the rest of America's expense."
(The New Republic)
- The
UK isn't winning the war against dirty money because government refuses
to do anything about it (12 Oct 2018)
- This is why Silicon Valley giants are paying such low taxes in the UK (12 Oct 2018)
- Cadbury's US owner Mondelez pocketed £400000 more in tax credits (12 Oct 2018)
- EU
member states at risk of being added to tax haven blacklist
(12 Oct 2018)
- Ed Sheeran pays more tax than Amazon. Go figure (12 Oct 2018)
- Estonia finance ministry plans money laundering inquiry (12 Oct 2018)
- Brazil
suspects Equatorial Guinea money-laundering scheme
(12 Oct 2018)
- Hammond plans tax crackdown on 'synthetic self-employed' (12 Oct 2018)
- Europe's biggest banks fined for money laundering (12 Oct 2018)
- Kenyan
Banks, Military Implicated in S. Sudan Money Laundering
(12 Oct 2018)
- Cadbury
owner Mondelez paid no corporation tax in the UK last year
(11 Oct 2018)
- Ed Sheeran paid more in tax last year than both Starbucks and Amazon (11 Oct 2018)
- Panama Papers reveal offshore payments by Madagascar’s seafood king - shell companies in Bermuda, BVI. Luxembourg used (11 Oct 2018)
- London
remains a safe haven for the world's dirty cash (11
Oct 2018)
- eBay tax bill rises after HMRC review (11 Oct 2018)
- Ebay hit with £7m extra UK tax bill after a review by HMRC (11 Oct 2018)
- EU weighs screening member states over tax avoidance (11 Oct 2018)
- Dirty Money, Fraud and Tax Evasion Rock Corruption-Free Denmark (11 Oct 2018)
- Lawsuit
Against Caterpillar For Inadequate Tax Disclosure Dismissed
(11 Oct 2018)
- Movie Companies Flee En Masse From Desert Tax Haven (11 Oct 2018)
- Tax
purge slashes flow of offshore pension cash (11 Oct
2018)
- HMRC: Tax chief received death threats over Brexit cost estimate (11 Oct 2018)