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The public generally supported the heavy new taxes, with minimal complaints. The Treasury rejected proposals for a stiff capital levy, which the Labour Party wanted to use to weaken the capitalists. Instead, there was an excess profits tax, of 50 percent of profits above the normal prewar level; the rate was raised to 80 percent in 1917.
This is a list of Women CEOs of the Fortune 500, based on the magazine's 2022 list (updated yearly). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of Dec 7, 2022, women were CEOs at 9.4 percent of Fortune 500 companies. Fortune 500 women CEOs as of 2021 (47 women)
The results found that 8.6% of women and 10.1% of men had at one point in their life experienced some form of homosexuality. Of this group, 87% of women and 76% of men reported existing same-sex attractions, 41% of women and 52% of men had sex with someone of the same gender, and 16% of women and 27% of men identified as LGBT. [21]
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS. August 15, 2024 at 3:52 PM. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — “Layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in ...
Average mortgage rates remain stable as of Thursday, July 25, 2024, a welcome calming after spikes and volatility earlier in the month that pushed 30-year fixed rates above 7.00%.
At the conclusion of its fourth rate-setting policy meeting of 2024 on June 12, 2024, the Federal Reserve kept the federal funds target interest rate steady at a 23-year high of 5.25% to 5.50% ...
Though women accounted for around 30 to 50 percent of computer programmers during the 1960s, few were promoted to leadership roles and women were paid significantly less than their male counterparts. [114] Cosmopolitan ran an article in the April 1967 issue about women in programming called "The Computer Girls."
In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote. However, the popular vote is not used to determine who is elected as the nation's ...