Honourable Speaker I have the honour to present the first budget of our fifth democratic Parliament. Members of the House, and fellow South Africans. Over the past twenty years we have built houses, delivered water and electricity, improved access to schools and health care. Yet there are people living in shacks, there are schools without […]
Though government says an increase in personal taxation will not amount to “too much pain”, the bad news is that income tax rates will be raised by one percentage point for all taxpayers earning more than R181,900 a year. The very bad news is that the total fuel levy will increase by 80.5 cents a […]
Is it time to ask for a raise? Neil Irwin at The Upshot writes that this could (finally) be a good year for wages, with small businesses, and a big health insurer, planning to increase pay. And The Billfold titled a recent post “The Year America Gets a Raise” (though its author, Mike Dang, also […]
VISITORS to the Philippines come for the beautiful islands, tropical weather, and exotic cuisine. It therefore comes as no surprise to find foreigners all over the Philippines. But they’re not all lounging by hotel pools — many of them are prowling the central business districts wearing suits, supervising projects in the red-hot business process outsourcing […]
Mumbai: Shareholders of Tata Motors Ltd have approved salary proposals for top executives at the company, after these proposals were put to vote for a second time. According the results of a postal ballot released by the company on the BSE on Wednesday, more than 75% of the company’s shareholders voted in favour of the […]