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Monday, September 18, 2023

Tax return scams involving myGov are on the rise — here's what the ATO says to watch out for

Once You've Worked Here, Everything Else Seems Boring


 ‘Corporate Media Will Always Side With CEOs’: Sanders Rips Coverage of Looming UAW Strike Common Dreams


Can ChatGPT-4 Really Do Tax?


Tax return scams involving myGov are on the rise — here's what the ATO says to watch out for


ATO alleges Griffith winery lodged fake tax statements for GST refund overpayments of $17 million


Prosecution of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle is 'insanity', says taxpayer he helped


Australian Services Union claims ATO is acting in bad faith in enterprise negotiations


Turkey: Wow! Three men each get 11,116 years in jail for crypto investment fraud


IBM Software tells workers: Get back to the office three days a week The Register

 

Generic Drugs Should Be Cheap, but Insurers Are Charging Thousands of Dollars for Them Wall Street Journal

 

‘Cryptoqueen’ Sidekick Gets 20 Years For $4 Billion PonziBinance.US CEO Has Left, Crypto Exchange Cuts 1/3 of WorkforceCoinDesk/blockquote>


Paul Krugman’s “Goldilocks” economy is likely to prove “transitory” Angry Bear. *Sigh*. Does Krugman not remember that the last time the Goldilocks meme was invoked was spring 2007? How did that turn out?


Investment-Grade Corporate Giants Suddenly Sell Huge Amounts of Debt to Front-Run even Higher Long-Term Yields Wolf Richter


French watchdog halts iPhone 12 sales over too-high radiation – minister Reuters 


U.S. v. Google: What to Know About the Biggest Antitrust Trial in 20 Years

WSJ [listen to the article here] – “Search engine faces charges of using illegal agreements with partners such as Apple to maintain a monopoly.”

  • See also NPR – “A court battle kicks off on Tuesday in which the U.S. Justice Department will argue that Google abused its power as a monopoly to dominate the search engine business. It’s the government’s first major monopoly case to make it to trial in decades and the first in the age of the modern internet. The Justice Department’s case hinges on claims that Google illegally orchestrated its business dealings, so that it’s the first search engine people see when they turn on their phones and web browsers. The government says Google’s goal was to stomp out competition…”
  • See also The New York Times – Who’s Who in the Google Monopoly Trial. The federal government’s first monopoly trial this century will feature top tech executives, experienced litigators and an Obama-appointed judge