IKEA heeft in de jaren van 2009 tot en met 2014 zeker één miljard euro aan belasting ontweken met een constructie die draait om de Nederlandse dochter Inter IKEA Systems. Dit schrijft de Volkskrant op basis van berekeningen van de Groenen in het Europees Parlement.
Two convicted rapists - one in North West and the other in KwaZulu-Natal - have been handed lengthy jail terms.
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Oil prices are rebounding Friday after hitting a low not seen since 2003. But a new report suggests oil producers may not be hurting as much as the historically bad prices suggest.
The report, from the energy research firm Wood Mackenzie, says just 4% of the world's oil is unprofitable at $35 a barrel, a price oil was trading near just a few weeks ago.
Oil prices were up about 10% Friday after a tweet from a Wall Street Journal reporter indicated that the... Читать дальше...
These letters appear in the 13th February 2016 edition of The Independent
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Two students were killed in a shooting at Independence High School in Glendale, Arizona, a police officer said Friday at a news conference.
The victims, two 15-year-old girls, were found next to each other with a weapon nearby. Each had suffered a single gunshot wound, and both were declared dead on the scene.
Glendale police officer Tracey Breeden would not speculate as to the circumstances surrounding the shooting but emphasized that the police did not believe... Читать дальше...
(AP) — A former U.S. transportation secretary, the founder of a breast cancer charity and an NPR host are recipients of this year's Order of Lincoln Awards. Other recipients include NPR "Weekend Edition Sunday" host Scott Simon, Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein and retired Caterpillar president Robert Gilmore.
Ever since their lo-fi indie flick The Puffy Chair debuted at Sundance back in 2004, prolific actor/filmmaker brothers Mark and Jay Duplass have enjoyed a largely uninterrupted streak of strong reviews and goodwill from critics and in-the-know audiences. It’s been a blessed decade of positive feedback, which has only made the very polarized reactions to their new animated HBO sitcom Animals all the more astonishing to them. After seven years of writing, directing, and starring in their own films... Читать дальше...
A group of South Carolina Republicans had mostly positive things to say about Governor John Kasich during a focus group. Top Kasich campaign strategist John Weaver discusses the Kasich campaign with Andrea Mitchell.
Our nations are full of blithering morons, and they deserve to be represented. Plus: strange encounters with David Beckham, and the perfidy of the BBC
"Somebody call the Situation Room because things are about to get hot," said Obama on Ellen DeGeneres' show.
The Hollywood actor and his wife, a human rights lawyer, have lended Mrs Merkel some much lended support
The Hollywood actor and his wife, a human rights lawyer, have lended Mrs Merkel some much lended support
Thanks to a big right hand from Dalton Prout.
You'll need your skiis, goggles, boots...and your phone.
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Self-styled quality had rare intelligent, non-partisan political stance
Eşlerine böbreğini veren kadınların haberine sıkça şahit oluyoruz. Son yıllarda bu örnek davranış, erkeklerde de yaygınlaşıyor. 32 yaşındaki Recep Aygün ve 39 yaşındaki Halil Uzun, böbrek yetmezliği hayat...Devamı için tıklayınız
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mick Jagger is getting Grammy love this year, but it's not for his music — it's for his film producing.
LOS ANGELES - Mick Jagger is getting Grammy love this year, but it's not for his music - it's for his film producing.
OK Go has created another epic video. This one involves a zero g environment inside of an aircraft. Here' how it works.
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CARY, N.C. (AP) — Two years after his loss to a Republican favored by party leaders in Washington, Greg Brannon is betting the popularity of outsiders like Ted Cruz and Donald Trump can sweep him to a U.S. Senate primary upset win. At the event, Brannon accused Burr of voting to raise the debt ceiling several times, to fund Obama's health care law and to compromise on spending bills that raised taxes. Burr declined an interview request about his rival but said by email this is another desperate... Читать дальше...
The annual budget by Congress typically make bold promises, but in reality it's a nonbinding blueprint that sets the stage for follow-up legislation, specifically a round of appropriations bills and, is some years, special budget legislation that would allow Republicans to avoid a Democratic filibuster in the Senate and deliver cuts to Obama. The GOP source in the meeting said Ryan told the rank-and-file that it would be a shame it the party couldn't produce a budget but that "the sky won't fall"... Читать дальше...
A pair of Russian pranksters reportedly managed to trick Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.