A huge investment in the US economy to, among other things, combat climate change and reduce the consequences of inflation is a further step forward. The 50 Democratic senators approved a bill to this effect on Saturday (local time). This means that the Senate can now debate investments of several hundred billion dollars. As expected, the 50 Republican senators voted …
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Melissa Galloway and John Thompson for New Zealand at the Herning World Cup
The first individual participants in the world championship in Herning have been announced. For New Zealand, Melissa Galloway with Windermere J’Obei (Johnson x Pompei xx) and John Thompson with the stallion bred by KWPN JHT Chemistry (Connoisseur x Johnson) in Denmark. “Extremely happy to have been selected to represent my country at the World Championships. I discovered Chemistry in the …
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Mayor Don Bijl says goodbye to veterans August 06, 2022 | category: Purmerend | source: Weevenner This time, the monthly veterans’ cafe was topped by Mayor Don Bijl’s farewell as patron of the Purmerend Veterans’ Foundation. Photo: Piet Jonker – www.weidevenner.nl. Many veterans have come to Spijkerman Eten en Drinken with impressive awards on their chests that tell the …
Read More »Taking money from an Individual Savings Account
Are you considering creating an ISA but are unsure of some of its characteristics and rules? You are wondering if when you make a withdrawal from an ISA, is tax due? You should know that the majority of ISAs let you withdraw money at any given moment without losing your tax advantages. Nevertheless, some ISAs like the Flexible cash ISA and …
Read More »US economic investments edge closer after latest pledges of support from Democrats
The support of all Democratic senators will be needed to push the plans through the Senate, where Democrats and Republicans each have 50 seats. The 50 Republican senators will vote against, but in the event of a tie, Vice President Kamala Harris may cast the deciding vote. Before the conservative Democrat Sinema gave her approval, she wanted several points of …
Read More »The ‘Coyote Ugly’ film set was surrounded by ‘body shaming’ of young actresses
Melanie Lynskey, the 45-year-old New Zealand star, plays big characters in movies like Do not look. Yet in her acting career, she has to deal with a lot of “body shaming” – even now. And it was intense during the filming ugly coyotea film about sexy young girls in a bar. Melanie Lynskey says here to Buzzfeed: “My appearance was …
Read More »Factbox-What is central bank independence?
The job of central bankers is to maintain the value of a currency by controlling inflation. To this end, many of them are immune to political pressure from governments. This independence, once a sacred cow in the Western world, has been increasingly questioned in recent years as central banks have supported governments when hit by the global financial crisis and …
Read More »This Zeeland candy maker knows what candy loves | Zeeland News
Summer series: made in Zeeland | with videoKitten licorice, coke bottles, gummy bears. Candies come in thousands of shapes. Chances are all these candy molds come from Deltavorm in Scharendijke. The approximately 1,500 new models the company designs each year find their way to candy makers around the world. Elian van ‘t Westeinde August 4, 2022 Last update: 04-08-22, 11:51 …
Read More »New season Thinking about Holland with Janny and André
Janny van der Heijden and André van Duin directed a new season of Thinking of Holland. This time they go to port for routes near Leiden, Zeeland, Amsterdam and Groningen. The new season of Thinking of Holland can be watched from today – Thursday August 4 – at 9.25pm on NPO1 at MAX. New season Think Holland After a winter …
Read More »This Zeeland candy maker knows what candy loves | Zeeland
Summer series: made in Zeeland | with videoKitten licorice, coke bottles, gummy bears. Candies come in thousands of shapes. Chances are all these candy molds come from Deltavorm in Scharendijke. The approximately 1,500 new models the company designs each year find their way to candy makers around the world. Elian van ‘t Westeinde August 4, 2022 Last update: 11:51 “If …
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