com Not So Common... Now By www.cakewrecks.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 It's National Common Sense Day, minions, but how "common" is it, really? Hmmm? When your faith in reading comprehension is also (crooked) and (going down). Candice asked them to write Skye with an E. Such a shame the baker didn't have enough room to write out "birthday."OH WAIT Kim wanted "2018 Angels" in the center. Then Lisa asked for a picture of a 20 sided die: There's something extra special about writing the word "picture" here, don't you think? And finally, Sharla just wanted her name on the cake. Oh, the pain.Thank to Rob M., Candice B., Kim T., Lisa P., & Sharla, for those... fascinating... finds.*****And from my other blog, Epbot: Full Article
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com you dont have to accomplish By www.toothpastefordinner.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 05:00:00 EDT Today on Toothpaste For Dinner: you dont have to accomplishThis RSS feed is brought to you by Drew and Natalie's podcast Garbage Brain University. Our new series Everything Is Real explores the world of cryptids, aliens, quantum physics, the occult, and more. If you use this RSS feed, please consider supporting us by becoming a patron. Patronage includes membership to our private Discord server and other bonus material non-patrons never see! Full Article comic
com I made a video of the comic about making a video. By wondermark.com Published On :: Fri, 24 May 2024 02:09:21 +0000 It’s not a “process video,” per se (I have made plenty of those in the past), but I couldn’t resist making the most annoying social-media reel possible out of the latest comic, #1548. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wondermark Comics (@wondermarkcomics) I posted it on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. RELATED: There is a Wondermark Instagram. I set it up ages ago but have never committed to doing anything with it. Someday, I will post more things to it! Feel free to follow it now in case I do! The most active community I post comics to ... Read more Full Article Blog blog: videos
com After being denied a raise, employee resigns and accepts job at rival company, boss rejects the resignation and offers a 50% raise instead: ‘I couldn't refuse’ By cheezburger.com Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0800 When you know you are a valued employee, one your company cannot afford to lose, you have a lot of leverage when negotiating benefits and pay. The problem is, unless you actually threaten to quit, companies will not be in a rush to give you more than they think you deserve, which is usually much less than what you do deserve. So employees threaten to quit, and some manage to get what they want from their current company, and some end up actually quitting and getting a better deal somewhere else.The employee in this Reddit story (OP, original poster) got the best of both worlds, since they already had another job lining up when they handed in their resignation letter. Their boss, who previously refused to give OP a raise, decided to reject the resignation and offer OP exactly what they wanted, which meant OP now had two offers, and a big decision to make.Scroll down to read how the story ends. After you are done, click here for a story of a food company that refused to listen to their QAs' advice, and launched a terrible new sauce nobody wanted. Full Article boss workplace-stories employee manager job tales-from-the-workplace reddit story pay overworked-employees workplace paycheck Reddit company funny money resignation
com ‘So I ruined him’: Landlord neighbor siphons water from man's water supply for over a year so the man cleverly cuts off the supply, resulting in tenant complaints and a hefty fine By cheezburger.com Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 07:00:00 -0800 Moving to a new place has its pros and cons. You might've caught a good deal on a nice home and are looking for a change of scenery. Most of the time, everything seems perfect on paper until you actually get to your new neighborhood. Once you settle into your humble abode, you start noticing some strange, not-so-coincidental things going on.Aside from the one-off neighbors parking their bikes in front of your gate, you might notice that your water pressure isn't up to par. You think that, maybe, you might need to call a plumber to get the issue looked at so it doesn't get worse. The thing about observant people is that they really see things for what they are. The homeowner in this story realizes soon enough that his neighbor, who is a landlord to two tenants, has been hooked up to his water supply for who knows how long.The man's water pressure would only work well when he noticed his neighbors were not using water, and he waited a while before he made real accusations. When he was sure his suspicions were correct, he cuts of the supply, which leads to a chain reaction of issues at his next-door neighbor's building, including: no water, ruining of electrical wiring, and some very angry tenants. Full Article feud landlord neighbors stealing neighborhood tenants tenant landlords neighborhood-drama bad neighbors neighborhood-stories reddit story terrible neighbors entitled reddit thread Bad Neighbor r-entitled Reddit theft weird entitled people neighbor conflict
