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Kenya scraps bread tax as protesters tear-gassed
BBC via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoHe recently urged Kenyans to accept more taxation, arguing that they were in fact undertaxed, but he acknowledged it would be difficult. Over the last...
‘I live in hell’: Anti-growth fervor grips US South after pandemic boom
Dallas Morning News· 29 minutes agoIn Gallatin, Tennessee, house prices have jumped by two-thirds since the pandemic, and one local...
Kenyan parliament panel urges govt to scrap some new taxes as hundreds protest
Reuters via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoThe tax hikes, including new levies on cars and bread, are the latest effort by President William...
Labour capital gains tax raid would freeze housing market, Treasury analysis reveals
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoIntroducing capital gains tax on family homes could freeze the housing market, Treasury analysis...
More than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill
San Francisco Chronicle· 11 hours agoMore than 200 protesters have been arrested in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in ongoing protests against...
Los Angeles Is Borrowing $150 Million to House Thousands of Its Homeless
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 20 hours ago(Bloomberg) -- Los Angeles plans to issue $150 million of municipal debt next week to raise money...
Luxury homebuilder once featured on ‘Extreme Makeover’ convicted of defrauding U.S.
The Republican· 7 days agoAttorney Joshua S. Levy’s office said in a statement. Jason Pecoy, of Wilbraham, was convicted on...
Bellevue mayor credits Amazon for city's affordable housing gains - Puget Sound Business Journal
The Business Journals· 6 days agoSince Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) launched its Housing Equity Fund in 2021, the fund has helped...
Kenyan parliament panel recommends scrapping some new taxes amid protests
Reuters· 23 hours agoThe tax changes contained in the government's funding bill for the 2024/25 fiscal year are the...
Here are the biggest differences between U.K. election front-runners Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak on...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoThis week, the front-running parties in the election—the Labour and Conservative (or Tory)...