A retired economist questions whether measures aimed at businesses in the provincial budget will achieve their intended objective of helping Nova Scotia companies become more competitive and reinvest in their businesses.
Among the measures announced in the budget Tuesday by Finance Minister Karen Casey was $70.5 million to reduce the corporate tax rate by two per cent to 14 per cent. It also included $10.5 million to reduce the small business tax from three per cent to 2.5 per cent, savings which helps companies invest back into their businesses and employees.
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Hong Kong Budget 2020: HK$10,000 cash handouts for all adult permanent residents among raft of
Hong Kong's financial secretary has announced a HK$10,000 cash handout to all permanent residents over the age of 18 in a bid to boost local consumption and ease economic woes in light of a fiscal deficit.
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The relief measure involving an estimated expenditure of around HK$71 billion came amid negative economic growth since the second half of last year and the city's first deficit in 15 years as the economy took a hit from the US-China trade war, large-scale protests and the coronavirus outbreak.
Review: Low-budget film lacks imagination | The Ithacan
Even before "Fantasy Island" begins, the movie is trying to scare you. The Columbia Pictures logo is accompanied by a melodramatic score and the echoes of an elevator door opening. This proves to be the movie's most effective scare tactic, as it only gets more disappointing from there. Released by the prolific Blumhouse Productions, "Fantasy Island" is another heartless product filled with unlikable characters, tensionless action and a convoluted plot.
Blumhouse Productions is a curious company. Built on a production model of low budgets and generous creative freedom for its directors, the company has been behind some of the biggest movies in recent memory. Its releases range from ultra-cheap horror blockbusters like the "Paranormal Activity" series to Oscar winners like "Get Out" and "BlacKkKlansman," which had the largest budget of the three. Its latest release, "Fantasy Island," falls firmly into the former category.
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Groton — The USS Montpelier (SSN-765) passes the Cross Sound Ferry John H. as it is escorted through the mouth of the Thames River by the tugboat John P. Wronowski, with the Thames Towboat Company, as seen Tuesday from Eastern Point Beach.
The Los Angeles-class submarine was returning to the Naval Submarine Base after routine operations. It was christened in 1991 and commissioned in 1993.
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The Board of Education on Monday approved a 2020-21 budget of $77,934,550, a 0.64% increase over the current year's budget.
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The chancellor could use the Budget to help both startups and investors : CityAM
Ahead of any Budget, there is always great speculation on what may be announced. This year, the focus thus far has been on when a Budget would happen and who will deliver it.
But with the new chancellor Rishi Sunak confirming that it will go ahead on 11 March, all attention has turned to the content.
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This relief allows entrepreneurs to pay less capital gains tax when they sell all or part of their business. It is an important incentive for later-stage business owners, and we would certainly caution against scaling it back — more so than ever given the importance of sending the message that the UK is open for business post-Brexit.
Budget debate: NTUC piloting Job Security Council with 4,000 companies to match retrenched
SINGAPORE - The labour movement is bringing together 4,000 companies of various sizes to help place retrenched professionals, managers and executives (PMEs) in new jobs fast.
A new Job Security Council will gather information on their job vacancies, jobs that can be redesigned as well as jobs being phased out, and match workers from "releasing" companies to "receiving" companies, said National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) secretary-general Ng Chee Meng in Parliament on Wednesday (Feb 26).
Nuclear Reactor Builder Warns of Loss if Navy Buys Single Virginia Attack Boat in FY '21 -
A critical nuclear submarine supplier could take financial hits for years if the Navy sticks to buying just one Virginia-class fast-attack submarine in Fiscal Year 2021.
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BWX Technologies – U.S. Navy’s only manufacturer of nuclear reactors – would start feeling the hit to its bottom line by the end of 2020 if the Navy only buys one Virginia-class boat, said Rex Geveden, chief executive of BWX Technologies, during a conference call to discuss the company’s 2019 financial results with analysts Tuesday morning.
Budget 2020: Mboweni's Tough Juggling Act - SAPeople - Your Worldwide South African Community
Amid South Africa's precarious economic state, economists, in anticipation of the Budget, say Mboweni has the unenviable task of extricating the country from its dire economic straits.
Consumers, the economists say, should brace themselves for extra tax on personal and company income taxes, while a VAT hike could possibly be on the cards.
In what he describes as a "do or die" 2020/21 Budget, Old Mutual Investment Group Chief Economist Johann Els said: "While VAT was increased to 15% in February 2018 and was then left untouched last year, another VAT rate increase cannot be ruled out in the face of mounting pressure to address widening deficits and climbing debt-to-GDP ratio."
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