com 'My dad’s beautiful brain started thinking': Karen neighbor insists HOA remove neighbor's boat from view, neighbor maliciously complies with her demands By cheezburger.com Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 14:00:00 -0800 Minding your business? This woman has never heard of such a thing. She's being a rather nosy neighbor, as u/Ok-One-3240 shared in their family's story of malicious compliance. Some people just can't help being busybodies. They have too much time on their hands, and they're going to make it everyone else's problem, too. This person shares that their family enjoyed living in a gated community, and they spent a good amount of time using their boat. Each weekend, they'd take the boat out for a few days, then store it again for the rest of the week. As long as the boat wasn't within view of the street, their local HOA had no problem with it. That's a common issue that people seem to have with their HOAs… who cares if you can see someone's boat? It's a pretty frivolous rule in the first place, and this person mentions that their HOA didn't really enforce the rule too strongly.Then along comes this busybody neighbor who decides to make it her mission to bug the boat family. Read the whole dramatic story below. Up next, read about what happened when this 17-year-old babysat her aunt's kids and helped herself to a piece of cake… from a dessert that cost $90! Full Article karens hoa malicious compliance house home owners association driveway malicious-compliance-reddit demanding karens in the wild entitled karen story boat malicious compliance reddit home karen parking entitled people
com 'His hand pauses in midair': Front desk attendant gets scolded for using his phone at work, instead he maliciously complies with company policy by wasting other precious office resources By cheezburger.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 04:00:00 -0800 No personal cell phones? Okay. This employee took his malicious compliance to the next level after getting scolded one too many times for using his cell phone on the job. I get it… It doesn't look good for a hotel receptionist to scroll memes while the line at the concierge starts to grow. Smacking your gum, rolling your eyes, and scrolling endlessly really isn't something you're supposed to be doing at work, but as many of us forget, our phones are actually super useful little tools. We've grown accustomed to traveling around all day with a tiny computer in our pocket that it's easy to let slip their more convenient functions. The front desk reception guy in our next tale knew all the ways his phone could help out clients, but after his manager got on his back about using his personal device on the clock, he decided to use the second language translating tool at his disposal. Keep scrolling to read how an employee turned a spiteful MC into a memorable guest experience when a traveler needed help with a quick translation. Full Article boss worker employee manager job front desk work coworkers phone working tales from the front desk ceo employees supervisor workplace company reception coworker business
com 'I'm not coming to meetings anymore': Employee clears his schedule through Thanksgiving to complete a 130-page self-review after a 'busy work boss' forces him to submit an 825 question evaluation By cheezburger.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 07:00:00 -0800 Just doing what you told me to do, boss Full Article boss worker employee annual review review manager job malicious compliance work coworkers working ceo employees supervisor workplace company coworker business annual
com 'Boss claims that me quitting will result in the business closing': Worker gives 2-week-notice after basically running the company they work for for their boss, prompting boss's total meltdown By cheezburger.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0800 It is truly mind-boggling how some employers will treat the workers who are essential to the success and operation of their business. They gamble that they can pay them below market rates and keep them exactly where they are and that their workers will continue to be milked like the cash cow that they are… After taking on increasing responsibility in their boss's small business, this worker knew it was time to move on to greener pastures. They did what they thought was the right thing and gave their boss their two-week notice, prompting a meltdown that they could not have anticipated. As commenters in the original thread noted, this begs so many questions. Like, if they were so important to the business why didn't their boss recognize that and reward them for it? Surely, there were chances and opportunities for their boss to give them a promotion or even a partnership in the business that they were so essential to. Still, their boss's general laissez-faire attitude and seeming reluctance to lift a finger to support their own business has spelled their own doom. It seems that they were totally complacent and happy to let the employee do all the work while they raked in all the profits. Full Article workplace discussion employment issues antiwork workplace-stories jobs employment-discussion job work i quit quit workplace Horrible Bosses quitting employment in the workplace
com '[It] is just really tacky': Job candidate interviews with glowing recommendation, picky manager spots one flaw and refuses to hire her By cheezburger.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 12:00:00 -0800 This manager is being totally ridiculous, and he doesn't even realize the full scope of what he did. Sticking your neck out for a friend can be risky. In this person's case, they recommended their friend for an interview at their coffee shop job. They figured this friend would be a shoo-in for the role. To be a great barista, you need to be upbeat and positive when interacting with customers, be able to put drinks together quickly, and work well under pressure. U/BAAAUGH was completely exasperated by the way her boss treated that friend she recommended for the job. The only person who should be embarrassed by the way things went down is the boss. It almost seems like he's worried that his staffers will steal coffee or something. First of all, most baristas do drink coffee at their workplaces, but it's a cheap item, just let them have it! And secondly, if that's the boss's biggest concern about a potential employee, maybe he should spend some more time behind the counter, preparing orders, and learning what it actually takes to thrive in a cafe environment. Up next, read about this scorned ex who yanked a $600 gift card back from an ex just to get back at her. Full Article
