
“With an underperforming stock market flagging a warning that investor interest in Abenomics is waning, Abe’s government is preparing for June a round of structural changes designed to boost potential growth in the world’s No. 3 economy. Corporate-tax cuts are envisioned as a centerpiece of this year’s installment of Abe’s ‘third arrow’ of reform — monetary and fiscal stimulus formed the first two arrows. But Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to lower Japan’s corporate tax rate are increasingly set to include steps to ensure more businesses pay at least some levies, a move that endangers the survival of a swathe of smaller firms.”
Related posts:
Thousands of nonviolent offenders get life without parole: ACLU study
Bitcoin Changes Hands At South Korean Bakery Franchise
Baton Rouge merchants now accepting Bitcoin for payment
UBS ‘Rogue trader’ goes to court in $2.3 billion fraud trial
For NSA chief, terrorist threat drives passion to ‘collect it all,’ observers say
A complete U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014? Don’t count on it
First ever English gold coin worth just a penny will sell for £500,000
Saudis aiding U.S. drone attacks in Yemen: report
Silicon Valley Start-Up Company Powers Homes With Sound Waves
France adopts words of war by vowing to ‘destroy terrorists’
Few Problems With Cannabis for California
Syrian rebels receive UK funding, but no weapons
Tiny gold bars latest rage for jittery investors
Horrific outrage erupts over proposed mosque in Virginia
Man was unarmed when fatally shot by Fairfax police officer