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...blog post on Feb. 10, Google product managers Minnie Ingersoll and James Kelly laid out the company's plan to provide as many as 500,000 people in a small number of locales with fiber-optic Internet connections capable of one gigabit per second (Gbps), more than 100 times faster than the typical U.S. broadband connection speed today. It would be a blazing-fast upgrade, capable of downloading a full-length HD movie in under 90 seconds. To be considered for the trial, cities have until March 26 to submit information about their existing networks, with Google planning to choose...
...Greece will find any quick fix for its tax problems. Like other southern European nations, the country's culture of tax evasion is deeply rooted, woven into the very fabric of relations between the citizen and state. "Greeks love their country, but they don't trust it," says a small businessman who asked to be called Dimitris, saying he feared repercussion from the authorities if he gave his real name. "They tell us the state is broken. There is no money for health, for pensions, for education. On the other hand, we see people building big houses with swimming pools...
Dimitris, who owns a small retail operation, admits he cheats on his taxes. He says he only submits tax invoices for roughly half of what he sells - about $17,000 of the $34,000 he takes in every year - and pockets the 19% sales tax he collects on the rest. When he files his income tax return, he declares only the revenue for which he has issued receipts. The system works because further up the chain his suppliers only declare half of what they sell him, and further up still, someone brings many of the goods into the country without...
Before the ceremony began, the public-address announcer declared that the event would be dedicated to Kumaritashvili. The crowd gave the small clutch of Georgian athletes, clearly saddened and wearing black armbands in honor of their fallen teammate, a classy standing ovation as they entered the arena. Toward the end of the evening, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said a few words in Kumaritashvili's honor before the torch was lit: he genuinely seemed to be struggling...
...revenues from their land, and are also angry about the pollution caused by oil spills - was a central thrust of Yar'Adua's early presidency. Six months ago, Yar'Adua persuaded the rebels to agree to a ceasefire and mass disarmament in return for an amnesty, a small monthly stipend, a 10% cut of all oil revenues and promises of large-scale development. (See pictures of the two sides of Nigeria...