French Tax on Million-Euro Salaries Won't Exempt Soccer Teams
France's revamped 75 percent super-tax on annual salaries above €1 million will apply to all companies, including soccer clubs, which were thought to be exempt.
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Should You Buy Shares in Your Favorite Sports Team?
The Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers got the NFL's approval this week to sell more stock to the public, but even the Pack can't compete with the buzz of another anticipated "football" stock offering: Manchester United. Certainly owning shares in a team makes for great pub talk, but is it a wise investment?
Team USA's MMP (Most Marketable Player)?
The U.S. team scored a big victory over Algeria to advance to the next round of the World Cup in South Africa. Will Team USA's run at the Cup launch Landon Donovan, Tim Howard or Jozy Altidore into the stratosphere of sports endorsement deals?
Rising World Cup Ratings: Soccer Fever Hits America
More Americans are watching the World Cup soccer tournament. ESPN and ABC say that the number of viewers so far are double what they were in 2006. All this could be a sign that America is finally taking to a sport long played mostly by our kids.
