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    • News Desk
    • Jan 12th, 2016
    • Comments Off on Legendary British rock star David Bowie dies

    Legendary British rock star David Bowie, who framed hits such as "Ziggy Stardust" with daringly androgynous displays of sexuality and glittering costumes, has died of cancer aged 69. A chameleon visionary, Bowie straddled the worlds

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 12th, 2016
    • Comments Off on Shire buys US pharma firm Baxalta for $32 billion

    Dublin-based pharmaceutical group Shire said Monday that it has agreed to buy US peer Baxalta for $32 billion (29 billion euros) to create a global biotech giant targeting rare diseases. The agreed cash-and-share offer was

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 12th, 2016
    • Comments Off on Shire buys US pharma firm Baxalta for $32 billion

    Dublin-based pharmaceutical group Shire said Monday that it has agreed to buy US peer Baxalta for $32 billion (29 billion euros) to create a global biotech giant targeting rare diseases. The agreed cash-and-share offer was

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 12th, 2016
    • Comments Off on Shire buys US pharma firm Baxalta for $32 billion

    Dublin-based pharmaceutical group Shire said Monday that it has agreed to buy US peer Baxalta for $32 billion (29 billion euros) to create a global biotech giant targeting rare diseases. The agreed cash-and-share offer was

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 12th, 2016
    • Comments Off on Pakistanis, Syrian attacked in Cologne amid tension

    A string of attacks on women in Cologne on New Year's Eve blamed largely on foreigners was "intolerable," Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Monday, but "nothing excuses" retaliatory assaults on immigrants. Merkel has proposed making

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 12th, 2016
    • Comments Off on Pakistanis, Syrian attacked in Cologne amid tension

    A string of attacks on women in Cologne on New Year's Eve blamed largely on foreigners was "intolerable," Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Monday, but "nothing excuses" retaliatory assaults on immigrants. Merkel has proposed making

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 12th, 2016
    • Comments Off on Tax scheme termed a ”non-starter”

    The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has termed the proposed voluntarily tax compliance scheme (VTCS) a "non-starter" as no one is expected to avail the scheme. A meeting of the committee was held here on

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 12th, 2016
    • Comments Off on Tax scheme termed a ‘non-starter’

    The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has termed the proposed voluntarily tax compliance scheme (VTCS) a "non-starter" as no one is expected to avail the scheme. A meeting of the committee was held here on

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 12th, 2016
    • Comments Off on Tax scheme termed a ‘non-starter’

    The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has termed the proposed voluntarily tax compliance scheme (VTCS) a "non-starter" as no one is expected to avail the scheme. A meeting of the committee was held here on

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 12th, 2016
    • Comments Off on Budget 2016-17: FBR decides to withdraw discriminatory SROs

    The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to withdraw concessions/exemptions of income tax, sales tax and customs duty granted through statutory regulatory orders (SROs) amounting to 0.3% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in budget

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