com ‘I got extra pay, a box of chocolates, [and] an apology': Karen gets fired after screaming for 40 minutes at a customer service rep because they refuse to break company policy By cheezburger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 04:00:00 -0800 Is it really so difficult to be kind to the customer service person trying to troubleshoot your problem over the phone? I get it, everything's falling to pieces on your end, but it doesn't make any logical sense to be unsavory to the one person who can actually help you. This Karen in our next story proved that being aggressive over the phone doesn't get you everything you want, and sometimes it can get you fired…. Or maybe even investigated by the Feds. Imagine, this customer service employee was about 15 seconds from clocking out for the day–it was Friday at 4:59:45 PM and they were grabbing their coats on their way out and the blasted phone rang. Seeing that the number was from an internal caller, as in, someone within their company, the employee thought this would be a simple thing to solve and that they could make quick work of their coworker's problem. Except, the woman on the other end of the line wasn't looking for solutions, she was looking for a customer service rep to break the rules for her. Keep scrolling to see how a 40-minute IT support call turned into an apology letter, a box of chocolates, and an immediate, dishonorable resignation. Full Article customer service boss worker employee manager job work coworkers working it ceo employees supervisor workplace company coworker business karen
com '[I] asked for a 15k raise': Hybrid employee pressured to come into the office 5 days a week, employee refuses to give in without his promised promotion By cheezburger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0800 Let this story serve as a friendly reminder to stand up for what you were hired for in the first place. If your boss tries to impose new rules and regulations, new responsibilities, and new expectations that were not expressly written in your initial contract, then you are well within your right to advocate for yourself. That means advocating for a raise or promotion if you feel compelled to do so. It can also mean enforcing what's currently written in your contract if you do not wish to accept the new changes. Be prepared to receive some pushback, of course, but again, you have some leverage here.This hybrid employee was hired with the expectation that he could spend two days working remotely, which was convenient for his family and young kid. When his boss suddenly decided to adjust those expectations and demand that he come into the office five days a week, the employee stood his ground and said he would only do so if he were granted a 15k raise. This led to a difficult negotiation process, but folks like us are proud of the original poster (OP) for not backing down. For more stories like this, check out this post about a company that tried to steal a job candidate's idea. Full Article workplace-stories work stories toxic-workplace job work reddit thread Reddit company job interview interview toxic-work-environment
com Boss contacts former employee asking for forgotten passwords, employee refuses to comply without being paid the $10,000 they were owed before leaving: ‘Pay me first’ By cheezburger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:00:00 -0800 When one leaves a job in which they didn't like their boss, there are two things they might hope for any future interaction with said boss – Either no interaction at all and completely severing any connection with that person, or getting to see them one more time and proving to them just how much that boss missed out on by letting them go.Out of those two options, the best stories obviously come from the latter, much like the story we have here. OP (original poster) was contacted by their former toxic boss and was asked to retrieve old passwords for an email and Instagram account. Considering how OP left that company, they weren't too eager to help their former boss, especially since they were still owed $10k of unpaid commissions. The people in the comments were quick to tell OP to use this opportunity and get that money in exchange for the passwords.Keep scrolling to read the full story. Up next, check out this story of a job candidate who got a second chance by creating a new email address. Full Article boss workplace-stories employee manager job tales-from-the-workplace password reddit story ceo getting paid overworked-employees workplace Reddit company funny money quitting
