While streaming giants slash budgets and users flock from X, the U.K. ’s biggest publishers are using AI (with a little help from Prince Harry) to get us…
Ditch the doom-scrolling. Escape Love Island. With a nudge or twenty from AI, you might be about to switch your entertainment addiction to a format that’s a few millennia older, and a whole lot more nourishing: the humble book. “AI could be a game changer for the way we can market and sell books,”…#escapeloveisland #saralloyd #panmacmillan #bigfive #kenfollett #juliadonaldson #eltonjohn #nielsenbookscan #britney #spare (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Europe's defence dilemma: The difficulties of weighing up the costs and benefits
What are the economic implications of heightened security expenditure in Europe? Euronews looks at both the advantages and drawbacks of bolstering defence budgets in the aftermath of the Ukrainian crisis. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 sent shockwaves across Europe, prompting a reassessment…#ukraine #coldwar #crimea #nato #russian #minnaålander #edwardhunterchristie #fiia #europeans #easterneurope (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Australia to Boost Defense Spending Amid U.S.-China Tensions
Australia is boosting its defense budget and rethinking its defense plans as strategic competition between the U.S. and China heats up in the Indo-Pacific region.#indopacificregion (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
National disability benefit in federal budget falls short of what advocates wanted
Tuesday’s federal budget laid the groundwork for a national disability benefit but the funding falls well short of what advocates were seeking. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Politics Source Type: news
The budget ’s tax changes on corporations and the wealthy are long overdue
William O’Connell is a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto’s department of political science. The 2024 budget includes $52.9-billion in new spending and loan programs and a commitment to not raise the deficit. That means effective tax increases, this time on the wealthiest 0.13 per…#williamoconnell #universityoftorontos #canadians #nato #ottawa #daviddodge #bankofcanada #unitedkingdom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Here ’s what to know about changes to capital gains taxes in Budget 2024
The federal government’s 2024 budget proposes changes to how capital gains are taxed, which could see the wealthiest Canadians pay up a bigger share of their returns. The Liberals announced plans Tuesday to increase the inclusion rate on capital gains, which are the proceeds of the sale of an…#canadians #liberals (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Opinion: Great budget, Ottawa, but how to execute it when Canada fails to retain talent?
You can’t win a war if you’re unaware you’re in the fight. And right now, unbeknownst to many, Canada is fighting a global war for talent. Put simply, we’re focusing our energies on smaller battles without appreciating the bigger picture. In what could be the most politically consequential budget…#arctic #canadians #rbc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Canada budget 2024: The key highlights
High-worth individuals, corporations and trusts will pay more in capital gains taxes. The inclusion rate increases to 66 per cent, up from 50 per cent, on capital gains above $250,000 for individuals and on all capital gains for corporations and trusts. The change is expected to yield an…#criminalcode #onlineharmsact #ottawa #britishcolumbia #princeedwardisland #windsoront #indigenouspeoples #firstnations #ukraine #globalaffairscanada (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Canada budget sees real GDP growth of 0.7% in 2024 vs 0.5% in November, 1.9% in 2025 vs 2.2%, 2.2% in 2026 vs 2.4%, 2.1% in 2027 vs 2.2%
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Canada budget sees 2025/26 federal debt-to-GDP ratio of 41.5%, 2026/27 40.8%, 2027/28 40.0%, 2028/29 39.0%
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The cost of buying a used electric car is plummeting
New electric cars are cheaper than ever, and a robust used market is finally giving prospective buyers budget options. That’s good news for EV adoption overall, but frustrating for owners who bought EVs at high prices and are seeing their cars lose value at alarmingly high rates in the resale…#jeremyrobb #coxautomotive #recurrent #fortunethat #tesla #americanairlines #tysonjominy #dataanalytics #jdpower #nontesla (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are you renting with no plans to buy? Here's what the federal budget has for you
The federal government tabled its annual budget on Tuesday with a promise to open the door to homeownership for millennial and Gen Z renters. You'll have to read the fine print to find measures for young renters who can't buy a home — or just don't want to. In her budget document, Finance Minister…#genz #finance #chrystiafreeland #robertkavcic #bmocapitalmarkets #canadians #rbceconomics #gst #canadapost #renters (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Liberals pledge $9B in new money for Indigenous communities in 2024 budget
The Trudeau government is promising $9 billion in new cash for Indigenous communities over the next five years, a smaller spend than some past budgets but one the government says builds on past investments and maintains an upward trend. With no single big-ticket item for Indigenous Peoples this…#indigenouspeoples #liberal #finance #chrystiafreeland #spendingonindigenous #houseofcommons #freeland #firstnations #grade12 #firstnationsandinuit (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Parameters of a conceptual agreement’? Not so fast
With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: Lawmakers pushed back on Gov. Kathy Hochul saying a budget is all but done. Republicans aren’t happy with the budget deal. A City Council hearing on how Black migrants are faring in the city drew 1,200 people. Earth Day is coming. So too…#shawnness #kathyhochul #republicans #nt #citycouncil #legislature #assembly #carlheastie #conversations #juliasalazar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The U.K. to Vote on World ’s Only Generational Smoking Ban
The U.K. House of Commons will vote Tuesday on the “Tobacco and Vapes Bill” that would make it illegal for anyone born in 2009 or beyond to buy tobacco and add restrictions to vaping. Its passage would amount to an effective lifetime ban on smoking for those under the age of 15.
The bill was backed by Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has referred to tobacco as “the single biggest entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability, and death.”
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While the bill has support from lawmakers from both the opposition Labour and ruling Conserv...
Source: TIME: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anna Gordon Tags: Uncategorized News News Desk Source Type: news
