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Baby boomers’ pensions will be reduced as the Albanese government ends a three-year freeze and adjusts rates used to calculate how much retirees can earn on their cash investments before their payments are affected. Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek issued a statement on Tuesday afternoon during the government’s high-profile economic…

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Daily News Hungary August 18, 2025 Flash news Briefing Source: depositphotos.com We’ve rounded up the top Hungary news from today: painful tax increases, Wizz Air resumes flight, new pandemic, 2026 elections, untold story of Prince Kálmán. Featured Hungary news Painful tax increases coming in Hungary : petrol, cigarettes and more…

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FILE - A Qantas Boeing 737 passenger plane takes off from Sydney Airport, Australia, Sept. 5, 2022. Photo by Mark Baker /AP Article content MELBOURNE (AP) — A judge on Monday fined Qantas Airways 90 million Australian dollars ($59 million) for illegally firing more than 1,800 ground staff at the…

In boardrooms and backstreets from Singapore to Hanoi, owners of Asia’s small and medium-sized enterprises had barely got over the shock of the pandemic’s economic upheaval when another disruption arrived – this time from Washington, in the form of new tariffs that risk upending cross-border commerce and livelihoods. Following a…

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Permits for new multifamily housing construction have declined from the pace set during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Redfin analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. Developers secured an average of 12.8 permits for buildings with at least five units per 10,000 people from July 2024 through June 2025. That…

Market overview Visiting a holiday park, ranging from lodge parks to caravan parks or glamping yurts, is a favoured holiday choice for the UK domestic market. Estimating the market size for UK holiday parks is complex due to overlapping categories. However, Mintel estimates the holiday centres and parks segment revenue…