We’re #1! We’re #1! Oh, New Jersey]. I got a kick out of seeing many of my friends in social media posting about New Jersey’s most recent “honor”: Forbes recently reported that the state was tops in terms of exits. No, not those kinds of exits that Springsteen and Bon Jovi refer to… But exits…
Ooh la la! Guess who’s switching from brie to borscht? Gerard Depardieu, the enigmatic French actor, has become a Russian citizen. The announcement that Depardieu had officially been approved (by President Vladimir Putin himself, apparently) followed a flurry of exchanges between Depardieu and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault over French President Francois Hollande’s plans to raise…
France’s high court has issued a resounding “non!” to President Francois Hollande’s attempt to tax millionaires. Hollande’s controversial tax, slated to go into effect for 2013 revenues, would have imposed a 75% tax on individuals with revenues of more than 1 million euros (about $1.3 million U.S.). The tax was meant to raise money and…
Gerard Depardieu might be bidding “Au revoir!” to France this year but Russian President Vladimir Putin is hoping that Depardieu will consider saying “привет.” The Russian President has offered the French actor a Russian passport. Putin, apparently a Depardieu fan (who knew?), made the offer during his press conference, saying: If Gerard really wants to…
Mon Dieu! Is Gerard Depardieu bailing on France over taxes? It appears so. A French newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, published an open letter attributed to Depardieu in which he traded barbs with Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault over the move. Depardieu had previously announced that he had moved to Belgium in order to escape France’s…