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The Rolling Stones have released a previously unheard recording of their hit song “Brown Sugar” featuring Eric Clapton on the slide guitar.The version of the 1971 song was recorded during an impromptu performance at a birthday party for Keith Richards in 1970.Richards is said to have considered releasing the version of the famous rock song on the band’s album Sticky Fingers, but decided to keep with the original.The Eric Clapton cut will feature on the band’s upcoming reissue of their acclaimed 1971 album, which is due to be re-released on 8 June.
VAT rate hikes always reduce state revenuesValue-added tax rates have been raised three times since 2010, all within the space of one year: in March and July 2010 and then in January 2011. The hike that the government is negotiating with the country’s creditors will be the fourth in five years.Already the low and very low VAT rates have gone up by 44 percent since early 2010.Modern Greek economic history has shown that any indirect tax rate increase leads to a reduction in consumption and an increase in tax evasion, meaning that revenues go down instead of up.
