Several US and European airline companies have gone on board what is labeled the “fat discrimination” bandwagon, with United Airlines being the latest to adopt the so-called fat tax, which has overweight and obese passengers pay for two tickets instead of just one. According to several reports, the tax is... |
11 May 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Obesity is by now a widespread-enough phenomenon to warrant positive action from the government. In the UK, for instance, the state is aiming to put a tax on chocolate to discourage people with weight issues from consuming it in such large quantities, much in the manner alcohol and cigarettes are taxed, reports in th... |
19 March 2009
17:21 GMT |
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Probably terrified of having no other means of resolving New York State's $15 billion deficit, governor David Paterson has recently proposed the implementation of a new tax, one that would virtually address all downloads from the Internet, regardless of their content. Naturally, the announcement has raised... |
17 February 2009
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The governor of the state of New York, David Paterson, has announced that he plans to introduce new taxes aimed at creating revenue streams for the embattled budget. One of the newly introduced taxations will be aimed at video games, which will be tariffed more in this territorial division, if the state budget for 20... |
19 December 2008
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The European Commission has taken a strong stand on demanding new taxes for some cell phones. The reason for such a tax implementation is not very clear, but in any case, as expected, the mobile manufacturers are not happy about the decision.Since the mobile industry is not at its peak and as the next year seems to a... |
18 December 2008
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Aztecs may be more famous for their bloody rituals, but they were one of the most advanced civilizations of America, with cities as larger as those of contemporaneous Europe, and formed perhaps the most powerful pre-Columbian empire, comparable only to the Inca. Such a powerful state was possible via a complex organi... |
5 April 2008
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We all know that a single vulnerability discovered in one of the applications installed on the computer can allow a potential hacker to obtain full control over our system. The software companies cannot be blamed for these holes, as they usually patch them pretty fast, but is there any chance to use a 100 percent sec... |
5 December 2007
15:31 GMT |
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When I first read about it, I looked at the IM window that had popped up with the surprising announcement in disbelief and partly amused. I mean… Google? No way, Jose! They've played the game way too safe this far to be blowing it like this.But much to my surprise, it turned out to be true, after an anonymous ti... |
19 November 2007
08:47 GMT |
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It's said nothing is certain but death and taxes. Those who hope to cheat death either end up in alien spaceships or hell (just kidding...), while many (well..., few actually) of those who try to trick the IRS end up in jail. I'm not much into occultism (not these days, anyway), so I won't say anything... |
3 April 2007
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