Australian influencers have been put on notice by the Australian Taxation Office as a crackdown on undeclared luxury gifts gets under way. The ATO said it will use a sophisticated set of ‚data matching‘ technologies to weed-out influencers who are failing to report sponsorships as part of their income which can include handouts […]
Urgent tax office warning for Australia's influencers
Australian influencers have been put on notice by the Australian Taxation Office as a crackdown on undeclared luxury gifts gets under way. The ATO said it will use a sophisticated set of ‚data matching‘ technologies to weed-out influencers who are failing to report sponsorships as part of their income which can include handouts […]
Landing FedEx plane almost crashes into Southwest plane on the runway
A FedEx cargo airplane attempting to land at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Saturday morning was seconds from disaster with the flight crew suddenly forced to pull up and abort their landing after a Southwest Airlines plane was also cleared to takeoff from the same runway. The two planes appeared to come […]
Police: 1 of 2 boys recovered after Amber Alert has died
COLUMBUS, eVden EVE nAkLiYAT Ohio (AP) – One of the twin Ohio boys who became the center of a statewide AMBER Alert that garnered nationwide attention last month has died, evDeN EVe NAkLiYAt authorities said. Columbus police said officers were sent to a home shortly before 11 p.m.Saturday on a […]
Fears grow for American student who disappeared studying in France
The desperate family of a New York student who is missing in France has pleaded for help finding him as the FBI joins the search effort. Kenneth DeLand, 22, was supposed to fly home for the holidays this week but his family hasn’t heard from him for more than two […]
British man charged with hiding Russian megayacht from US sanctions
Richard Masters, 52, was arrested on Friday on charges of violating US sanctions laws A British citizen has been arrested in on US criminal charges alleging that he helped a billionaire Russian oligarch evade sanctions relating to his $90 million megayacht. Richard Masters, 52, was arrested on Friday by the Spanish […]
Louisiana slams EPA over lack of urgency on carbon-project approvals
By Liz Hampton Feb 9 (Reuters) – The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving too slowly to allow states to permit and oversee carbon-reduction projects, according to Louisiana’s governor, slowing millions of dollars in investments designed to tackle greenhouse gas reduction. Louisiana and other top oil-producing states say they can […]
Travel agent who pretended to have cancer to con 1,400 customer jailed
A travel agent faked while defrauding more than 1,400 customers has been jailed at Durham Crown Court for nine years. Lyne Barlow, 39, was ‚riding the monster of deceit‘ as she used her fake illness to deflect the avalanche of complaints from devastated families whose holidays failed to materialise. She […]
United and Liverpool lack London postcode to get 'prices they floated'
Former Liverpool chairman Sir Martin Broughton has questioned the valuations that the owners of the Reds and Manchester United have placed on their clubs. Broughton believes that the two clubs will struggle to get the asking prices of over £4billion given that they are not in London. When you adored […]
Air India seals record order for about 500 jets from Airbus, Boeing…
By Aditi Shah and Tim Hepher BENGALURU/PARIS, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Air India has sealed a jumbo deal for about 500 new planes worth more than $100 billion at list prices, in what could become the single largest order by any airline as it seeks to reinvent itself under its […]