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United Kingdom: Funds set aside
The government has confirmed that it has set aside funds in case it will leave the European Union on March 29th 2019 without a deal … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Finland: Negotiations over paper industry collective labour agreement
A deadlock exists in pay negotiations between the Finnish Forest Industries organisation and the Finnish Paper Workers’ Union … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Croatia: Agrokor’s founder
The owner of Croatia’s largest private company – Agrokor – has escaped to the UK following the discovery by auditors PWC that there were serious irregularities in accounts approved by another audit firm … Please login to view this content …
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Malaysia: Insurance obligation
A Bill is before parliament that will introduce a compulsory private sector entrenchment insurance obligation … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Kazakhstan: Encouragement to entrepreneurial activity
The government is searching for new ways to encourage entrepreneurial activity in a risk-aversive and hitherto bureaucratically controlled populace … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Tax plans
The federal government has fleshed out its tax plans … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: UPS starting negotiations on massive Teamsters contracts
The private carrier UPS has started negotiations with the IBT (Teamsters) union over changes due next July for 250,000 US employees … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Irish Republic: One-parent family payment
An independent government-commissioned report has found that reforms of the notorious one-parent family payment have driven half of recipients back into the job market, but left half at greater risk of poverty … Please login to view this content or …
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United Kingdom: Foreign service exemption
Under the Finance Bill 2017 employees made redundant will no longer be able to claim a foreign service exemption if they work temporarily abroad – but are a UK tax resident … Please login to view this content or become …
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North America: US threatened to terminate NAFTA
In recent talks the USA threatened to withdraw from its long-standing NAFTA trade agreement with Canada and Mexico – even though it would damage many of its industrial supply chains and farming businesses … Please login to view this content …
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Latin America/Caribbean: Corruption on the rise
A survey by the independent ‘Transparency International’ has found that one in three people paid a bribe to a public official in the last year … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Nigeria: Visa on arrival
The African Union has reported that the Nigerian government is planning to introduce a facility for citizens of all African countries to apply for a visa on arrival … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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Mauritius: Blockchain economy
The government is pressing ahead with its aim of becoming the first blockchain economy … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Opioid crisis
In the USA more people are now dying from drug overdoses than gun crime and HIV … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Chinese students studying abroad
The number of Chinese students studying abroad has grown from 284,700 in 2010 to 540,00 in 2016 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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