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  2. List of countries by tax rates - Wikipedia

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    0–3.8398% (local) (federal standard deduction of 12550 USD for single taxpayers) 45.38% in California (37% (federal) [246] + 13.3% (state)) 11.5% (highest prevailing marginal state and local sales tax rate) 0% (lowest prevailing marginal rate) 20% 18%-40% federal with offset against individual State Estate and Inheritence Taxes [247]

  3. Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland - Wikipedia

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    As of the date of introduction, the bill had 12 co-sponsors and had been referred to the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs for review. [ 248 ] On January 26, 2025, former Minister for Greenland Tom Høyem stated that the 1917 agreement with the United Kingdom still stood, giving them the right of first refusal in the event of any ...

  4. Income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first date 1979 reflects the more egalitarian pre-1980 period, 2007 was the peak inequality of the post-1980 period, and the 2016 number reflects the Obama tax increases on the top 1% along with residual effects of the Great Recession. [2] The top 1% earned 12% of market income in 1979, 20% in 2007 and 19% in 2016.

  5. Economy of Zambia - Wikipedia

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    Zambian exports in 2006. Zambia is a developing country, and it achieved middle-income status in 2011.Through the first decade of the 21st century, the economy of Zambia was one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa, and its capital, Lusaka, the fastest-growing city in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). [18]

  6. Pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    Against the US dollar, meanwhile, sterling fell from £1 to $1.466 to £1 to $1.3694 when the referendum result was first revealed, and down to £1 to $1.2232 by October 2016, a fall of 16%. [128] In September 2022, under the influence of inflation and tax cuts funded by borrowing, [129] sterling's value reached an all-time low of just over $1. ...

  7. Iraq War - Wikipedia

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    Lawmakers from both parties complained that US taxpayers are carrying Iraq's burden as it earns billions of dollars in oil revenues. Iraqi security forces rearm Iraq became one of the top purchasers of US military equipment with their army trading its AK‑47 assault rifles for the US M‑16 and M‑4 rifles, among other equipment. [ 275 ]

  8. ARPANET - Wikipedia

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    The first successful host-to-host connection on the ARPANET was made between Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and UCLA, by SRI programmer Bill Duvall and UCLA student programmer Charley Kline, at 10:30 pm PST on 29 October 1969 (6:30 UTC on 30 October 1969). [69]

  9. Ghanaian cedi - Wikipedia

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    This rate was equivalent to ₵1 = 0.98 U.S. dollars and the rate to the dollar was maintained when sterling was devalued in November 1967. Further pegs were set of $0.55 in 1971, $0.78 in 1972, and $0.8696 in 1973 before the currency was floated in 1978.