The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has decided to move the Supreme Court to vacate the stay granted by the Gujarat, Delhi and, more recently, Calcutta high courts on levy of service tax on legal services provided by senior advocates to other advocates and law firms.
A Florida man who was battling cancer was killed as he came to the aid of his wife during a robbery attempt on Friday night.
A dopey Long Island woman stoned on prescription drugs slammed her car into another vehicle with her two young children in the back seat.
The iPhone 6s is arguably the best smartphone available at the moment, and a large part of that success is Apple's "in-house" mentality where it makes and designs its hardware and software to work with each other.
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If you are under 35, I’m worried about you. Really worried. That’s because chances are high you aren’t investing.
A Gallup Poll indicates that fewer than half of all households led by people who are 35 or younger own any equity funds or stocks.
What that tells me is that young people are not putting money aside for their future. What are they going to do when they reach retirement? This question scares the daylights out of me.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The sponsor of a Tennessee transgender bathroom bill told a Senate committee Tuesday that he has to consider a state attorney general's opinion before going forward. The White House called the proposal "mean-spirited."
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The sponsor of a Tennessee transgender bathroom bill told a Senate committee Tuesday that he has to consider a state attorney general's opinion before going forward. The White House called the proposal "mean-spirited."
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The sponsor of a Tennessee transgender bathroom bill told a Senate committee Tuesday that he has to consider a state attorney general's opinion before going forward. The White House called the proposal "mean-spirited."
A stronger-than-expected forecast for the economy and a federal budget allowing for increased spending has done little to boost economists’ forecasts
HERTME/BORNE - Het kostte enige inspanning om de raad te overtuigen om geld voor verplaatsing van het Spookhuis in Hertme beschikbaar te stellen. De verzekering van wethouder Herman Mulder dat het geld alleen wordt gereserveerd en dat hij voor uitgave eerst de raad om toestemming zal vragen, leidde alsnog tot groen licht.
The Pentagon is considering ways it could automate aspects of its peacekeeping mission in the Sinai Peninsula, possibly reducing the number of troops deployed to an area struggling with the rise of an Islamic State faction, officials said Tuesday. … Click to Continue »
When he launched his longshot presidential bid last year, Bernie Sanders often said he liked Hillary Clinton but disagreed with her on issues. A year later, the Democratic primary candidate and his supporters seem to be finding a lot less to like. … Click to Continue »
Now that Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has resigned, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern speaks with Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear to discuss who’s in line to be the US-approved replacement.
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TOLTEN, Chile, April 12 (UPI) -- Officials in Chile issued a health warning after thousands of dead sardines washed up on the shores of the Queule river.
Already behind the curve in organizing for the Republican convention, Donald Trump has missed crucial deadlines in a number of states to lock up delegates who would stay loyal beyond the first ballot. … Click to Continue »
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Here's a fun fact: New York City has more billionaires than any other city on the planet.
Last month, Forbes reported that 79 billionaires call the Big Apple home, besting Hong Kong, which has 68 members of the 10-digit-net-worth club, followed by Moscow with 60, Beijing with 51 and London with 48.
New York’s billionaires are worth a combined $364.6 billion, according to the magazine.
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Where would we be without Laguna Beach and The Hills? Would we know that Lauren Conrad is the end-all, be-all person to follow on Pinterest? Would Spencer Pratt and Heidi...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There's no money to pay for a new state-mandated summer reading program for struggling third-graders in Iowa so the requirement should be delayed by a year, lawmakers in a legislative budget group said Tuesday. Lawmakers on the Education Appropriation Subcommittee agreed to add language to a budget bill to formally delay it. Branstad's move had surprised education advocacy groups that argued cash-strapped school districts could be on the hook to pay for the program. The... Читать дальше...
A couple who moved to Hillsboro from Kentucky over the weekend are asking for help to find their personal items. Jeff Edwards and his wife said they wanted to head back to the Oregon to be closer to family. “The cosmetics can be replaced, the tools can be replaced, the movies can be replaced,” Edwards added his wife’s wedding dress, wedding photos and memorabilia could not be replaced. The couple ...
TORONTO - Canada's Parliament agreed Tuesday to hold an emergency debate on a suicide crisis in a remote aboriginal community after 11 people, nine of them minors, attempted suicide over the weekend and more than a dozen youths were overheard making a suicide pact.
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's Parliament agreed Tuesday to hold an emergency debate on a suicide crisis in a remote aboriginal community after 11 people, nine of them minors, attempted suicide over the weekend and more than a dozen youths were…
If you want Facebook’s new 360 degree camera, you’re going to have to build it yourself.
Announced during the company's annual F8 developers conference in San Francisco Tuesday, the Facebook Surround 360 is more camera schema than camera. While Facebook has built a few of the 17-camera rigs for the purposes of demonstration, it has no plans to sell them. “We’re not getting into the camera business," Facebook chief product officer Chris Cox explained during the F8 keynote. Читать дальше...
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed an executive order Tuesday responding to the backlash over the state's extremely controversial House Bill 2, the so-called bathroom law. The executive order extends protections for state employees on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation but does not overturn gender-specific public bathroom policies. The new law's overriding of local non-discrimination ordinances remains.