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‘Fat tax’ is making restaurants and companies worried sick

The products that would attract such tax include deep fried Indian and western snacks; sw…

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The 'fat tax' is real. Here are 5 examples that prove it's more expensive to be plus-sized.

Not to be confused with a tax imposed on unhealthy foods, many consider the "fat tax" to be "the di…

Gili Malinsky   


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Rapper Fat Joe To Be Sentenced For Federal Tax Evasion

"You gotta understand, we hire guys who supposedly have Harvard degrees to take care of us," he sai…

Melia Robinson   


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San Francisco just took a major step against Big Sugar

Efforts to fight sugar consumption by making it harder to sell soda have enjoyed mixed successes in…

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Trump said in 2011 lower-income Americans should pay taxes to be 'part of the game,' though he paid nothing to the federal government for many years

Trump's comments are resurfacing after a bombshell report indicating he paid nothing in federal inc…

Joseph Zeballos-Roig   


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Kids Are Smoking Because They Think They're Fat

"Under reasonable assumptions, the demand for cigarettes is less price elastic among those who smok…

Sam Ro   


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Rich People Might Be Dumping Stocks To Pay For Their Big Fat 2013 Tax Bills

We estimate an April tax bill of around $35 billion higher than March from these three provisions. …

Matthew Boesler   


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The Irish Supreme Court ruled that Subway's sandwich rolls don't meet the legal definition of bread because they have too much sugar

The five-judge panel ruled that Subway's bread was too sugary to be considered a staple food that i…

Ashley Collman   


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Ted Cruz speculates of possible mafia ties in Donald Trump's tax returns

When pressed, Cruz cited news reports that have investigated Trump's alleged ties to New York …

Brett LoGiurato   


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Noooooo, Apple! Don't Do A Special Dividend! Buy Back $50 Billion Of Stock!

A doubling (or even tripling) of the regular dividend would be better than a "special dividend," wh…

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Sugar is the new tobacco - and major industries are scrambling

Still, once Bloomberg was mocked for advocating for a different kind of ban - outlawing smoking in …

Kate Taylor,Erin Brodwin   


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Seamless, Comedy Central drop The Fat Jew - but it's not because of the plagiarism controversy

The outrage grew so loud that THR decided to update its story with an open letter comedia…

Jethro Nededog   


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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo may face losses upto Rs 1,400 crore as Tamil Nadu traders may ban products over a critical issue

The traders are thinking of banning the products from March 01 and this can dent the companies up t…

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HSBC just slammed France for an 'unwarranted and excessive' €1 billion bail charge over a criminal investigation

On 8 April 2015, HSBC Holdings plc was informed that it has been placed under formal criminal inves…

Lianna Brinded   


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Reports of fecal bacteria in drinks at chains like McDonald's are a red flag for bigger problems, a scientist explains

A spokesperson for McDonald's told Business Insider that there are currently no specific health sta…

Erin Brodwin