Month: December 2019

Six of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies had a combined “tax gap” of more than $100 billion this decade, according to a new analysis. Fair Tax Mark, a British organization that certifies businesses for good tax conduct, assessed global tax payments from Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google and Microsoft between 2010 and 2019. The companies are
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Getting mixed-use megadevelopments planned, built and marketed demands sophisticated multidisciplinary strategies and an equally sophisticated team of design, building and marketing pros. The obstacles are Herculean, but the paybacks can be equally enormous. That’s because megadevelopments — outsized, mixed-use ventures that blend a wide range of property types into big, dazzling, enticing destinations — represent
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Rather than a wealth tax, successful businessman and businesswomen should be pushed to donate more, according to e-commerce billionaire Michael Rubin. “There has to be more pressure on entrepreneurs, when they create great value, to give back,” Rubin told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Monday. “I always bank on an entrepreneur to give back and get
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LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 13: A plane comes into land at Heathrow Airport on September 13, 2019 in … [+] London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Getty Images Fasten your safety belts. Jeremy Cape of Squire Patton Boggs explains the U.K.’s Air Passenger Duty (APD) and one group’s proposal to impose a frequent flyer
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Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Located in Chicago’s Gold Coast, the new 61 Banks Street features a stone façade framed in dark … [+] metal. Steve Hall @ Hall+Merrick Photographers While ultra modern, glass-and-steel exteriors have reigned supreme over the last decade, masonry and dark trim exteriors are gaining in popularity
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Epics | Hulton Archive | Getty Images McDonald’s appears to be entering the chicken sandwich wars. The chain teased a test of a chicken sandwich in Houston and Knoxville, Tennessee on Twitter Sunday. “Houston. Knoxville. Lunch tomorrow? No beef,” the fast-food giant tweeted.  McDonald’s franchisees have asked for a Southern-style chicken sandwich as Chick-fil-A’s threat
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