TruemorsInheritance in America: Rights v. Slights
Rights of inheritance, the tradition of designating heirs to receive property or other assets upon one’s death, are a long-standing American institution currently under assault. The term “dying wish” would not be ingrained into our culture were it not a...
Betrayed: Daughter who devoted her life to parents sees £2.3m inheritance le...
" For 30 years, Christine Gill devoted her life to caring for her parents and helping them run the family farm. She became a university lecturer so she could help out during the busy summer months, spent nearly...
The Concept of Wealth in Traditional Africa
"Most lineages in traditional Africa have a "family pot," a general welfare fund managed by the head of the extended family. Income-earning members are obligated to make contributions to this fund. Obligations vary...
Osborne delights Tories with tax pledges
At last the Tories are hitting the right buttons. Lower taxes, lower taxes and more lower taxes. How do they pay for this? Cut waste and tax the very wealthy. "Wealthy foreigners living in Britain and paying little...
Leona Helmsley Earns This Week’s Top Scrooge Posthumously
“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get it all? This Week’s Top Scrooge - August 31, 2007 How many church sermons will include the story of Leona Helmsley and...
Author Adichie Wins Orange Prize
"Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. She beat five other contenders for the £30,000 women-only award, including Kiran Desai, shortlisted for her Booker Prize winner The Inheritance of Loss. Adichie's...
'Pro-Family' Rally in Rome
Conservative groups are rallying in protest of a proposed law that would allow unmarried couples greater rights, seeing the law as a stepping stone towards a legal acceptance of gay marriage. This issue highlights the unpredictable balance of power in Italian government, as... 
"Sorry, That Yoga Pose is Copyrighted"
Modern-day yoga teachers will not be able to claim ownership (and, by extension, control) over yoga poses that have developed over thousands of years. "The Indian government has set up a task force to create a... Court says Israel must register same-sex marriages
"The ruling, which affects those wed abroad, reignites a debate over gay rights. The Israeli Supreme Court touched off a fresh controversy over gay rights Tuesday when it ordered the government to register same-sex marriages performed abroad. The ruling by a seven-judge...
Sisters in inheritance tax battle
"The lawyers for two elderly sisters are due in court to begin their attempt to win the same inheritance tax rights as married, gay and lesbian couples. Joyce and Sybil Burden, from Wiltshire, have lived together since birth but if one of them dies the other will face a large...NY Post: Warren Buffett fires granddaughter
NYPost - Page 6:September 7, 2006 -- AN infuriated Warren Buffett has renounced one of his granddaughters - telling her she is no longer his relative "legally or emotionally" because she took part in a documentary about the lives of the very rich. Nicole Buffett, the...
Gay Indian Prince Lost Inheritance for Coming Out of the Closet
Daily News "Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil of Rajpipla, who works for an HIV/AIDS nonprofit in Gujarat, has been publicly disowned by his family for revealing his true sexuality."
Democrats More Eager to Vote, But Unhappy with Party (Pew Research Center)
"Democrats More Eager to Vote, But Unhappy with Party — Gay Marriage, Inheritance Tax Among the Lowest Public Priorities — Summary of Findings — With less than five months to go before Election Day, Democrats hold two...
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