com 'I am not allowed to do anything': Retail worker faces down angry parents after colleague sells parents the wrong computer for kid's gaming ambitions, prevented from helping them by silly company policy By cheezburger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:00:00 -0800 Working retail is a hectic and endless stream of customer interactions that balance on a knife's edge, with any one of them threatening to teeter off into a full-blown customer meltdown with possibly little to no cause. It's a way of living that leaves you emotionally drained and completely exasperated, while weekends end up giving you just enough time to self-isolate and prepare for your next shift.Meanwhile, despite claiming to have the customer's best interest at heart, upper management makes decisions that only serve to maximize their own bonuses and profit, putting you directly in the firing line for even more hostile interactions with customers. They'll enact some broad-sweeping policy that flies in the face of logical reason and expect you to follow it to the letter, vaguely implying serious consequences should you not blindly obey and refuse to listen to the insistence of everyone that their plan is a bad one. Then, acting like it's the worker's fault when they receive customer complaints about their policy. That's what this retail worker shared experiencing when they recounted this story from their days in retail, facing down belligerent customers whilst handling bizarre directives from their superiors. Full Article customer support customer service workplace discussion workplace-stories talesfromretail jobs employee job malicious compliance retail karen-customer work customers karen-customers workplace tales-from-retail workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace
com News: THE STATE OF THE COMIC: 09/18/2017 By www.sluggy.com Published On :: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 21:41:00 -0400 Lots of subjects! This is going to be a long one I think! I’m Behind on Everything! But I’m catching up with a smile on my face! There’s a lot missing from the site! Defenders content, contact info, Dialogue Search, etc. And things left to automate too! News Headlines, Forums, Comics Posting; all these things are not automated yet. But we’re making progress, a little bit every day. On a personal note, I’m feeling my way through the way I want everything to happen in this new lifestyle of mine. There’ll be some growing pains as I flex my elbows and shape my schedule. I’m feeling a little overwhelmed right now with the new little details in my life, but every day gets a little more shiny! Give me a month or two and we should have our groove back! On the Comic Itself: I know it’s been cliffhanger after cliffhanger in the strip. I really appreciate the elbow room to tell the story right instead of trying to crowbar it all in by the 25th of August. I really was thinking about doing that. Also I was fearing having to just end things. But as all of this has unfolded I am thrilled to have this happy medium. “The Fall” will run as I always intended! That in and of itself is enough reason to sincerely thank each and every one of you Defenders of the Nifty and New Defenders 20+ for allowing this to happen! The Store will stay closed for a bit! I’m thinking it won’t open until October! Maybe later! I can’t even think of fulfilling orders until I get Book 17 locked down and figure out how to get all the bookmarks and pawnz out! Speaking of The Defenders Exclusive Pawn and Bookmark of the Month: Everybody who’s been a Defender 20+ at Level 2 or higher for all of September will get a digital version of the Dark Gwynn Pawnz and the Dark Gwynn bookmark. Level 3 or higher lands you a printed version sent to you. This monthly reward-printing is new to me, but I’m sure will go smoothly! I’ll keep y’all posted on that! If you want the yet-undesigned Demon-Spear Psyk Pawnz and Bookmark make sure you’re at level 2 or higher for all of October (level 3 or higher for a printed version)! This is a Public Service Announcement. On to the biggest thing I need to get my tail in gear on: The Archives- I need to finish my Archives Approving! This is my new top-of-the-list as of today! We fixed a lot of the bouncing and bandwidth issues on the archives and got some calendar navigation in! And by “we” I meant ‘Team Not Including Me’. I said at site launch that “Chapters 48-64: Haven’t looked at yet! Uncharted Territory! New Readers AVOID these Chapters, rows of many strips may just be GONE! (It’ll take me maybe a week to clear these up!)” Well I haven’t had that time yet. Who knew lightened my workload was so much work? No more excuses, I’m doing it!!! BONUS BEHIND THE SCENES: How We Remastered The Impossible Archives: Here’s some insight on how the bigger archives were created. At one point I was doing one hi-res file per comic. (Back when comics were rarely more than 1 row). Theses would be dropped into books. Then, for the more epic stores I started doing larger comic files. These had to be broken down into multiple pages at book time. Then I was like ‘what a pain in the butt! I’ll just lay these out in book form directly and pluck from them the individual comic files. So some comics crossed pages. Some pages held multiple comics. And the patterns varied over the 20 years Sluggy’d been going on. We have hi-res pdfs of the books, but sometimes books had different layout, comic order (sometimes holiday stories were moved to the back to the book for example), and the pdfs were sometimes missing filler art, guest artist weeks, and the random wacky things that have fallen into the archives into the years. So with all that mess, how does one create a higher-res archive? The team turned a computer into the Ultimate Sluggite! It read every comic, breaking it into slices, pouring over every detail, and matched the low res archives to my hi-res various files. For TWENTY YEARS OF almost DALY STRIPS! That’s 6,696 comics made of 8,445 low res files sliced into 12,215 rows matched against 5,511 high res pages to produce 10,050 matching high res files! THAT’S INSANE! And I dig that one of my biggest fans is a robot forced to be a fan against its will! OK I like to think that way at least! In conclusion: We’ve done so much! So much left to do! Every day is getting better! THANK YOU DEFENDERS! And this was one long news story! -Pete Full Article
