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A former Gilet Jaunes Facebook page administrator tells her story

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French President Emmanuel Macron is set to address the nation amid widespread unrest as Giles Jaunes protesters took to the streets yet again over the weekend. Although the movement began in retaliation to rising fuel costs, the decision...
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Former 'gilets jaunes' Facebook page administrator tells her story

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French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on Monday amid widespread unrest as "gilets jaunes" (yellow vests) protesters took to the streets yet again over the weekend. Although the movement began in retaliation to rising fuel...
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'Yellow Vests': What's driving the anger?

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After more than three weeks of protest, the French government announced this week that it is abandoning plans to increase taxes on fuel. But the 'Yellow Vest' movement shows no signs of appeasing with further protest expected across the...
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Gilets jaunes: What's driving the anger?

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After more than three weeks of protest, the French government announced this week that it is abandoning plans to increase taxes on fuel. But the 'Yellow Vest' movement shows no signs of appeasing with further protest expected across the...
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Ohio to Allow Bitcoin for Tax Payments, Lending Legitimacy to Beleaguered Cryptocurrency

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Ohio officials will allow businesses to pay taxes in Bitcoin as of this week. While limited in scope, the move represents an important tacit admission by a government body that Bitcoin is an acceptable currency, according to Jimmy Song,...
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Ohio to Allow Bitcoin for Tax Payments, Boosting Crypto Legitimacy

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Ohio officials will allow businesses to pay taxes in Bitcoin as of this week. While limited in scope, the move represents an important tacit admission by a government body that Bitcoin is an acceptable currency, according to Jimmy Song,...
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Could fuel protests leave Macron's government in crisis? | Raw Politics

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Motorists in France and Belgium are hoping to bring the former to a standstill on November 17 by blocking roads and highways in protest against rising fuel costs. Dubbed the ‘yellow vests’, the social movement hopes the action will force...
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Has the UK stolen a march on Brussels with its digital services tax? | Raw Politics

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Britain says it will introduce a new tax on digital giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon. The EU has similar ambitions but divisions between member countries mean attempts to push through legislation have been going on for a couple of...
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Employment insurance turns into tax headache | CBC Go Public

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An Ontario man who was mistakenly overpaid by the government for employment insurance was told to pay back not only the overpayment, but also the income taxes on the overpayment. He only received the tax money back after CBC Go Public...
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Brief from Brussels: How to handle Hungary and Poland?

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In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: Should the EU have intervened earlier in Hungary and Poland, as they both face possible disciplinary action?; McDonald’s in the clear, as a tax deal with Luxembourg is ruled not to be illegal;...
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World Bank's Neman: 'Critical time' as Iraq faces multiple crises | Talk to Al Jazeera

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Ramzi Neman discusses tackling Iraq’s deepening fiscal crisis, following months of protests and political uncertainty.
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Greece charts a fresh course

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The ruins of ancient Greece have come to symbolize for the world sky high debt with bailouts, 450 reforms, 4 governments in eight years and austerity that is unimaginable in the modern world. But cautiously – and despite repayments due...
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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver: It Could Take Years to Replace Harley

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The Missouri Congressman and former Kansas City mayor told Cheddar he's worried about the economic impact of Harley-Davidson moving production out of the U.S. The motorcycle manufacturer said it would shut down its Kansas City plant in a...
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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver: Harley's Tariff Pain Is a Bad Sign for U.S. Economy

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The Missouri Congressman and former Kansas City mayor said that Harley-Davidson's decision to move some of its motorcycle production abroad is just the first sign of a slowdown in the American economy and that President Trump's tariffs...
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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver: Harley's Tariff Pain a Bad Sign for U.S. Economy

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The Missouri congressman and former Kansas City mayor said that Harley-Davidson's decision to move some of its motorcycle production abroad is just the first sign of a slowdown in the American economy and that President Trump's tariffs...
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New FoxConn Plant Will Cost Wisconsin Taxpayers Nearly $4 Billion

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President Trump appeared in Wisconsin on Thursday to praise Foxconn for its decision to build a manufacturing plant in the state. But many Wisconsin taxpayers are wary of the $4 billion in tax incentives that Gov. Scott Walker engineered...
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FoxConn Math: 13,000 Jobs in Wisconsin at a Cost of $4 Billion

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President Trump appeared in Wisconsin on Thursday to praise Foxconn for its decision to build a manufacturing plant in the state. But many Wisconsin taxpayers are wary of the $4 billion in tax incentives that Gov. Scott Walker engineered...
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Doug Ford sworn in as premier of Ontario

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Doug Ford was sworn in today as premier of Ontario, on the promise of unshackling the province's economy by cutting taxes and regulations that hold businesses back. The National spoke to strategist Chad Rogers on whether Premier Ford can...
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Supreme Court Decision on Internet Tax Could Impact Small Businesses

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The court is expected to rule on whether states can collect sales taxes on online purchases even if the company doesn't have a brick-and-mortar store in that state. If the court rules in favor of the states, it would make it even harder...
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Why South Dakota v. Wayfair Could Hit Mom-and-Pop Stores

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The Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether states can collect sales taxes on residents' online purchases even if the company doesn't have a brick-and-mortar store in that state. If the court rules in favor of states, it would make...
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Cointracker Wants To Make Crypto Accessible to Everyone

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Rather than having users manually enter every single transaction, the San Francisco-based automatically tracks their activity across 14 different exchanges. "It's totally independent from what other companies have done," says co-founder...
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Cointracker Tries to Make Sense of Chaotic Cryptocurrency Portfolios

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Rather than having users manually enter every single transaction, Cointracker automatically tracks activity across 14 different exchanges. "It's totally independent from what other companies have done," says the co-founder Chandan Lodha.
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Do Amazon & the Post Office Have a Toxic Relationship? President Trump's Tweets Explained

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President Trump's feud with Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos continues, as the president claims that the tech giant does not pay its fair share of taxes and that it's causing the U.S. Postal Service to lose money. Cheddar breaks down...
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Protesting taxi drivers snarl up Brussels

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Hundreds of taxi drivers have snarled up central Brussels in a protest against Belgian plans to liberalise the market - and against Uber. Many of the cabs parked up around the Schuman roundabout, in front of the EU institutions - much to...