Tag: Government business and finance
G20 ministers take up plan to deter cross-border tax dodging
Finance ministers from the Group of 20 countries will push for agreement on proposals backed by U.S. President Joe Biden to deter tax dodging...
EXPLAINER: Deterring tax avoidance by global companies
Negotiators from 131 countries have agreed on a major overhaul of how the world’s biggest multinational companies are taxed. It's an effort to deter...
Families of Beirut blast victims want officials prosecuted
BEIRUT — Families of the victims of last year’s massive blast at Beirut’s port protested in the capital on Friday to pressure parliament to...
Schumer wants Senate votes soon on Biden’s domestic agenda
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday he wants his chamber to vote on pivotal budget and infrastructure legislation before lawmakers break...
US raises concerns on Mexico’s nationalistic energy policy
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. trade representative said Wednesday that she has raised the concerns about Mexico’s energy policies that favor state-owned Mexican companies....
Europe’s central bank intensifies focus on climate change
FRANKFORT, Germany — The European Central Bank has adopted a new approach to managing the economy that would allow the bank to tolerate transitory...
Jordan, Israel agree to water deal, more West Bank trade
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan reached an agreement Thursday to purchase an additional 50 million cubic meters of water from Israel and to increase its...
Ted Turner to give land to nonprofit but keep paying taxes
LINCOLN, Neb. — Media mogul and billionaire bison rancher Ted Turner is donating an 80,000-acre ranch he owns in western Nebraska to his own...
US average mortgage rates continue to fall; 30-year at 2.90%
WASHINGTON — Mortgage rates continued to fall this week, tracking a decline in yields on Treasury securities as the bond market continues to signal...
Dozens of states target Google’s app store in antitrust suit
SAN RAMON, Calif. — Dozens of states are taking aim at Google in an escalating legal offensive on Big Tech, this time in a...
