Supreme Court Keeps Health Care Law on Life Support
A Commentary By Scott Rasmussen The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that President Obama’s health care law is constitutional keeps it alive for now. But it’s important to remember that the law has already lost in the court of public opinion….
Euro 2012:Italy beat Germany to set up Spain final
A brilliant performance from Mario Balotelli has driven Italy into the Euro 2012 final, after a 2-1 win over Germany at the National Stadium on Thursday. The Manchester City forward has hit the headlines for all the right reasons, opening…
David Beckham has not been selected for the Great Britain Olympic football squad.
The 37-year-old former England skipper said in May he thought he had a “good chance” of playing at London 2012. He said: “Naturally I am very disappointed, but there will be no bigger supporter of the team than me. “I…
Biden rips Romney on outsourcing, Swiss bank account and Cayman Islands investments
Resuming the mantle of attack dog, Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday laced into Mitt Romney for allegedly outsourcing jobs while at Bain Capital and reviving the charge that Romney is out of touch because he once held a Swiss…
Australia: Asylum seekers’ boat capsizes; 4 die
Australian officials said Wednesday that 130 survivors, most of them reported to be women and children, had been rescued after a ship full of apparent asylum seekers trying to reach Australia capsized in the Indian Ocean. The Australian Customs and Border…
US Supreme Court upholds healthcare
The US Supreme Court has said President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform act is constitutional. The court upheld a core requirement known as the “individual mandate” that Americans buy insurance or pay a fine. Of the nine justices on the…
Legislating Common Sense: Canada’s Lesson on Managing Growth
By Donovon Kellyman Just this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney announced plans that make it harder for Canadians to own a home. The average Canadian might not like the government’s plans, but…
CTEX Datacenter construction in full gear
CTEX’s ‘CU-1’ the first of 4 high-end Tier-IV designed datacenters is coming out of the ground at record speed. Local and international companies are in a race to build the most advanced datacenter in the Caribbean and Latin America in…
Banco de la Nación Argentina New York selects Lombard Risk
Lombard Risk announces Banco de la Nación Argentina New York (BNA NY), a branch of Banco de la Nación Argentina (BNA), Argentina’s leading financial institution, as its latest REG-Reporter regulatory compliance client BNA is the largest commercial bank in Argentina’s…
European Commission: new report “on concrete ways to reinforce the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion including in relation to third countries”
This story appeared in Tax Justice Network “Why tax havens cause poverty” A new report from the European Commission has just been published. It contains many things of interest, such as this clear statement of some of the harm that…
