Category: Briefs

Briefs

Tax Take Tussle

Germany and France are reported to be pushing for an EU-wide minimum rate of corporation tax. The top rate of corporation tax in France is

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Pet Cause

The winner of the 2016 US presidential election will spend, it is estimated, around $2.5 billion to do so. Is this an outrageous sum of

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Chinese or French Sir?

China now devotes more land – 799,00 hectares – to growing grapes for wine-making than France – 792,000 hectares – according to the International Organisation

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Euro Stallers

As emotions rage over the UK’s future in the European Union, some political parties are offering a referendum on the country’s membership. You would have

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Death Count

According to the NatCen British Social Attitudes Survey, supporters of the death penalty – at 48 per cent – are a minority for the first

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