By LAURA SAUNDERS The Internal Revenue Service estimated that Americans underpaid their taxes by $385 billion for tax year 2006 in its latest report on the nation’s “tax gap”—an estimate of taxes owed but not paid. As in the last report, released five years ago, the largest single element of noncompliance was unreported income from [...]
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2010 The Pack (das Rudel)’ (1969) by Joseph Beuys on show in Düsseldorf Aachen architecture “West Arch—A New Generation in Architecture” presents models, pictures and designs by young Belgian, German and Dutch architecture offices. Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Until Nov. 14 49-241-1807-104 www.ludwigforum.de Berlin art “Yoko Ono: Das Gift” offers [...]
Por BRIAN BLACKSTONE FRÁNCFORT—Al parecer, el Banco Central Europeo está cumpliendo su parte en ayudar a Grecia a reducir el peso de su deuda al transferir ganancias de sus posiciones en bonos de ese país a gobiernos de la zona euro. Sólo que hay un problema: aún está por verse si todo este dinero terminará [...]
An array of stars dazzled on the 2012 red carpet in gleaming white gowns, covering every fashion base from innocence personified to diva-like and daring. Leading the Charge of the White Brigade was Milla Jovovich in a stunning one shouldered sequinned couture piece by Elie Saab, followed by Jennifer Lopez, who showed off her incredible [...]
Story By: by Anastasia Tsioulcas Music might be universal, but sometimes a song can instantly transport you to a very specific place within just a couple of beats. A case in point: “Ni See Ay Ga Done,” a song from Malian singer/songwriter and guitarist Sidi Touré for his new album, Koïma. The song opens with [...]
By GAUTAM NAIK Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Equipment in Italy that may be at fault for indicating neutrinos could outpace light, a result that—if true—could overturn much of particle physics. It’s looking more like Einstein was right after all. In September, scientists in Geneva made the startling announcement that they had recorded ghostly particles known as [...]
Meet the latest app-store vigilantes: moms. Clubs of moms who are app developers in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are increasingly trying to solve two big problems facing the booming industry—how to police apps to ensure they are appropriate for children, and how to promote their own. Clubs of moms who are also app are increasingly [...]
Eurozone countries need to put more money in their rescue fund before G20 nations can step in to help them, the G20 finance ministers have said. On the eve of the G20 meeting, German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble wrote in an article published in the Mexican newspaper El Universal that he was against such a [...]
When you “derisk,” be sure you understand whether you are eradicating risk—or just replacing old risks with new ones. You have heard ad nauseam that investors have spent the past few years dumping U.S. stocks en masse for the presumed safety of bonds. Like many beliefs on Wall Street, it isn’t exactly wrong, but it [...]
Habib Al Mulla & Company is pleased to announce the promotion of Mazen Boustany and Ghassan El Daye into the partnership with effect from 24 January 2012 bringing the firm’s total number of partners to five in addition to Dr Habib Al Mulla, the firm’s founder and executive chairman, and it’s CEO Rob Morris who [...]