US income inequality This article is more than 8 months oldTop five US executives hoard $9bn tax-free for retirement as workers face limitsThis article is more than 8 months oldAt many of these companies a sizeable percentage of workers, in some cases as much as half, had no money in their 401(k)s – report
The top five executives at the US’s largest companies have amassed close to $9bn in tax-free retirement saving accounts while many of their employees have struggled to set aside any funds for retirement, according to a new report released on Thursday. Read More...
King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort; Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II; Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia; and Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde. Composite: Guardian Design/AFP/Getty Images/ SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock/PAStipends, palace maintenance, staff costs and taxes all differ, but the British royals are given the most taxpayer money
by Rupert Neate, Henry Dyer and Ashifa KassamComparing the cost of Europe’s royal dynasties is akin to comparisons between apples and oranges. Read More...
The father's letters reveal a curmudgeonly love for this erudite son. So do the son's new memoirs show a mellowing of the tough man of letters? When the teenageMartin Amis arrived at boarding school in Brighton, he had a copy of Lucky Jim with him. It was his father Kingsley's best known book, but he had not read it. He did, he says, have a clear idea that his father wrote a sort of 'mainstream fiction', but exactly what, he was not sure. Read More...
