The City Council is considering a so-called “head tax” that would charge businesses with more than million in annual revenue 26 cents per employee for every hour worked. Seattle estimates the tax would generate about million per year. It would eventually be phased out and replaced with a payroll tax. The majority of the funds would go toward deeply affordable housing and the remaining toward homeless services. Amazon would be on the hook for approximately million annually if the tax passed.
The DPRK had earlier threatened to demolish the office as it stepped up its rhetoric over Seoul's failure to put a stop to the leaflets being scattered across the border. Analysts say Pyongyang is expressing its frustration because Seoul is unable to resume joint economic projects due to US-led sanctions.
The Chinese people are happier, have more security and a better sense of achievement, said a study published on Monday.
The Daegu cluster was closely linked to the church services of a homegrown minor religious sect, called Sincheonji, in Daegu.
The EU and China have reaped huge benefits from their trade and investment ties, especially in the four decades since China launched its reform and opening-up. Such win-win cooperation looks more promising in the years to come.
The Chinese railroad workers set a world record by laying 10 miles of railroad track in just one workday and were considered indispensible by their foremen.
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The European Commission said the fine, taking account of the duration and gravity of the infringement, represents 1.27 percent of Qualcomm's turnover in 2018 and is also aimed at deterring market players from engaging in such anti-competitive practices in the future.
The Chinese president will arrive in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe for a state visit on Friday and will attend the fifth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia during his stay.
The Dahuaishu Ancestor Memorial Garden in Hongtong county, is a holy place for many Chinese people across the world.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China said on Friday that a co-pilot on Air China flight CA106 was believed to be smoking an e-cigarette en route from Hong Kong to Dalian, Liaoning province, on Tuesday night.