Tag: finance

France plans to close AirBnB’s tax loophole benefiting

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s finance ministry is working on plans to close a tax loophole benefiting short-term furnished rentals such as AirBnB, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday.

Many big French cities are facing housing shortages and renting flats to tourists on platforms such as AirBnB which is often blamed for reducing the supply of housing.

A trio of cross-party lawmakers last month called for regulatory rules such as rentals to be tightened and for an end to the more favorable tax treatment such as rentals receive vis a vis normal long-term rentals.

“I have a hard time

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25 Best Personal Finance and Investing Blogs

In this article, we will examine 25 best personal finance and investing blogs. If you want to skip the detailed analysis, visit 10 Best Personal Finance and Investing Blogs.

Blogs about personal finance and investment offer information and instructional materials on a range of financial and investing topics. Saving, budgeting, debt management, investing tactics, retirement planning, and other subjects are covered. These blogs assist investors in staying informed, increasing their financial literacy, and making wise financial decisions. These blogs are frequently written by people with various educational backgrounds, professional experiences, and financial beliefs. Investors can examine numerous investing

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Congestive Heart Failure: Excessive Sodium Restriction is Dangerous

June 1, 2023 · 7:00 AM

From DailyMail:

Salt has long been seen as enemy number one for people with heart problems, with doctors telling patients to cut down on the amount of sodium they consume.

But new research suggests that restricting salt too much may actually raise the risk of an early death in heart failure patients.

Their work builds upon a growing body of research that posits the benefits of cutting out salt to this subset of patients may be overblown.

And the findings could mean a more exciting diet for more than six million Americans with heart

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Planning to live a long, healthy life? How to make your money last

Ted Rechtshaffen: Combining your financial and health picture along with general life expectancy data gets you a good part of the way there

Published May 29, 2023 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 5 minute read

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Nobody knows how long they will live. But, there is general data available on how many years toward the end of your life will be spent suffering from ill health. That can help you plan how to make your last money and get the most out of it while you still feel good. Photo by GETTY IMAGES
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Ottawa picks three managers for a $400-million social finance fund

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Karina Gould, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, is set to announce financing for social enterprises, non-profits, charities and co‑operatives that focus on solving specific societal problems and have experienced experienced difficulty accessing capital through conventional channels.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

Ottawa has chosen three investment groups to manage a new $400-million fund aimed at expanding the country’s social finance market and attracting more private-sector capital to invest alongside.

Karina Gould, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, is announcing on Monday that the managers will offer financing to social enterprises, non-profits, charities and

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MPs call for climate-focused rules for Canada’s big banks

A cross-party group of federal lawmakers is backing a call for climate-focused rules on how Canada’s banks, insurers and pension funds invest their money.

“We have to do more,” said Ryan Turnbull, the Liberal MP leading a new push to bring the financial system in line with the commitment Canada has made to reduce its carbon emissions and keep global warming below 1.5 degrees.

Turnbull held a joint news conference on Thursday, along with MPs from the NDP, Green and Bloc Québécois parties, to highlight a private member’s motion he made earlier this month calling for the government to use

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‘ESG’ in US finance job titles comes with a 20% pay premium

By Isla Binnie

NEW YORK (Reuters) – US-based bankers and money managers whose job titles include “ESG” or “sustainability” earn on average around 20% higher base salaries than colleagues of the same seniority without those labels, according to analysis of salary data shared with Reuters.

More than $30 trillion in capital has been committed to environmental, social and corporate governance-related investments as the world looks to curb greenhouse gas emissions and companies face pressure on issues such as workplace diversity and social justice.

This has sparked a scramble to find bankers and asset managers for these roles, leading to higher

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This Toronto finance creator made almost $45K in one month and shared the untapped income streams people are ‘sleeping on’

Toronto finance creator Reni Odetoyinbo is spilling all her secrets on how she managed to make $44,000 in one month alone with social media at her fingertips.

Odetoyinbo spoke with Now Toronto and said that having different streams of income is the ultimate key to her success.

But what does that mean exactly? We asked her.

Now Toronto: You made thousands of dollars through multiple income streams, how did you do it?

Reni Odetoyinbo: I made $44,000 through brand partnerships, speaking engagements, affiliate income, social media marketing consulting services, Google AdSense, and digital product sales. I was able to do

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