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Trump Attacks Amazon, Saying It Does Not Pay Enough Taxes

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Supported by Politics Trump Attacks Amazon, Saying It Does Not Pay Enough Taxes Photo Amazon and the company’s founder, Jeff Bezos, are among President Trump’s regular Twitter targets. Credit Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump spoke out against Amazon on Thursday, saying that the online behemoth does not pay enough taxes and uses the United States postal system “as their Delivery Boy.”
The president’s commentary, made in a Twitter post, comes amid reports that Mr. Trump has expressed an interest in reining in the e-commerce business.
I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election. Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2018 Amazon and the company’s founder, Jeff Bezos, are among Mr. Trump’s regular Twitter targe..

Book Listing Hitler as a ‘Great Leader’ Is Removed from Publisher’s Website

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Book Listing Hitler as a ‘Great Leader’ Is Removed from Publisher’s Website NEW DELHI — An Indian publisher has removed from its online store a children’s book that included Hitler on a list of world leaders who “devoted their lives for the betterment of their country and people.”
The book, titled “Leaders” but previously listed on the publisher’s website as “Great Leaders,” spotlights 11 world figures “who will inspire you.” On its cover, Hitler is featured alongside Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela and Mohandas K. Gandhi, among others.
Published by the Pegasus imprint of B. Jain Publishing Group of India, the book came under fire this month after the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a global human rights organization researching the Holocaust and hate in historical and contemporary contexts, called the decision to include Hitler an “abomination.”
In a statement released this week, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate director of the center, hailed the removal of the 48-page book from the publisher’s ..

Is Your Waiter Rude, or Merely French? A Debate Is Revived

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Is Your Waiter Rude, or Merely French? A Debate Is Revived Photo “The line that ‘I am French so I am rude,’ well, that is not a defense,” said Edith Boncompain, of the French Institute Alliance Française in New York, after a fired waiter in Canada made headlines with such a claim. Credit Gabriel Bouys/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Few cultural stereotypes are more pervasive than the surly French waiter.
In the 1985 movie “European Vacation,” Chevy Chase and his family meet a Parisian garçon who, after insulting the brood, offers them dishwater to drink.
And who can forget the scene from Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life” when a French waiter, faced with his unfulfilling existence, swears at the camera then turns for home?
Well, in Canada recently, Guillaume Rey, a waiter at Milestones Bar + Grill in Vancouver, British Columbia, filed a complaint against the restaurant’s parent company, Cara Operations, after he was fired for being combative, aggressive and something of a bully…

UK business needs more clarity on Brexit – and maybe a longer transition period

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Spring is a time of new beginnings. In this spirit, last week’s European Council summit, which allows the UK and EU to move on to discussing our future relationship, was roundly welcomed by business.
Companies are hoping for the withdrawal agreement to be signed off by the EU member states as soon as possible, by the October European Council summit at the latest. This agreement needs to happen well before our formal withdrawal from the EU, as this will provide the most legally watertight certainty for companies in terms of transition, regardless of the shape our post-Brexit relationship.
Read more Brexit: Business as usual for firms during transition period, says BoE But it is also imperative we get down to detailed trade negotiations quickly. Although these discussions cannot conclude until Britain is formally out of the EU, talks on the framework for future relations should not drag on at the expense of starting on the specifics. Businesses need details to plan, not just an outl..