“We call on the OECD-G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting to swiftly develop the model rules and multilateral instruments as agreed in the Detailed Implementation Plan, with a view to ensure that the new rules will come into effect at global level in 2023,” the draft conclusions …
Read More »Democrats crush Bernie Sanders’ push for $15 minimum wage insert into Covid relief bill, despite most Americans supporting it
As the US Senate debated amendments to President Joe Biden’s long-anticipated Covid-19 relief bill, Sanders stuck to his progressive guns on Friday and attempted to insert an amendment to raise the federal minimum wage to $15. The amendment was already ruled out by the Senate parliamentarian – an official who …
Read More »Progressives make last push for $15 minimum wage as relief bill heads to Senate
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled last week that a Democrat-proposed provision hiking the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour could not be tacked on to the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. MacDonough, a Democrat who acts as a sort of referee in the upper chamber, declared that a …
Read More »Bill demanding $15 minimum wage from corporate giants surprisingly comes from pro-Trump Senator Hawley
Hawley, who was demonized by Democrats for challenging the validity of President Joe Biden’s election victory, said Friday that his new legislation would require companies with annual revenue of $1 billion or more to pay their employees at least $15 an hour. Smaller companies would be spared the mandate, but …
Read More »Wage war: Biden blasted for picking a fight in Syria, letting minimum wage slide at home
The Democrats’ proposed $15 national minimum wage increase cannot be included in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus bill, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled on Thursday. MacDonough, a Democrat who serves as a referee of sorts in the upper house, declared that the bill does not fall under budget rules, …
Read More »‘Restrict contact to absolute minimum’: Merkel extends German national lockdown until at least end January
“We need to restrict contact more strictly… We ask all citizens to restrict contact to the absolute minimum,” Merkel told journalists on Tuesday. Shops, bars, and restaurants in Germany, as well as schools, will remain shut at least until the end of January, Merkel announced, following a video conference with the …
Read More »You can be surprised, but in Russia the minimum wage is lower than in Thailand and Viet Nam, nearly one-third
Greetings from “third world countries”, as the ignorant Russians sometimes call #Thailand! In the heated debate below the article in one channel of the Zen I was fascinated that such a review, an excerpt of this: “The minimum wage in Russia is between Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. People Wake …
Read More »The ruble has fallen to a minimum for a week on the statements of the Federal reserve
Oil prices, stock indices in the US and the ruble on the Moscow stock exchange sank at the evening auction on Thursday. A statement by the head of the Federal reserve Bank of new York by John Williams, which excluded the transition of the fed to “control performance” of us …
Read More »The ruble collapsed to a minimum
In the course of trading on the Moscow exchange, the ruble fell to the lowest level since may 25, fully recouping the growth the day before he provided the foreign exchange intervention of the Central Bank, according to the site. As of 14:25, the dollar was worth 71,39 of the …
Read More »Putin had hoped for the minimum economic losses from the coronavirus
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin hopes that the authorities the economy will overcome the consequences of the pandemic coronavirus with minimal losses. On Sunday, June 28, RIA Novosti reported. Putin recalled the situation in the 1990-ies, when people for months have not been paid for — no loans to …
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