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WorkPeople's Republic of China - New K Visa to Attract Foreign STEM Talent Michelle has over ten years of experience in assisting multi-national clients across a broad spectrum of industries on personal income tax compliance and advisory services. In particular, she has experience in Australia, China and United States expatriation taxation, and has served on small, medium and large accounts during her career with KPMG to date. WorkThe warped economics of insuring climate destruction - FTThe UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative carries an emotive photograph on its insurance website -- a colourful view of Venice, perhaps the best-known global city to face a biblical scale of climate change-induced flood risk. The image's none-too-subtle message is made all the more poignant by a one-line statement that dominates the middle of the page. "The Net Zero Insurance Alliance was discontinued as of 25 April 2024." WorkHow top hedge funds can pay traders $100mn Even for the hedge fund industry, $100mn is a lot of money.That was how much Izzy Englander's Millennium Management had to offer to convince Steve Schurr -- a senior portfolio manager (PM) at New York-based Balyasny, and the Financial Times' former hedge fund correspondent -- to defect earlier this year. Work WorkWorkWorkWork WorkWorkWorkSeattle, tech boomtown, grapples with a future of fewer tech jobs Hannah Andrews, a manager at Five Stones Coffee Co. in Redmond, Wash., is used to seeing tech workers in her store just off Microsoft's main campus. But a few months ago, she started to notice a new phenomenon: People who listed Microsoft and other tech companies on their resumes were applying to become baristas. Work WorkWorkWorkWork WorkWorkWorkWork WorkWorkDutch Finance Ministry: higher tobacco taxes yield no extra revenue The Dutch government's tobacco tax hikes no longer increase state revenue, largely due to cross-border cigarette purchases, according to a Ministry of Finance report published on Prinsjesdag.Previously, the ministry expected that a 5-cent tax increase per pack would add 7 million euros to the treasury. That amount is now projected at zero. "At the current level of tobacco excise, further increases are expected to trigger strong behavioral changes that will fully offset any extra revenue," the ministry wrote. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWill the $100,000 visa fee create more US jobs? Economists aren't so surePresident Trump's administration set the new fee for the visas.The Trump administration says the new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas it announced Friday will help American workers.Economists agree that it could indeed benefit some U.S. workers. But they worry that for the bulk of workers it could do just the opposite."H-1B visas cause innovation, they cause entrepreneurship, they cause more R&D investment," said George Mason University economist Michael Clemens. "They cause higher productivity in the whole U.S. economy, which generates job opportunities and higher earnings for native workers across the skill spectrum." WorkThe US is forfeiting the clean-energy race to ChinaAn empty, 1.3-million-square-foot warehouse north of Denver was supposed to be an emblem of cutting-edge manufacturing. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis heralded a California company's plan to build a battery factory on-site as a push to "power the future."But an already weakening growth outlook for electric vehicles deteriorated as President Trump's tax bill wound its way through Congress. Amprius Technologies didn't wait for the legislation to pass and pulled out of Colorado earlier this year. WorkWorkWorkWorkFarage vows to scrap settled status, placing thousands at risk of deportation The majority – 60% – are EU citizens who have settled status and whose access to benefits is guaranteed by the Brexit deal. “Their access to benefits was agreed as part of the Brexit withdrawal agreement and would not be impacted by his proposed changes to indefinite leave to remain rules,” a Labour source said. WorkWorkWorkCharlie Kirk memorial mixes rally and revival as mourners vow to spread Maga message Christina Sawick, wearing a “Trump was right about everything” hat, said she was inspired by the attendance to pay tribute to Kirk, whom she had followed since 2016. On Sunday, she left her home in Mesa at 3am to attend the service. Sawick said the country seems to have reached a turning point, and she hopes Americans will follow Kirk’s legacy. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWork TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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