Jeroen kan de activeringscode alleen fysiek bij een speciale balie ophalen, waar iemand zijn identiteit kan controleren. Maar de dichtstbijzijnde balie is in Bangkok, 1700 kilometer verderop. Dat vindt Jeroen belachelijk. Hij snapt niet waarom hij helemaal naar Thailand moet om dit te regelen. Bovendien zijn veel landen vanwege corona gedeeltelijk in lockdown, dus kan
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This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner | CDC via AP The World Health Organization has confirmed
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Some people have framed diplomas. Others have framed photos with celebrities. Jeff Bezos has a framed 16-year-old copy of Businessweek magazine. On Wednesday, the Amazon founder tweeted a photo of the November 2006 magazine’s cover, which featured a photo of Bezos at age 42 behind the text, “Amazon’s Risky Bet.” The cover story was about
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) For the last two decades, Bruce Flatt has been the CEO of Brookfield Asset Management, growing it to become the second-largest alternatives firm in the world. He oversees more than $725 billion in assets spanning a diverse portfolio comprised of real estate, private equity, infrastructure, energy transition, credit,
Many people have bought and sold cryptocurrencies as an investment, yet trying to live on a salary paid in crypto is tricky. Alyssa Howell spent much of her career in the gold-mining industry before joining a crypto-wallet company last fall that pays all of its employees in bitcoin. The Denver-area resident said learning the ins
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Starting this year, firms must amortize their research and development (R&D) expenses over five years rather than immediately deduct them from taxable income, a policy change designed to raise federal tax revenue in the short term. As policymakers consider the future of the R&D tax change, one option on the table is to delay the
JGI/Jamie Grill As inflation soars and markets slide, many investors are wondering what’s coming next. Traditional advice dictates that long-term investors — those who are focused on retirement dates further down the road — should stay the course in the markets. But those with shorter time horizons of three- to five-years for a closer goal,
Podcast met Martin Visser De onzekerheid over de oorlog in Oekraïne, de hoge inflatie en oplopende rente zorgt voor nervositeit onder beleggers. De koersen op de aandelenmarkt schommelen gigantisch. „Die richtingloosheid is interessant”, zegt Martin Visser in de podcast Kwestie van Centen. De financieel verslaggever analyseert met collega Herman Stam de huidige ontwikkelingen op de
Wie in loondienst werkt, kijkt in mei extra uit naar de salarisstrook omdat dan de wettelijk vastgestelde 8% vakantiegeld is toegevoegd. Maar dan is het de kunst dat geld ook apart te zetten voordat het in een zwart gat valt. Uit onderzoek van Spaarrente.nl blijkt dat banken weinig interesse hebben in die extra euro’s. „Het