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com Metapost: Today is the day for the comment of the week By joshreads.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:17:10 +0000 Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! It is Friday: the day of the week when I showcase the top comment that were posted on […] Full Article metaposts
com Nicola Sturgeon to headline comedy festival show By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 06:32:01 GMT The former First Minister will be joined by crime author Val McDermid for a night entitled "Books & Banter". Full Article
com How pen and paper comes to the rescue in an IT crisis By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:04:07 GMT Firms are advised to practise operating with pens and paper in case of a computer meltdown. Full Article
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com This weekend at Comicpalooza! By www.jim-butcher.com Published On :: Wed, 22 May 2024 01:26:52 +0000 Jim will be attending Comicpalooza May 24th-26th in Houston Texas! Tickets are available on Comicpalooza’s website. For schedules and for any changes in times or location, please visit their website. Full Article News
com Coming this November to Hal-Con! By www.jim-butcher.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000 Jim will be attending Hal-Con this November 8th-10th in Halifax, Nova Scotia! For tickets, head to Hal-Con.com. Please visit their website for all information about schedules and events. Full Article News
com BBC News comes to Burma By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:13:12 +0000 BBC World News will soon be available in Burma. Those are words that, even six months ago, I would not have imagined writing. But Burma, a byword for media censorship and repression, is starting to open up. In September I visited Burma to begin the negotiations which led to this breakthrough in BBC distribution. I was struck by how rapid the media changes are for a country where state media had been long stuck in a repressive timewarp. A World Service team visited the state broadcaster. We saw the most surreal newsroom I have ever visited. There were no journalists there. "Why not?" we asked. "We don't need them yet. The news hasn't arrived." We learnt the news is literally delivered once a day by the state news agency. The job of the journalists was to read it out, word for word, unaltered. But those journalists and editors are now keen to have the BBC's help in learning about open and balanced journalism. It will be a long road, given the ingrained habits of censorship and self-censorship. But the BBC, through its pioneering media development charity BBC Media Action, is able to offer training to editors and journalists to teach them what independent journalism is. Even officials from the Ministry of Information, the former censors, asked if they could go on BBC journalism courses. Alongside the desire for training, the opening up of Burma to international broadcasters is naturally to be welcomed. However, there is a long way to go. The massively popular BBC Burmese service, which we estimate is listened to by more than eight million people a week, is not yet allowed to broadcast within Burma. It is transmitted only on shortwave, faithfully listened to, as Aung San Suu Kyi has done for so many years. We urge the government to fully open its airwaves. And we told the Burmese government that the BBC would continue to scrutinise the country closely. Indeed, as it becomes possible for our journalists to travel within the country, reports such as Fergal Keane's recent searing Newsnight film on human rights abuses in Rakhine state, will form a key part of the BBC's role in the country. We will also continue to report the progress being made in the political and economic spheres. At this early stage of opening up, it is hard to know if the hopes of media freedom will be fulfilled, but it is at least an encouraging sign that the BBC can now report from and to the country in English. Authoritarian governments everywhere are asking themselves if they can and should hold back the free flow of news any more. And, as they ask themselves these questions, politicians, officials and journalists are looking to the BBC as the international exemplar of quality, impartial and independent journalism. Peter Horrocks is the director of BBC Global News Full Article BBC World News
com BBC Arabic and the complexities of the Arab world By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:22:24 +0000 By Faris Couri, editor of the BBC Arabic Service It is no secret that recent Arab uprisings have placed enormous burdens on the shoulders of BBC Arabic journalists responsible for reporting news from the region. Covering the Arab world is not always an easy task - we need to mix sensible caution with a dose of courage in covering political issues that attract so many disputed views among Arabic-speaking audiences. Our guiding principles are the BBC's values, its editorial guidelines, its ethical code, which are our reference points to maintain impartial, balanced and accurate reporting. Across the Arab world - whether it's Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt or Libya, Bahrain, Syria and Iraq or the many other countries in the region - we know that audiences want access to objective and independent news, far removed from an agenda that favours one party, religion or sect against another. That is why audiences are turning to BBC Arabic. Last year, our latest figures show that overall audiences to BBC Arabic have risen by more