Senate Democrats gauging interest in bill to extend tax benefits to Taiwanese companies
Senate Democrats are considering a bill that would give tax breaks to Taiwanese companies and are gauging interest in using a fast-track process to pass the bill. The tax breaks for Taiwan were included as a provision in a larger tax bill that passed the House by a wide margin earlier this year but failed […]
UAE corporate tax: Large multinational companies to pay 15 percent top-up tax in 2025 – Economy Middle East
UAE considering introducing R&D tax incentives to boost R&D activities The UAE has announced new taxes on large multinational companies in its latest amendments to its corporate tax law. Following the issuance of Federal Decree Law No. 60 of 2023, the national minimum surcharge will come into effect in the UAE from financial years beginning […]
Nearly all Fortune 500 companies still maintain corporate DEI commitments
Walmart changes its DEI policy Fox News contributor Joe Concha joins “Fox & Friends First” to discuss Walmart reversing its DEI policy, Alec Baldwin claims Americans don't have information, and Axios CEO speaks to media We discussed his response to Elon Musk over the changing situation. First appearance on Fox: A new report examines corporate […]
Insurance companies scrub execs’ info from websites after after Brian Thompson’s murder
Paranoid healthcare and insurance companies deep clean their websites, removing biographies and photos of top executives following the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson did. Immediately after Wednesday's murder, UnitedHealthcare retired its “About Us/Leadership” web page that featured Thompson's photo and biography. Now, an error message pops up instead. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's […]
Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO spotlights complex challenge companies face in protecting top brass – The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — He is one of the world's most famous and widely admired corporate leaders. But it's the haters that companies like Mark Zuckerberg's Meta are concerned about. As online anger and social tensions increasingly become directed at the companies consumers rely on, Meta Inc. last year announced a move to protect the […]
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s Assassin: Bullets Linked To Book Criticizing Insurance Companies
A wanted poster is placed at an NYPD press conference regarding a murder that authorities believe was a targeted attack at One Police Plaza in New York City on December 4, 2024. United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot just before 7 a.m. this morning before attending the company's annual investor meeting. (Photo by Alex […]
Credit Card Companies Are Fighting To Keep Their Monopoly And High Fees
Some credit card companies are stifling competition and putting a financial burden on small businesses with high interchange fees, which hardly explains why swipe fee prices have risen, according to the New York Times. I haven't done that. The fees that businesses incur every time a customer makes a purchase using a credit card, known […]
Jaguar’s woke ad shows just how out of touch companies are with consumers
There's something to be said for the latest example of stupid woke corporate virtue signaling, courtesy of luxury automaker Jaguar. In addition to the sight of a strange-looking man running around with no car in sight and ill-fitting clothes, there was an equally strange rationalization. In an interview with the Financial Times, automaker executive Loudon […]
Tariffs Would Hurt Some U.S. Companies, But Illegal Immigration, Fentanyl Are Worse
On Tuesday's broadcast of Newsmax TV's “The Record,” Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R) said that tariffs on Canada or Mexico would not only cause some pain to Canadian and Mexican businesses, but also It will cause some pain for businesses, but the cost will be high, he said. The fentanyl coming into the United […]
Two companies drop Conor McGregor after jury rules against him in rape case | Conor McGregor
Two companies have agreed to deal with mixed martial arts fighter McGregor after a jury in a civil court last week ruled that he should pay about 250,000 euros (about $257,000) to a woman who accused him of raping her. ended the relationship. Proximo Spirits, owner of Irish whiskey brand Proper No12, will no longer […]