Author: Maria Gill

(BUENOS AIRES) The government said on Monday that the exceptional “solidarity” tax that Argentina imposed on big fortunes to combat the economic consequences of the epidemic, settled by nearly 80% of wealthy families subject to tax, brought in nearly $ 2.8 billion. Posted May 3, 2021 at 4:07 pm. France Media The government of center-left president Alberto Fernandez promoted in early December 2020 that collecting that tax from 12,000 taxpayers resulted in 223 billion pesos (2.76 billion Canadian dollars), according to the AFIP tax agency. “The resources generated will be essential to deal with the health and economic emergencies arising…

Energy replenishment Thanks to France Relance’s plan, Inserm is part of the national pathway aimed at reducing energy consumption in public buildings. The institute receives funding that enables it to renovate the 14 buildings it owns. These projects are monitored by the real estate services of the regional delegations and benefit from the support of the Real Estate Affairs Office of the Financial Affairs Department. The projects selected by France Relance are as follows: Regional delegation of Occitanie Mediterranee Renovation of heating / air conditioning installations at the Montpellier Neuroscience Institute (project FR 9242) The process will consist of the…

(New York) Billionaire Warren Buffett told CNBC on Monday that the incoming president of the US financial mega-holding Berkshire Hathaway will appoint Greg Appel, putting an end to the multi-year hype about his successor. Posted May 3, 2021 at 8:40 am France Media “Leaders agree that if something happens to me tonight, Gregg will be responsible tomorrow morning,” Warren Buffett, the world’s sixth-largest fortune with $ 103.7 billion according to TV, said to the Forbes rating. Some clues in this direction emerged from the company’s general meeting of shareholders on Saturday, without being able to conclude that it would be…

“Sure, nothing says it can’t happen,” said Jay LeMay, a virologist at the University of Montreal. The fact that the same trait appears in several different populations is also a very pervasive phenomenon in biology, which has its controllable name: evolutionary convergence. For example, the shape and arrangement of the fins are remarkably similar in dolphins and sharks (apart from the caudal fin of course), although the former is a mammal and the latter are fish (in addition to cartilage, and thus is less closely related to mammals than other fish, called “bones” ). Likewise, a large portion of the…

(Quebec) The increase in the minimum wage to $ 13.50 an hour from Saturday in Quebec has made many unions say the measure is clearly insufficient to lift people out of poverty. On the one hand, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) believes that this is an “extra burden on the shoulders” of small and medium-sized businesses still severely suffering from the third wave of COVID-19. Posted April 30, 2021 at 11:01 am Updated at 19:42 The Canadian Press The Quebec government confirmed that the general minimum wage rate will increase to $ 13.50 an hour starting Saturday, which…

In the past seven days, 328 people tested positive for COVID-19, up six from the previous week. View a larger image (A new window)The curve appears to have reached a plateau in Istry.Photo: Radio CanadaWith the cases I’m seeing today, it’s a good sign, we’re not growing. At the moment, we have been in serious discussion with the ministry to find out everything we are bringing to the table to get control of our issues and it may take a few days before we see the effects.Alan Boyer describes it. Since we’ve been living around the color red for nearly…

1,006 COVID-19 cases and 9 deaths have been added to the counties’ tally; Quebec reported 4 fewer hospital admissions. Status in Quebec as of May 2, 2021 – 351,880 injured (+1006) – 10942 deaths (+9) – 574 people were hospitalized (-4) – 157 people in intensive care (-2) Total direct debts amounted to 34,405, for a total of 8,703,001 50,555 vaccine doses were given yesterday, for a total of 3,218,214 Variants Quebec has 3,963 case variants, according to figures from INSPQ. The variable positivity rate is 83.5% in the county. The trend of the past few days is encouraging. Let…

Glaciers are melting all over the world under the influence of global warming caused by human activity. However, the extent of the phenomenon remained to be clarified. Today, researchers claim that they are losing nearly 300 billion tons of ice every year. And that the rate of this melt has obviously accelerated over the past twenty years. Significant participation in sea level rise.for the first time, CNRS ResearchersWith support from the National Center for Space Studies (Cnes), I was able to accurately measure changes in everyone’s thickness Glaciers of the world Or let’s say exactly 97% of them. And their…

Security – Four agri-food companies in the region are sharing a federal grant of $ 423,000. This amount is awarded to them to support them in the safe development and improvement of air quality at their workplaces, in compliance with the health rules imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Les Serres Lefort received $ 299,422 for its Sainte-Clotilde facilities. Au Fin Palais de Saint-Isidore, which turned to prepackaged meals, received $ 66,736 in aid. For their part, Salade Etcetera! , From Sherrington, $ 34,699, and Oliméga, located in Saint-Édouard, received $ 21,910. “Canadian food processors are essential to ensuring that the…

TheThe Tianhe Central Unit (“Celestial Harmony”), the future home of astronauts, was propelled by a Long March 5B rocket from the Wenchang Launch Center, on the equatorial island of Hainan (south), according to public television station CCTV. Hundreds of enthusiasts gathered on the nearby beaches to take pictures of the bomber rising in the air in a cloud of white smoke.President Xi Jinping sent his “warm congratulations” to the technical teams, as the space station is “a major project to make the country a powerhouse of science, technology and space.”Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in…