than 17% to a record high of 25.3 million adults weekly. That includes a big surge of 2.9 million in Saudi Arabia and 2.7 million in Egypt, where TV viewers in particular turned to the BBC to better understand the events happening in their own country. Our radio audiences are also holding up despite the reductions in transmission. Online is proving to be more of a challenge, but we are working hard to understand the needs of digital audiences and those for whom social media plays an increasingly important part in their lives. In 2011, following the fall of the Mubarak leadership, we watched as ordinary Egyptians carried banners saying "Thank you, BBC!" But meeting the high expectation of audiences has a price and sometimes it's been a heavy one. March 2011 brought a strong reminder of the risks that our staff face in covering the news - one of our reporters was arrested and tortured by Muammar Gaddafi's forces during the Libya uprising. In early 2012, our reporter in Yemen was beaten and received death threats from supporters of the outgoing president. We are also challenged by those who disagree with our coverage. In countries such as Syria and Bahrain, BBC Arabic has been accused of bias. The criticism comes from opposition and government alike. It may be a valid argument to say that getting criticism from both sides, in the case of Arab world certainly, is an indication of balanced coverage. On Syria, for example, we had a series of documentaries looking at the civil war from a number of perspectives. The first one, exploring what it's like to work for a Syrian television channel that's the mouthpiece of the government, was the butt of criticism and threats from Syrian opposition quarters. We followed it up with a programme charting a day in the lives of six Syrian women, five of whom were anti-government activists. In our day-to-day news coverage, presenting a variety of voices from Syria is essential to us. And that is what distinguishes BBC Arabic from many media outlets in the Arab world which promote political views and agendas, and that is what we are determined to keep. BBC Arabic marked its 75th anniversary in January. Arab politicians and ordinary people have expressed their appreciation of our track record of impartiality and trusted news. I am confident that the coming years will see further achievement on all our platforms - TV, radio and online. Full Article
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com The simple exam tweaks that can completely change lives By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:01:46 GMT Schools are struggling to cope with the logistical hurdles and cost required to make the adjustments. Full Article
com Tax-News.com: COVID-19: Philippines Further Extends Multiple Tax Deadlines By www.tax-news.com Published On :: Fri, 15 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT The Philippines has announced that it will again extend tax filing and payment deadlines, following the prolongation of restrictive measures during the coronavirus outbreak. Full Article
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com Tax-News.com: COVID-19: UK Extends Deadlines For Input On Tax Reforms By www.tax-news.com Published On :: Fri, 15 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT The UK tax agency has extended various deadlines for responses to consultations and for other work on tax reform, in light of COVID-19. Full Article
com Tax-News.com: Russia To Terminate Cyprus Double Tax Agreement By www.tax-news.com Published On :: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT The Russian Ministry of Finance has announced that it will seek to terminate the country's double tax agreement with Cyprus, after negotiations broke down on a revision to increase tax on cross-border dividends and interest income. Full Article
com Tax-News.com: Malta, Luxembourg Agree To Russian DTA Changes By www.tax-news.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT The Russian Government has disclosed that both Luxembourg and Malta have agreed to change their double tax agreement with Russia to increase withholding tax rates on cross-border dividends and interest income. Full Article
com Tax-News.com: Cyprus, Russia Reach Double Tax Agreement Compromise By www.tax-news.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT Russia and Cyprus have announced that they have resolved a dispute concerning the two countries' double tax agreement. Full Article
com Tax-News.com: Russia, Malta Sign Double Tax Agreement Protocol By www.tax-news.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT The Russian Government has announced the signing of a double tax Protocol with Malta, to increase the amount of tax that Russia may collect at source on cross-border payments of dividends and interest to 15 percent. Full Article
com Tax-News.com: Netherlands, Russia At Loggerheads Over DTA Revision By www.tax-news.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT Russia's Ministry of Finance has said it is prepared to terminate the Dutch tax agreement if ongoing negotiations fail. Full Article
com Tax-News.com: Russian Duma Approves Changes To Luxembourg And Cyprus DTAs By www.tax-news.com Published On :: Fri, 1 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT At its December 22 plenum, Russia's lower house of parliament approved revisions to the country's double tax agreements with Cyprus and Luxembourg. Full Article
com Tax-News.com: Putin Signs Law To Withdraw From Dutch DTA By www.tax-news.com Published On :: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT Russia's President Vladimir Putin has signed a law to terminate the country's double tax agreement with the Netherlands. Full Article