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I was walking down a parking lot yesterday (was full so had to park far away and then walk down a long way to the store). Every 3rd-4th car was a Tesla. This is Texas.

Edison did not "steal" the idea of AC. AC was patented by Westinghouse and Edison's General Electric bought the patent license. And no, DC is not good to "power the nation" because of much higher transmission losses for DC vs AC. DC is perfectly good for powering an electric motor, though.

Yes. Faster. Maybe 20% faster. 30% faster. Not 30 times faster. Maybe it was a typo?

I speak Russian. I looked at the law citation he posted. It clearly says that depending on the state of issue (either country or US state) the tax may be on the whole amount of the sale, not on the gain. So for *some* stocks, yes, the tax may be absolutely ridiculously high.

Ok. Not sure what the corporate tax rate of the country where the security is issued has to do with the capital gains on sell of the security... But if they say so.

Hm - so it depends where the stock's company is incorporated? And what exactly does "льготное налогообложение" mean. In real terms?

The list: (Перечень государств с льготным налогообложением) in the doc you cited is truncated unless you pay. Is US part of the list?

It is baffling. There was absolutely no reason to kill Navalny (and trying to explain his death - at 47 - by natural causes does not pass the laugh test). He was in prison basically forever, his support in Russia is probably in single digits, he is not any kind of opposition leader, and the...

Don't see what the problem is... Any laws broken? Any taxes unpaid?

It seems that a lot of tax code rests on shaky foundations. No clear definitions opens the door to all kinds of shenanigans.

I will not be posting here anymore. I am ceasing all activities supporting Ukraine, online and off. This was the last straw. This is not the first vote Ukraine has taken against Israel, it has been a steady pattern over the years. I thought maybe they'd wake up but apparently they can't. I am...

Well TD Ameritrade => Schwab account transition is affecting every one of the platforms that uses TDA API to connect. Which includes every one of the above mentioned platforms.

Yes. Do you think this "corpse" was counted too?

According to Hamas. They are very accurate, you know.

(Translation mine) report of one of the Ukrainian soldiers defending Avdeevka: "I really expected more. Constant "meat" attacks. At our section they didn't even get to shoot. 4 Russian attack groups wiped to zero before even a close approach. They are either zombies or drugged or some kind of...