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...Today’s moves come a few weeks after the EU fined Apple more than €1.8bn for stifling competition from rival music streaming services in a long-running case dating from 2021....
...When Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin took the stage on November 10 to announce the long-awaited details of his party’s flagship policy — a 10,000 baht ($280) handout of digital money — he asked citizens...
...But he said the island’s permanent residents — buoyed by their increased incomes from short-term leasing — are now indifferent to public officials....
...With no end in sight for the Bank of Japan’s ultra-low interest rate policy, Japan’s megabanks have to look overseas for growth....
...The UK-educated Chayotid, who served as Thailand’s trade representative, had a hand in Prayuth’s flagship policies, including a new long-term visa for digital nomads and high-income foreign talent....
...Vacancies are proving hard to fill because some working-age people retired early during the Covid-19 pandemic, others are on long-term sickness and disability benefits, and many mothers are finding it difficult...
...Related Stories Thailand PTT’s $2.8bn investment paves way to decarbonisation Myanmar’s natural gas income in jeopardy as foreign firms exit Philippines’ Lopez Group looks to geothermal, LNG for future...
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...The exact timing for the cliff edge is dependent in part on income tax receipts due in April, the CBO said....
...“I don’t believe that will have an impact on other jurisdictions around the world in the long term.”...
...Jana JavornikWe have a, let’s say, malfunctioning disability system where people don’t necessarily qualify for the disability benefit so there’s no alternative....
...Black lung assistance: A permanent extension of the tax rate to fund the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund to finance claims from those afflicted with the occupational disease, caused by long-term inhalation...
...You have to be a lower- earning family or meet other criteria around disability. It’s not quite 15 hours a week. It’s 15 hours a week during term time. And it’s the term after a child turns two....
...A long-term challenge?...
...This construction is long familiar to Brussels watchers, who have followed initiatives such as the Juncker Plan for EU infrastructure....
...This would include compensation for coal-based independent power producers who have already signed long-term contracts with PLN....
...Andrew Mountford: The question is confounding as it mixes up short term and long term issues....
...On top of short-term issues faced by the unemployed, there are also long-term ones that existed well before the pandemic brought hardship to many people....
...Both groups have furloughed thousands of staff during the pandemic....
...He adds: “It may precipitate a larger conversation for us as a civil society, in terms of how we’re allocating our wealth . . ....
...The company expects to apply for approval in the third quarter and Glenn said the jab, which could be stored long term in a refrigerator, would “contribute in a major way to the unmet need” for doses across...
...Even omitting the catalyst of a crisis, long-term research into happiness indicates that direct access to nature has a positive mood-altering effect, evidenced by the 66,000 participants who monitored their...
...“Coal is as much an identity for a community as it is an economy,” says Shannon Anderson, a staff attorney at the Powder River Basin Resource Council, a pressure group that has advocated for responsible...
...One scoop to start: The AA, the heavily-indebted UK roadside recovery group, has agreed terms of a sale to two private equity groups, Warburg Pincus and TowerBrook....
...Mr Biden has also called for a minimum federal income tax aimed at companies such as Amazon. “Biden has concerns about competition policy, cyber security, privacy and several other aspects....
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