Alleged tax-haven scheme linked to Canada’s largest brokerage firm
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 In a continuing crackdown on tax evasion, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has alleged that brokers with a branch of RBC Dominion Securities, Canada’s largest brokerage company, helped clients set up accounts in the small European principality of Liechtenstein in order to avoid taxation on their wealth. In affadavits submitted by the CRA, brokers with an RBC Dominion Securities office in Victoria, British Columbia, allegedly helped clients set up 16 offshore entities with a division of the LGT Group in Liechtenstein. While that is not a crime under Canadian law, auditors allege that the entities were used to help Canadians hide worldwide income. Thirteen individuals are either being audited or have made voluntary disclosures, admitting to tax evasion. The agency is presently investigating to see if there are any other individuals participating in this scheme. Regarding the inquiry, dubbed “Project Jade”, the CRA will only say…
Gallery seeks Control themed mail art for exhibit
Saturday, November 26, 2005 Canadian community art group Visual Arts Brampton is looking for entries for its international entry mail art exhibit “Control”. The exhibit’s entry information discusses the theme of the show: “Are you a control-freak, or more happy-go-lucky? What do you think of corporations’ control on the media and governments? Is your life quickly spinning out of control? Always hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del?” The exhibition dates have yet to be scheduled, but the show will run in early 2006 at either the Fridge Front Gallery or upcoming World Art Gallery in Shoppers World Brampton, a mall in suburban Toronto. While it prefers 4 x 6 inch artworks, VAB asks that entries are no larger than 6 x 6 inches. VAB’s address is “Snail Mail Central / 1 Bartley Bull Parkway, Suite 10 / Brampton ON / L6W 3T7”. Entries must be received by January 31, 2006. This show will help…
Marketing Planning For Small Business}
More On This Topic: Behaviour Change Campaign Submitted by: Sadie Peterson Now is the time to start planning your marketing budget for next year. If you’re like most small businesses, you’re thinking “What marketing budget?”. I know – marketing often falls behind priorities like making payroll, buying supplies, and paying the electrical bill. But if you want your business to grow, ignoring marketing is the worst thing you could do. You might have the best product in the world, but unless the world knows about your product, you won’t be in business next year. And with 99% of new businesses failing within five years, you can’t afford to skimp on marketing. When building your marketing budget, consider the following aspects of marketing: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFasg6qI1TY[/youtube] Public Relations – press releases, media stunts, etc. Web Marketing – website development, PPC campaigns, SEO, and more. Advertising – print, tv, or radio. Community Involvement –…
Hualien warm-up of 2007 ING Taipei Marathon kicked off
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 This is the fourth year as ING Antai titled for sponsoring Taipei International Marathon, as “ING Running Club” in some area still continued, the first warming up competition kicked off on September 1 at Meilun Stadium in Hualien County. More than 3,000 people participated in this event including 400 professional runners. ING Antai not only sponsored winning prize for winners of Blind Group, but also donated charity running shoes for disadvantaged minorities and poverty kids. And the event supervisor – Chinese Taipei Road Running Association invited runners become charity ambassadors of marathon by participating this event. For welcoming Armed Forces Day, main organizer Hualien County Government invited 41 soldiers from Air Foces in Taiwan participated this event. Due to the absence of some professional runners, it has another brand new line-up as Men’s and Women’s groups has new champions. Wen-chien Wu broke the game record with…
Hewlett-Packard to cut 9,000 jobs in $1 billion restructuring plan
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Hewlett-Packard (HP) expects to lose 9,000 jobs between now and 2013 in a US$1 billion (£686m) restructuring plan. The 9,000 jobs losses will be in the enterprise services division, but the company expects to add about 6,000 employees to its sales and delivery teams. HP commented in a statement, “As a result of productivity gains and automation, HP expects to eliminate roughly 9,000 positions over a multi-year period to reinvest for further growth and to increase shareholder value” HP will invest in fully automated data centers as it makes operational changes in its Internet technology services business. HP said the restructuring will generate savings of $500–700 million (about €407–571 million) in net savings after reinvestment. Hewlett-Packard has around 300,000 employees and is the world’s largest technology company by sales. HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Hewlett-Packard_to_cut_9,000_jobs_in_$1_billion_restructuring_plan&oldid=4418815”
Mauritanian refugees begin returning home from Senegal
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Mauritanian refugees stuck in Senegal for nearly two decades after fleeing ethnic clashes in their home country have begun returning to Mauritania under a U.N.-sponsored program. But many do not want to return. There were goodbye ceremonies and welcoming ceremonies attended by officials on both sides of the Senegal River as more than 100 former refugees were ferried on motorized pirogues. A spokesman for the United Nations refugee agency, Alphonse Munyaneza, explained international funding will help pay for resettlement. “Each refugee returning back to Mauritania will receive a piece of land equivalent to 140 square meters for establishing a house. UNHCR and the government of Mauritania will provide construction material so that they can build a house,” explained Munyaneza. “We will provide three months of food ration. We will provide a tent also.” Each refugee returning back to Mauritania will receive a piece of land equivalent…
The Most Extraordinary Way To Assist Your Skin
More On This Topic: Organic Beauty Products Online As many of you know, the rose is a plant that has long been used in beauty and healing regimens. The petals, the essential oil, the waters, and the oil from the seeds of the rose hips. To begin with, what are rose hips, you may wonder? And what is in their oil? How might it assist me? Well keep reading! The rose hip is the bulbous and generally red seed pod that grows after the rose loses its petals. Rose hips are most well known because they are added to tea because they are high in vitamin C. There are seeds inside of the rosehip- small light yellow colored seeds. When pressed (Inflora Botanica uses a healthy cold pressing method much like the method that gets the greatest olive oil and apple cider), the oil that emerges is dark yellow/light orange…
University of Wales to close down after 120 years
Saturday, October 22, 2011 120 years after it was founded, the University of Wales (UoW) will shut down. Already comprised of several institutions, two will merge fully while two more will become independent universities. With a charter from 1893 and the Prince of Wales as its chancellor, problems began at UoW last year after concerns the head of a Malaysian partner institution, a local pop artist, had non-legitimate qualifications. This was followed by Thailand’s authorities denouncing another UoW partner as illegal, then an investigation in the UK into all the UoW’s foreign ties. The Quality Assurance Agency said UoW’s overseas checks on foreign institutions were inadequate. The UK Border Agency is investigating a possible visa scam whereby foreign students were sold exam answers for a qualification leading to UoW entry and British visas. Two colleges — Rayat London College and Lampton College — are suspended over the claims. Trinity St…
Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive
Monday, October 11, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Amy Scobee about her book Scientology – Abuse at the Top, and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. She served as a Scientology executive in multiple high-ranking positions, working out of the international headquarters of Scientology known as “Gold Base”, located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Author_Amy_Scobee_recounts_abuse_as_Scientology_executive&oldid=4579695”
Senate committee investigating six televangelists
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 United States Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has asked for the financial records of six prominent televangelist ministries for possible financial misconduct, CBS News reported. The six groups were led by Paula White, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, Eddie Long, Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn. Half of these people (Hinn, Copeland and Dollar) are members of the Board of Regents for the Oral Roberts University, which is currently being accused of wrong-doing. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Senate_committee_investigating_six_televangelists&oldid=4493817”