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A $120 million megayacht linked to a Russian billionaire was seized by authorities, and now residents of a small Caribbean nation are paying $28,000-a-week to maintain it, report says

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The Alfa Nero docked in Venice.

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A sales tax snafu at Walmart meant customers were charged twice

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The incident affected Walmart customers in Alamaba.

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Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public school student is going to get free lunch.

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About $1 billion gathered from the new Massachusetts income tax will be used to provide all public school students in the state with free school breakfast and lunch.

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Progressive Democrats are proposing a new tax they say will help 'close the exorbitant wealth gap'

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Rep. Barbara Lee of California.

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Judge refuses to accept Hunter Biden's plea deal after initial agreement falls apart in court

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Hunter Biden is the son of President Joe Biden.

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The IRS is hiring special agents prepared to use 'deadly force' if needed and is paying up to $95,000

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Internal Revenue Service is hiring armed special agents.

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Elon Musk appeared to quietly change the way customers pay for Twitter Blue in Europe after being accused of breaking rules about how its prices were displayed

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Elon Musk's Twitter profile in front of the EU flag.

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A man got sent 580 letters on one day demanding tax payments after Chinese companies used his address, report says

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Dylan Davies received 580 letters in one day in November.

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Elon Musk's Twitter Blue is breaking European rules about unfair business practices by failing to show its full cost to consumers right away, EU agency says

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Twitter Blue was rolled out to European Union countries in February and March.

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Biden is yet again proposing a minimum tax on billionaires, this time raising it to 25%. But the real challenge will be to get it past Congress.

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US President Joe Biden wants billionaires to pay more taxes.

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