Health Minister Stephen Mandel Challenged by School Radon, Hospital Spending
Stephen Mandel, Health Minister for Alberta, Canada, wants mandatory radon testing in schools but faces increased challenges in the province’s hospitals. Stephen Mandel is forefront at the effort More...
Putin Uses Tax Reform to Coerce Oligarchs into Repatriating Assets
President Vladimir Putin is pushing harder on Russia’s richest citizens to repatriate offshore assets amid a slump in the ruble and the imposition of sanctions by the US and the European Union, The Business More...
Obama’s Vision-Centered State of the Union Address Intended to Usher in Next Democratic President
President Obama’s State of the Union address might, at first glance, appeared to have been more about legacy than policy, but it might have a practical strategy in setting up a scenario for another More...
How to Predict What the President Will Say at the State of the Union Address
Can anyone just wait for the State of the Union address anymore? Could they ever? Social and traditional media have been awash with prognostications and hints about what President Obama is going to discuss on More...
Irish Arm of Ralph Lauren Pulls in over $200, 000 a Week
A Ralph Lauren firm that operates an outlet store in Ireland recorded revenues of over $207, 000 per week , a report said. New figures lodged by the Irish arm of the U.S. luxury brand show that the firm increased More...
Forest City Enterprises to Become REIT
Bruce Ratner’s real estate company Forest City Enterprises will transform itself into a REIT. The change will come on January 1st 2016. A REIT – Real estate Investment Trust – is a company which owns and More...
Ocado CEO Tim Steiner Is Not Worried That Partner Morrisons Pushed Out Boss
Although Morrisons, an Bradford, England based supermarket group, kicked out its CEO Dalton Phillips, Tim Steiner, CEO of its long-term partner, delivery company Ocado, is not concerned, More...
Israeli banks extend FATCA declarations to businesses
By next year, the US Internal Revenue Service will require all Israeli businesses to declare whether any shareholders are US citizens. The US Foreign Account Compliance Act (FATCA) regulations are being More...
Tough choice for Bank Leumi US customers
American customers with unreported accounts will now find it costly to own up, but perhaps even more costly if they don’t. Bank Leumi and its overseas branches are continuing their feverish campaign More...
More Leumi shareholders demand explanations
Jewish Colonial Trust has joined those asking for clarifications of the settlement with former bank officers in the US tax evasion affair. Additional shareholders in Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) have asked the bank More...