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Written by Netsmith   
Thursday, 17 April 2008

As simple an explanation of the work life balance as you're likely to find: the important point being that it is different for different people (although those nervous of strong language might want to skip the last paragraph).

Another one of these happiness things. Marriage raises happiness: children decrease it. But you'd have to have 19 children to reduce happiness to the single childless state. Although, to be fair here, if your wife likes you enough to bear you 19 children, even that might not be true.

How odd. The bank that the Government owns isn't passing on the fall in base rates to borrowers either.

Now this is science, even climate science. Following the results and publishing them, even if they contradict your own previously held opinions.

And this isn't science. A list of things that might make you an "altie" (technically defined as one well on the way to "woo woo" status).

Businesses are starting to leave the country due to the tax and regulatory burden. No, not good news.

And finally, it's amazing the things you can win in magazine competitions. Even a divorce.

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Businesses aren't leaving just yet...
written by Dr Dan H., April 18, 2008
The headline "Businesses are leaving the UK" is not quite true. What is happening is that businesses are taking advantage of a court case which established that in the EU, a business that has parts performing significant economic activities in different EU countries only has to pay tax at the lowest rates of its parts.

So, relocating a head office to a low tax environment isn't "rats leaving a sinking ship" but instead a case of a business indulging in healthy and effective tax planning to cuts the amount the local politicians can filch from it.

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