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Don’t Negotiate Against Yourselves, Lefties

RIA Novosti  

Anyone who has experience haggling at a flea market has intuited the basics of negotiating. If a seller offers the item you want at a fire-sale price that you’re unlikely to find elsewhere, smile, pay the asking price and walk away before they change their mind.

India is growing 'very well,' but it still needs a strong jobs push, IMF's Gita Gopinath says

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Gita Gopinath, IMF's deputy managing director, emphasized that India needs significant reforms to sustain its economic growth. With a 7% growth rate projected for this year, the focus should be on job creation and ease of business to attract investments. Gopinath highlighted infrastructure investment, labor market flexibility, and reduced trade restrictions as key factors.

Pakistan urges Taliban once again to hand over TTP leaders

Khaama Press (Afghan News Agency) 

Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the spokesperson for Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that Pakistan maintains good political relations with the Taliban. During a press briefing, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch reiterated that the Taliban should surrender militants who have taken refuge in Afghanistan. Pakistan has repeatedly emphasized that TTP fighters have found safe havens in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. […]

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IMF's Gita Gopinath supports ‘progressive taxation’, flags wealth tax complexities

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

In an interview with TOI, IMF's first deputy managing director Gita Gopinath expressed support for a progressive tax structure. She emphasized the importance of improving the implementation of existing capital income and property taxes but noted that wealth taxes present additional challenges, such as the complexity of taxing personal assets like homes.

Less budget borrowing needed

BangkokPost.com 

The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) is unlikely to borrow the entire 805 billion baht it is permitted to utilise to offset the budget deficit, as there are sufficient treasury reserves, according to the office's chief.

The Body Bags of Gaza

CounterPunch 

+ Here’s a brief recap of the last week in US/Israeli relations. The IDF shot an American citizen, Amado Sison, in the West Bank. The US announced it would continue funding the notorious IDF unit that shot the American citizen. The IDF bombed a school being used as a shelter for Palestinians who’d been bombed […]

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