African countries, rich in resources, easily fall prey to aggressive tax planning and tax evasion facilitated by offshore companies.
Players voted to accept Major League Baseball’s offer on a new labor deal, paving the way to end the 99-day lockout and salvage the season.
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A sports economist explains how the deal leaves players with a fundamentally different – and in many ways, worse – arrangement than their counterparts in the other major US sports leagues.
Newsrooms in Africa are struggling to stay afloat amid declining revenue margins.
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Many countries are experimenting with different forms of government support for journalism, but the question is about what works best and is sustainable.
Key cashew producing countries in Africa are rolling out strategies to increase production and processing of raw cashew nuts.
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The Canadian Football League is struggling to stay alive. All options, including help from government, should be considered as part of a national conversation about its future.
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Football forms the financial backbone of many athletic programs, with some schools deriving over 80% of their department revenue from the sport.
Design is now being lauded as a much-needed mindset for business leaders – those seeking a customer-centred approach to innovation, reimagining operations and rethinking supply chains and financial models.
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New design executives are making the case that integrating design across an entire company will have a positive impact on employees, customers and the bottom line.
Ken Henry, John Howard and Joe Hockey have all attempted to reform Australia’s tax system.
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There’s never been a better time for tax reform. But as governments have tried (and stumbled) over the years the burden has shifted to individual taxpayers and the latest budget looks no different.
When the going gets tough, taxes go up.
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South Africa’s 2017 medium term budget reveals a growing gap between revenue and expenditure which places the country in a highly vulnerable financial state.
The New York Times continues to invest in its newsrooms and expand internationally (it has journalists filing stories from over 150 countries), while Fairfax continues to chop newsroom jobs.
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While digital revenue streams may be delivering, there’s still a strong reliance on print for revenue and research shows readers engage more with print.
In an attempt to plug a growing deficit, South Africa is increasing wealth taxes.
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In his 2017/18 budget speech, South Africa’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan opted to focus on taxing high income earners to find desperately needed money.
South Africa’s Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan flanked by his deputy Mcebisi Jonas and Director-General Lungisa Fuzile.
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A lot more goes into the making of South Africa’s final national budget than many people realise. The process involves extensive legalities designed to ensure public oversight.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has a tough job of rekindling a weak economy.
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The way Australia taxes companies for gas projects now lags behind our closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, which has reformed its tax system to ensure it gets money sooner.
South Africa’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a balancing game
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South Africa’s finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, had to battle poor growth and falling revenue in preparing the 2016 medium term budget. How did he do?
All the policies announced on multinational tax avoidance so far, fail to address one of the simplest avoidance measures used.
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