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☆ UK's ultra-rich non-doms urge Italian-style tax regime to prevent wealth exodus
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty ImagesLONDON — Britain's ultra-rich non-doms are urging the government to introduce an Italian-style flat-tax regime to prevent a wealth exodus, as their preferential status comes under threat in the upcoming budget. That differs from Italy's regime, which charges a recently doubled rate of 200,000 euros per year regardless of wealth bracket. Non-doms move their moneyReeves had previously said that scrapping the program could generate £2.6 billion ($3.38 billion) for the Treasury over the course of the next government. We need to understand that we need people to be investing here, to create the jobs, wealth, prosperity that we want. Labour courts wealth creatorsThe Labour government has said it is determined to address unfairness in the tax system, pledging in its election manifesto to close non-dom tax loopholes.

Persons: Mike Kemp, Leslie MacLeod Miller, Rachel Reeves, Reeves, Alex Stewart, doms, Sadiq Khan, MacLeod Miller, Dominic Lawrance, Charles Russell Speechlys, Keir Starmer Organizations: Porsche, GTS, Chanel, Bond, Investors, Britain, Oxford Economics, Foreign Investors, CNBC, Labour Party, Treasury, FIFB, Oxford, Labour, Labour's, Investment Locations: London, United Kingdom, IHT, Italy, Switzerland, Dubai, Westbourne, Bayswater, Royal Oak

☆ Millennial Internet Is Dead; RIP Neopets, Club Penguin, and Webkinz
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Aimee Pearcy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

At Club Penguin, I adopted colorful pets called puffles and purchased kitsch furniture for my virtual igloo. "I was big on Club Penguin, Wizard101, Moshi Monsters, and this obscure one called Ourworld," he told me. Club Penguin, which ran from 2005 to 2017, stands out as one of the era's most beloved virtual worlds. "That same generation logged into Club Penguin to play with friends." In 2017 it shut down Club Penguin and replaced it with a mobile version, Club Penguin Island.

Persons: millennials, Gen Zers, Dylan Maleno, Lance Priebe, I'd, Jake Hahn, they're, Sara Grimes, weren't, Flappy Bird, Disney, Toontown, they've, MMOs, Roblox, Ashley Hernandez, " Hernandez, Neopets, Dominic Law, Aimee Pearcy Organizations: Penguin, Disney, University of Toronto's, of Information, Fortnite, Facebook, The New York Times Locations: Pennsylvania, Wizard101, Moshi, Illinois, Fortnite, New York City

☆ Neopets is under new management and planning a comeback in a vastly different era of gaming
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Since buying Neopets, Law said his team is in the process of restoring those minigames and modernizing them to enhance the experience. Competing in the current metaWhile Law is optimistic, he is aware that Neopets was born in a different era of video gaming. For Neopets, Law said the merch business would include both physical, like plushies and clothing, and digital, such as in-game purchases. In 2024, Law's team is planning to launch World of Neopets, a 3D simulator game that will utilize the existing Neopets world, but in a modern gaming environment. Does this mean that new Neopets games will replace the 24-year old Neopets.com?

Persons: Dominic Law, Neopets, Neopets …, Jakub Porzycki, NetDragon Websoft, Law, we've, John Legend, Kass Basher, Mickey Mouse Organizations: Neopets, Koelnmesse, CNBC, Gamescom, Law, Getty, Nurphoto, Adobe, Activision, Monopoly Locations: Asia, Singapore, asia, Canada, Hong Kong, Gamescom Asia, that's, Krakow, Poland, Neopets, U.S

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