Month: May 2021

Why is it hard to stop inflation? Because it creates so many winners. Down in Washington they’re printing money like ink is going out of style. Possible consequence: People spend the money, bidding up the prices of cars, lumber and semiconductors. We might get high inflation, high being something more than the target rate of
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Founder & CEO of Sojourn Companies. Building solutions for the modern day digital nomad. Living a life untethered.  “If there is one thing that Amazon.com is about it’s an obsessive attention to the customer experience.” Over two decades ago, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, gave what is now a famous interview to CNBC where he stressed
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under growing pressure to call for another nationwide lockdown in India as the overwhelmed health-care system struggles to fight a devastating second Covid-19 wave. But one member of Modi’s economic advisory council says state governments should have the final say in social restrictions instead. “All things considered, the current policy
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You probably didn’t go to a live concert in 2020. The majority of festivals, fairs and sporting events were canceled across the globe in 2020 to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Alex and Kelsey Carroll’s company, Toss Up Events, designed and operated unique fan experiences at major sporting events across the country. Cancellations
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Jonathan Curry of Tax Notes recaps the tax provisions of President Biden’s American Families Plan and discusses with Dean Zerbe of Alliantgroup LP the finer details and its likelihood of passing Congress.  This post has been edited for length and clarity. David Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This week:
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Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit on Tuesday was allowed to enter the upcoming Preakness Stakes race, with conditions, despite having tested positive for a restricted drug after the horse’s Derby victory. The conditions including “a binding commitment” from Medina Spirit’s trainer Bob Baffert for “full transparency of medical and testing results that will allow for
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