Many European billionaires choose tiny South Pacific islands to hide their money from the taxman. But there are easier ways: just bring it to the Netherlands, where there are hardly any taxes to be paid on profits.
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The Joint European/US Asteroid impact and Deflection Assessment mission (AIDA) is preparing to intercept the asteroid Didymos in 2022, when it is about 6.5 million miles (11 million kilometers) from earth.
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Today, in a surprise move, Comcast announced that the cable giant will buy all of General Electric’s stake in NBCUniversal for .7 billion, and also plans to purchase the 30 Rockefeller Plaza properties in New York (as well as CNBC’s Jersey headquarters) from the longtime NBC owner.
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Famous German crooner Heino, 74, makes an unlikely rock star, but his new album of cover versions of hard rock, punk and hip-hop hits is breaking sales records. The comeback is a PR stunt, however, and Heino remains faithful to Schlager — a perplexingly enduring genre of folk music in Germany.
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The Small Countries, Big Music initiative is one of dozens of schemes that receive up to £15 million a year from a budget managed by the Education, Audio-Visual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), a Brussels quango that seeks to foster closer European integration.
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Fliers offering worth of free medical-grade marijuana were reportedly passed out in Eagle Rock to try and draw residents to vote in the local election.
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Iranian troops patrolling the perimeter of a secret uranium enrichment site have reportedly found a monitoring device disguised as a rock. The spy gadget exploded when disturbed, probably on a self-destruct trigger.
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Mrs Mensch, who had been touted as a future minister, will instead move to New York with her three children to live with her second husband Peter, who is manager of rock supergroup Metallica.
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And these were only youths fighting over a place at a local market. Libya is a mess.
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The robot is actually cheating: It uses a high-speed camera to sense the shape and positioning of the human hand and can therefore respond, within 1 millisecond, with a move that will beat the human’s.
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