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Five At Five: France Aims To Tax Big Tech

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Today’s coverage includes the latest European push to tax such companies as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. France’s Finance Minister Wants EU-Wide Digital Tax By Year End. The new tax would apply to Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon so that they are paying what the government sees as a fairer tax rate in the region.

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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

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Many municipalities are looking to help by proposing new uses for vacant retail sites, including a citywide initiative in Fairfax, Virginia called Activate Fairfax , where the Department of Economic Initiative is soliciting requests for interest in an abandoned Container Store location. Even smaller cities are opting for such taxes.

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How Diversified Revenue Streams Impact Ag Borrowers

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We always advise landowners to undergo an assessment to protect these funds from taxes and help them to create entity strategies or fund new equipment for the greatest value. Solar A solar diversification opportunity can be created with as land as section corners for community solar projects to thousands of acres for economy of scale.

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Facebook Tracker: East, West And Everything In Between

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Henrico County, Virginia. Last week, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that Facebook would be building its next data center in Henrico County, just outside of Richmond, to the tune of $1 billion — $750 million for construction and $250 million for solar facilities to power the data center.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The NYC Amazon HQ That Will Never Be

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Amazon confirmed that it will instead move forward with plans for Northern Virginia and Nashville, and continue to hire and grow across its “17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the U.S. Instead of working with the community, Amazon threw away that opportunity.”. and Canada.”. First in that line was Governor Cuomo. “A

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2017 Edition

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billion in asset company headquartered in West Virginia, providing community banking services primarily in the Eastern Panhandle and South Central regions of the state, and the Northern and Shenandoah Valley regions of Virginia. Actually, the Bank had a one-time after tax litigation settlement (from a 2002-04 event) of $6.2

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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million businesses that line the main streets and side streets of the local communities across the U.S. Trade has been a big topic of conversation on the campaign trail, as have debt, taxes, wages, immigration and monetary policy. 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

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