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Taxing matters

Like millions of others, I have been fascinated over the past couple of weeks by the tax situation of a man who, later this year, could take over the highest post in his country. But who exactly is this mystery man?

Steuer

Posten

Is your knowledge of the English language up to date?

Quiz: "tenant" or "tender"?

West Ham can't buy the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, but it may become a ___.

British MPs are calling for a major ____ of English football.

Overturn or overhaul?

The game of business

Regular readers of this blog know that I rarely, if ever, miss an opportunity to combine the topics of business and football. And the recent women's World Cup final between the US and Japan got me thinking again...

Themen

Weltmeisterschafts-Endspiel

mir zu denken geben

No news is good news

Recently, I had ten days off. Not just from work, but from the world. Or, at least, from news about the world. During this period, I had absolutely no idea what was going on "out there". And I was perfectly happy.

frei

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The wrong system?

Something is wrong at our company. Very, very wrong. I think the whole system needs changing, but nobody else seems bothered about it. So, last week, I tried to introduce a new system.

sich daran zu stören schönen

Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense

In the past week, I have been hit by a barrage of total nonsense — or what might less politely be called "balls". And the topics have been football, the stability of the banking system and nuclear energy.

Hagel, Flut

(UK ugs.) Blödsinn

Themen

How stupid can you get?

Some years ago, I was visited at home by two members of the local police. They thought — totally wrongly — that I had failed to comply with local authority regulations when organizing a party. Neither of them was Einstein.

behördliche Vorschriften nicht einhalten

No way to sack a manager

How do you sack a manager who has worked for you for seven months? You do it the same way that you sack a manager who has worked for you for 34 years: with dignity. Unfortunately, my football team didn't do this.

feuern

Würde

A modern-day loophole looks very different

Close the loophole

In the old days of castles and bows and arrows, a loophole was the tiny gap in a castle wall through which arrows could be fired safely. Today, "loophole" is used to refer to something else entirely.

Bogen

Pfeile

Schießscharte

Lücke

Gesetzeslücke, Schlupfloch

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