Category: Finance News

Apr 13

A battle over tax hikes is causing a GOP identity crisis

The Republican Party is facing an identity crisis, caught between a rising tide of populism and its long-held orthodoxies on issues like taxes, labor unions and its relationship with big business. On Monday, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., expressed the party’s traditional position. The 69-year-old lawmaker reiterated his opposition to increasing the corporate tax rate to […]
Apr 13

Return of tourists provides welcome boost to Nepal's banks

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Apr 13

Biden gets positive GOP reviews after infrastructure meeting, a hard no on corporate tax hike

The Conversation How ‘complementarianism’ – the belief that God assigned specific gender roles – became part of evangelical doctrine Southern Baptist women demonstrating against the faith’s gender role doctrine in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2019. AP Photo/Julie BennettProminent evangelical leader Beth Moore, who announced in March 2021 that she was leaving the Southern Baptist Convention over […]
Apr 12

Fauci at NASCAR? White House looks to appeal to vaccine-hesitant conservatives and evangelicals

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday that the Biden administration was looking for ways to conduct outreach to “white conservative communities” where coronavirus vaccine hesitancy runs high. Such outreach, Psaki said, could include partnerships with NASCAR, the car racing franchise, and CMT, the country music television station. “We’re looking for […]