Chinese stock markets plunge after tax increase

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 In trading Wednesday, the Chinese stock markets plunged after the government tripled a tax on securities transactions. The so-called stamp tax was raised from 0.1% to 0.3% in an effort to cool the rapidly rising market. The Shanghai Composite Index of A-shares fell 6.5%. The CSI 300 fell 6.8%, with over half of the listed companies […]

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Afghan president Hamid Karzai opens new terminal at Kabul International Airport

Friday, November 7, 2008 Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, has opened a new terminal at Kabul International Airport. The US$35m (£22m) two-story structure was gifted by Japan as the old terminal building had become badly damaged by decades of war. Speaking at the event, attended by 150 Afghan and Japanese officials, Karzai expressed his gratitude for the building, saying “Afghanistan […]

Barcoding For Microsoft Dynamics Gp/Great Plains Customization Overview

Here’s An Opinion On: Webcoda Website By Andrew Karasev As we see ERP system are implemented in the companies, where it must be tightly integrated with existing or legacy system, automate warehousing, shipping & receiving operations, bar code scanners (Symbol wireless and stand alone) inventory order fulfillment. One of the directions is so-called supply chain management implementation (Radio Beacon, for […]

Teen broadcasts suicide online

Sunday, November 23, 2008 A Pembroke Pines, Florida teenager killed himself Wednesday, November 19, while broadcasting on the live video site Justin.tv. After making suicide threats and being encouraged by Justin.tv viewers and Bodybuilding.com forum members, Abraham K. Biggs, 19, committed suicide by taking an overdose of opiates and benzodiazepine, which had been prescribed for his bipolar disorder. Biggs first […]

Debian to shutdown public File Transfer Protocol services

Friday, April 28, 2017 Debian, a free and open source (FOSS) Linux-based operating system, on Tuesday announced they are to shut down Debian’s public File Transfer Protocol (FTP) in November, via their official website. The public FTPs are to be redirected to Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) from November 1. On Debian’s announcement list, Cédric Boutillier, a Debian developer, called the […]

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This is the category for Health. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 30 April 2021: Arizona bans abortion for genetic abnormalities 18 April 2021: India records 14 millionth case of COVID-19 amid new surge in infections 13 April 2021: French Prime Minister announces suspension of all flights to, from Brazil over coronavirus variant concerns 9 April 2021: North […]