Mobile broadband subscriptions grow in OECD area, data usage doubles in 2017
High-speed mobile Internet subscriptions grew by 80 million, or 6.1%, in the year to December 2017, taking mobile broadband penetration to over 102% in the OECD area, according to an update to the OECD's broadband portal, now covering 37 countries...
Mobile broadband subscriptions grow in OECD area, data usage doubles in 2017
High-speed mobile Internet subscriptions grew by 80 million, or 6.1%, in the year to December 2017, taking mobile broadband penetration to over 102% in the OECD area, according to an update to the OECD's broadband portal, now covering 37 countries...
China Says Its Trade Practices Benefit World
China defended its trade practices Thursday as being beneficial to the world as it tries to ease pressure from the United States and Europe to abandon what they consider to be Beijing's protectionist policies.
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2018 Article IV Consultation with Georgia
Since the global financial crisis, macroeconomic performance in Georgia has been positive. Growth was higher than that in most peers, policy frameworks have been strengthened with inflation well-anchored and fiscal deficits broadly well-managed, the...
Agreement reached on new EU Solidarity Corps
The setting-up of a European Solidarity Corps, offering volunteering opportunities around the EU, has been agreed by Parliament and Council negotiators.
Youth unemployment and the integration of young people into the labour market: a focus theme for public auditors across the EU
ECA President Klaus-Heiner Lehne said: “The audit compendium is a new product of the Contact Committee and highlights the good cooperation between the European Court of Auditors and the supreme audit institutions of the EU Member States. It raises...
New study shows carbon tax will hurt the economy without helping the environment
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the federal government to back off on its threatened carbon tax in the wake of a new University of Regina study detailing the damage a carbon tax would inflict on the Saskatchewan economy while failing...
City should phase out bureaucrat retirement bonuses
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) released a freedom of information response from the City of Calgary that illustrates another way the city could save money – phasing out unnecessary bonus cheques when employees retire on Jun 27, 2018.
Save money, register now for Washington-area IRS Tax Forum; Seminars focus on tax reform, cybersecurity topics
Tax professionals interested in attending the IRS Nationwide Tax Forum in National Harbor, Md., can save $115 by registering soon, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
Cheaper euro transfers: Council agrees its negotiating stance
On 27 June 2018, EU ambassadors agreed the Council's negotiating stance on the Commission's proposal to make cross-border payments in euros cheaper across the EU. They asked the presidency to start negotiations with the European Parliament as soon as...
