Taxes

Should the lease of satellite transponders at 36,000 km up there in sky be charged a value added tax on ground? That is the issue for which Antrix Corporation Ltd, ISRO's (Indian Space Research Organisation) commercial arm, has dragged the Karnataka Comm

By Trevor Stokes, Staff Writer Double-digit unemployment, weakened retail spending and a shifting real estate market continue to dominate the local economy as the recession drags on. Houses stay on the market longer, fewer travelers stay in hotels and con

Inventing new taxes on banks is the latest political pastime in Europe and the US. A two-basis-point Tobin tax on trading, a 15-basis-point financial responsibility tax on covered liabilities, a 50% bonus tax on bankers - it all looks like a just and pain

Mesa County, Colo. Ways to boost the local economy took center stage at the 2010 State of the County. “We’re going to try our best to reverse...the economy,” Mesa County Commissioner Craig Meis said.

SIOUX CITY -- Downtown Partners has reorganized and hired a newdirector, but some business owners who pay taxes to theorganization said Thursday they don't have details on what isplanned and haven't been kept in the loop on what the group isdoing.