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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Danylo Hetmantsev (R) signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Lebedenko (L) signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Danylo Hetmantsev (3rd R) signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhii Marchenko speaks during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Lebedenko (L) signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal delivers a speech during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Lebedenko speaks during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Lebedenko, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhii Marchenko, deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Oleksandr Kovalchuk, chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Danylo Hetmantsev, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and CEO of Ukrposhta Ihor Smilianskyi (L to R) attend the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal delivers a speech during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhii Marchenko speaks during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Ukrposhta CEO Ihor Smilianskyi (L) signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhii Marchenko (C) signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Ukrposhta CEO Ihor Smilianskyi signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Lebedenko, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhii Marchenko, deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Oleksandr Kovalchuk, chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Danylo Hetmantsev, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and CEO of Ukrposhta Ihor Smilianskyi (L to R) attend the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Danylo Hetmantsev delivers a speech during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Lebedenko, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhii Marchenko, deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Oleksandr Kovalchuk, chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Danylo Hetmantsev, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and CEO of Ukrposhta Ihor Smilianskyi (L to R) attend the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal (2nd R) signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Ukrposhta CEO Ihor Smilianskyi attends the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Lebedenko speaks during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Danylo Hetmantsev (2nd R) signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Lebedenko (L) signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Lebedenko, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhii Marchenko, deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Oleksandr Kovalchuk, chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Danylo Hetmantsev, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and CEO of Ukrposhta Ihor Smilianskyi (L to R) attend the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Danylo Hetmantsev signs an envelope during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal attends the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - An envelope with a Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp which celebrates taxpayers is pictured during the special cancellation ceremony ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Envelopes with Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamps which celebrate taxpayers are pictured during the special cancellation ceremony ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, MP Danylo Hetmantsev delivers a speech during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Envelopes with Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamps which celebrate taxpayers are pictured during the special cancellation ceremony ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

Ukrposhta issues new postage stamp celebrating taxpayers

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 27, 2024 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Lebedenko speaks during the ceremony of the special cancellation of the Taxes. Army. Victory postage stamp celebrating taxpayers ahead of Constitution Day, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Australia to expand subsidies for renewable energy projects

STORY: Australia to expand subsidies for renewable energy projects SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 23, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:35 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of solar panels 2. various of electronic tower STORYLINE: The Australian government has announced an expansion of subsidies for clean energy projects to help achieve its 2030 renewables target. Chris Bowen, minister for climate change and energy, on Thursday announced that the existing taxpayer-funded Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) will be expanded to underwrite new renewable energy projects. Under the expansion, the CIS will underwrite private companies to build 32 gigawatts (GW) of new electricity projects, consisting of 9GW of storage projects and 23GW of renewable generation projects. If electricity prices are too low for the companies to generate a profit for the companies, the CIS will pay the difference, but if a company's earnings exceed a set ceiling, the government will share in i

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Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Samuel Brinton, 34, right, and his husband, Kevin Rieck, photographed outside their home in Rockville, Maryland, USA, on Friday, June 2, 2023. Former Biden administration nuclear waste official Sam Brinton was reportedly on a taxpayer-funded trip when the official allegedly stole luggage from an airport in Nevada last summer. RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City. Daily Mail out) Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Samuel Brinton, 34, right, and his husband, Kevin Rieck, photographed outside their home in Rockville, Maryland, USA, on Friday, June 2, 2023. Former Biden administration nuclear waste official Sam Brinton was reportedly on a taxpayer-funded trip when the official allegedly stole luggage from an airport in Nevada last summer. RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City. Daily Mail out) Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Samuel Brinton, 34, right, and his husband, Kevin Rieck, photographed outside their home in Rockville, Maryland, USA, on Friday, June 2, 2023. Former Biden administration nuclear waste official Sam Brinton was reportedly on a taxpayer-funded trip when the official allegedly stole luggage from an airport in Nevada last summer. RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City. Daily Mail out) Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Samuel Brinton, 34, right, and his husband, Kevin Rieck, photographed outside their home in Rockville, Maryland, USA, on Friday, June 2, 2023. Former Biden administration nuclear waste official Sam Brinton was reportedly on a taxpayer-funded trip when the official allegedly stole luggage from an airport in Nevada last summer. RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City. Daily Mail out) Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Samuel Brinton, 34, right, and his husband, Kevin Rieck, photographed outside their home in Rockville, Maryland, USA, on Friday, June 2, 2023. Former Biden administration nuclear waste official Sam Brinton was reportedly on a taxpayer-funded trip when the official allegedly stole luggage from an airport in Nevada last summer. RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City. Daily Mail out) Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Samuel Brinton, 34, right, and his husband, Kevin Rieck, photographed outside their home in Rockville, Maryland, USA, on Friday, June 2, 2023. Former Biden administration nuclear waste official Sam Brinton was reportedly on a taxpayer-funded trip when the official allegedly stole luggage from an airport in Nevada last summer. RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City. Daily Mail out) Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Samuel Brinton, 34, right, and his husband, Kevin Rieck, photographed outside their home in Rockville, Maryland, USA, on Friday, June 2, 2023. Former Biden administration nuclear waste official Sam Brinton was reportedly on a taxpayer-funded trip when the official allegedly stole luggage from an airport in Nevada last summer. RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City. Daily Mail out) Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton spotted for first time since leaving jail over latest suitcase

