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Study separates russian flat tax myth and fact
Proponents of a flat rate income tax often point to Russia's 2001 switch to a 13 percent flat tax as nothing short of an economic miracle. view more (2009-06-17)
Buying Cars on the Internet
Stirling University economists Dr Eric Levin and Professor Robert Wright will present a paper on 12 April at the 2002 Scottish Economic Society meeting at Dudhope Castle, University of Abertay, Dundee explaining why new car prices are higher in Britain than in Europe. view more (2002-04-12)
Council tax could be used to measure health status
A new British study published in BMC Public Health suggests that those who pay the highest rates of council tax for their local services live longer. This is an important finding, as council tax valuation bands could become a useful measure of a person s socio-economic status, enabling policy makers to allocate heath care resources more... view more... (2002-09-25)
R&D Tax Credit must stimulate wealth creation
SBS today warmly welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer`s announcement of a new tax credit to encourage larger companies to increase their level of research and development. view more (2002-03-26)
US tax breaks subsidize foreign oil production
The largest U.S subsidies to fossil fuels are attributed to tax breaks that aid foreign oil production, according to research to be released on Friday by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. view more (2009-09-18)
The world's tax havens and white-collar crime studied in new dissertation
Today there nearly 50 tax havens or financial offshore centers (OFCs) in the world, intimately interlinked with the global financial system. Usually these are tiny countries in the sunny latitudes that to which an ever growing share of the world's cash flow and fortunes have been respectively directed and placed over the last couple of decades.... view more... (2003-06-11)
Kyoto climate commitments - a challenge for UK energy policy, say Academies
The report examines options for generating electricity without emission of CO2. These include using renewable sources (such as wind and solar) and negating CO2 emissions by use of 'carbon sequestration', as well as maintaining a nuclear energy capability. view more (1999-06-14)
Most in high value homes have income to match and can afford local taxes
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Investment in Robots plummets in UK
Research by the British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) at the University of Warwick, has found UK manufacturing has all but stopped investing robots. Robot sales to UK manufacturers in the latest quarter have almost halved to 110 from 199 in the previous quarter. This contrasts sharply to what is happening on the continent, where sales... view more... (2002-10-17)
Tackling climate change with new permits to pollute
A new way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and tackle climate change had been unveiled by leading economists. view more (2009-01-06)
'Fat' tax on food could prevent 3,000 heart attack and stroke deaths every year
Taxing certain foodstuffs in the UK could prevent up to 3200 deaths from heart attacks and stroke every year, suggests a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. view more (2007-07-12)
Radiation dose reduction in liver cancer
A new digital angiography flat panel system reduces the radiation dose to patients undergoing interventional treatment for liver cancer by about one-fourth, a new study shows. view more (2005-10-03)
Energy subsidy is not always favourable
Dutch research has revealed that energy subsidies can delay the dissemination of new energy-saving technologies. Furthermore, companies do not always want to get rid of the old technology straightaway and therefore new ideas are confined to the top shelf for longer. Ph.D. student Peter Mulder demonstrated that subsidies for investments in... view more... (2003-11-11)
HEX2 a success: 4-rocket aurora experiment launches from Poker Flat
An experiment called HEX2 that consisted of four NASA suborbital sounding rockets, launched from Poker Flat Research Range during an aurora display over northern Alaska this morning. view more (2007-02-15)
Flat carbonated drinks not an effective alternative to oral rehydration solution
'Flat' carbonated drinks should not be used as an alternative for oral rehydration solution to prevent dehydration in children with acute vomiting and diarrhoea, according to advice published in the May issue of Archives of Disease in Childhood. view more (2008-05-27)
Research Europe 25 April issue: stories on MEPs and ethics, the neutron drought, Grenoble genomics, research tax and primate facilities.
MEPs warned off FP6 ethics challenge MEPs have been warned that reopening the issue of ethics in Framework 6 will undermine the whole programme. The warning came during three-way negotiations between the Spanish presidency of the EU, MEPs and the Commission last week. The meetings are intended to resolve major differences between the positions of... view more... (2002-04-25)
What are 3-D spider webs for?
The classic radial or "orb" spider web captures flying insects efficiently with a small amount of silk but such flat webs leave spiders exposed to their own predators. The derived "araneoid sheet web weavers" transformed the flat orb web into, usually, three-dimensional cobwebs and sheet webs. These webs surround spiders with tangles of silk that... view more... (2003-01-02)
Budget research credit for private sector welcome - Public sector research must benefit from the Spending Review
Save British Science today welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer`s £400 million package of tax credits for companies carrying out research and development. "We knew this credit was coming, because there has been extensive consultation, but now we know the rate," said Dr Peter Cotgreave, Director of SBS. "Some people may complain that this... view more... (2002-04-17)
Flat-pack loudspeakers
IMAGINE the din. Every cardboard-packed item in a supermarket could soon be blaring out reduced-price messages or playing advertising jingles. It`s just one of the uses being touted for a build-it-yourself, flat-pack loudspeaker developed by British company NXT. The Cambridge-based firm`s... view more... (2002-02-13)
Euroabstracts, December 2002: Denmark cranks up the research machine
European research co-ordination is designed to raise productivity, and so is the reform programme under way in Denmark research. It is a small country which in many ways overperforms on the global scale - being for example a world leader in wireless telephony research - but it also has weak areas. One of these is in knowledge services, which... view more... (2002-12-10)
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