Archive for March 31st, 2012
The actors approved the merger of its largest unions in the U.S.
The main actors in the U.S. unions, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), now became a single organization called SAG-AFTRA after its members voted overwhelmingly in favor of the union . In a statement posted on the website of the new body, Sagaftra.org, it was announced that [...]
The euro zone does his part and now expects a comment from the IMF and G20
The euro area now expected a gesture of G20 countries and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to continue the fight against the debt crisis, after understanding that fulfilled its part to strengthen its financial rescue mechanism. After intense negotiations, the 17 countries of the Monetary Union agreed on Friday in Copenhagen provided with a “firewall” [...]
Obama calls for increased taxes on the wealthiest Americans
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for increasing tax rates for the wealthiest Americans, noting that the advantages granted by the current tax system for people with higher incomes is unfair. “Today, the wealthiest Americans pay taxes to one of the lowest in fifty years,” said the president in his weekly radio and Internet. [...]