Ex-Biden official Samuel Brinton, 34, right, and his husband, Kevin Rieck, photographed outside their home in Rockville, Maryland, USA, on Friday, June 2, 2023. Former Biden administration nuclear waste official Sam Brinton was reportedly on a taxpayer-funded trip when the official allegedly stole luggage from an airport in Nevada last summer. RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City. Daily Mail out) Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. regulators close New York's Signature Bank following Silicon Valley Bank collapse

STORY: U.S. regulators close New York's Signature Bank following Silicon Valley Bank collapse DATELINE: March 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Signature Bank STORYLINE: New York-based Signature Bank, a key lender in the crypto industry, was shut down Sunday by state regulators over a "similar systemic risk exception." This is according to a joint statement by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The move came two days after California's Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed as depositors rushed to withdraw funds. Regulators promised that all depositors of Signature Bank "will be made whole," and "as with the resolution of Silicon Valley Bank, no losses will be borne by the taxpayer." The authorities also said "shareholders and certain unsecured debtholders will not be protected." Founded in 2001, Signature Bank is a New York state-chartered commercial bank. Xinhua News Agency c

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Scandal involving S. Korean President Lee, son

Scandal involving S. Korean President Lee, son

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Shi Hyung (C), the son of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, makes his way to undergo questioning by South Korea's independent counsel in Seoul in this file photo taken Oct. 25, 2012, in connection with his father's now-suspended retirement home project in which critics argue taxpayer money was used. South Korea's special prosecutor said Nov. 14, 2012, that his team decided against indicting the president's 34-year-old son, but referred his tax records to the National Tax Service for possible gift tax imposition.

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S. Korea president's son summoned

S. Korea president's son summoned

SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Shi Hyung, the son of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, makes his way to undergo questioning by South Korea's independent counsel in Seoul on Oct. 25, 2012, in connection with his father's now-suspended retirement home project in which critics argue taxpayer money was used.

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Japan to develop social security/taxpayer number system

Japan to develop social security/taxpayer number system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama addresses a meeting of the IT Strategy Headquarters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 11, 2010. The government task force released a new information technology strategy calling for the development of a computer system to introduce common numbers for social security and tax administration purposes.

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Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID number system

Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID number system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) exchanges a few words with Renho, a lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, after a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Jan. 19. Aso showed willingness to consider introducing a taxpayer identification number system during the session on the first day of deliberations in the upper chamber on a government-proposed second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008.

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Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID No. system

Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID No. system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso replies to questions during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Jan. 19. Aso showed willingness to consider introducing a taxpayer identification number system on the first day of deliberations of the upper house budget committee on the government-proposed second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008.

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1,402 bureaucrats received favors from cabbies, 151 punished

1,402 bureaucrats received favors from cabbies, 151 punished

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 25. Machimura said that a total of 1,402 ministry and agency bureaucrats have received favors in such forms as cash and cans of beer from taxi drivers when being taxied home late at night after work using taxpayer money, adding that the government has punished 151 of them.

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Ruling camp unveils tax reform outlines featuring tax hikes

Ruling camp unveils tax reform outlines featuring tax hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Yuji Shimazu, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Tax Research Council, addresses the panel's general meeting at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 15. Later the ruling coalition involving the new Komeito party unveiled its tax reform outlines for fiscal 2005 featuring the halving of the 1999 fixed-rate income tax cuts at the national and local levels, a move that would increase the taxpayer burden by as much as 145,000 yen a year.

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Health food salesman Japan's top taxpayer in 2003

Health food salesman Japan's top taxpayer in 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the building of a company in Tokyo's Ginza district established by Hitori Saito, a health food salesman who became Japan's top individual taxpayer last year.

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High court rules against taxpayer over stock option income

High court rules against taxpayer over stock option income

TOKYO, Japan - Keisuke Yawata, former president of the Japanese unit of Applied Materials Inc., a U.S. computer chip manufacturer, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 18 after the Tokyo High Court endorsed the tax authorities' decision to impose a higher tax rate on his stock option income by treating it as salary.

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40 bil. yen in taxpayer money misused in FY 2002

40 bil. yen in taxpayer money misused in FY 2002

TOKYO, Japan - Board of Audit of Japan President Tsutomu Sugiura (L) presents to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Nov. 28 a fiscal 2002 audit report stating government departments and affiliates wasted or improperly used about 40 billion yen in taxpayer money, the highest sum in 20 years.

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