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European banks stop sending money to North Korea - aid groups
Reuters* NGOs say European banks won't send money to North Korea * Main problem was Bank of China move to shut account of North's Foreign Trade Bank * Bank of China was key intermediary for fund transfers * Aid groups say worried donors will withdraw...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Beijing (China), Banking, European Union, Parties and Movements
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FACTBOX-Who knew what when in the IRS 'Tea Party' scandal
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been under intense scrutiny since May 10, when the tax-collection agency acknowledged that workers had used partisan criteria to intensely scrutinize conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt...Tags: U.S. Congress, White House, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Justice, Career and Workplace
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Under fire from loyalists, White House admits 'potholes' in handling IRS scandal
Reuters* "Been some legitimate criticisms" * Shifting story puts White House under glare * Appearance of clumsiness By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Facing criticism from Democratic loyalists, the White House acknowledged on Wednesday that...Tags: White House, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Justice, Denis R. McDonough, Government
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McManus: Obama's IRS choice
Message to the president: Resistance is futile. There are plenty of juicy targets for investigators in the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, but the most dangerous for President Obama is this: Did bureaucrats...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Lawyers, White House, Internal Revenue Service, Charles B. Rangel
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The Fifth — and First — Amendments
"If you refuse to answer, you will leave us no choice but to ask for a special counsel or the appointment of a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of this. I hope that's not the approach of the IRS going forward, because there will be hell to pay."...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Eric Holder, Stephen F. Lynch, Lawyers, White House
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European banks stop sending money to North Korea: aid groups
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Beijing (China), Banking, Thomson Corporation, European Union
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Dollar muscles up on Bernanke comments; Aussie under pressure
ReutersTOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dollar bounded up to a three-year high against a basket of major currencies in Asia on Thursday, squeezed higher after Treasury yields jumped on the prospect that the Federal Reserve might scale back its stimulus program...Tags: Government Debt, Economic Policy, Germany, Real Estate Sellers, European Central Bank
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Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. House of Representatives, John McCain, Tim Cook
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...Tags: U.S. Congress, Sherrod Brown, Lawyers, White House, Internal Revenue Service
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FACTBOX-Four key questions in the unfolding IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Congressional and Justice Department investigators are examining the Internal Revenue Service over its inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. President Barack Obama, seeking...Tags: U.S. Congress, Jack Lew, Eric Holder, Lawyers, White House
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IRS' Miller says planting question on tax targeting was bad idea
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the Internal Revenue Service took responsibility on Tuesday for his agency's decision to expose its political targeting scandal by planting a question in the audience at a tax conference. Acting IRS...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Politics
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Former IRS chief tells lawmakers "dismayed" by targeting
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former head of the Internal Revenue Service told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday he was "dismayed" to learn that the tax agency had subjected conservative groups to extra scrutiny under his watch. At a congressional hearing, former...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Politics
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