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COLUMN- A taxation conundrum
Reuters(John Lloyd is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By John Lloyd May 28 (Reuters) - For the giants of Silicon Valley, the fall from freedom's children to social pariah has been something of a Shakespearean reversal of fortunes. Google,...Tags: Labor Legislation, Eric Schmidt, Dublin (Ireland), Republic of Ireland, Rand Paul
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IRS puts head of problem office on leave
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has replaced the head of the office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, a day after she invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to answer questions before a congressional committee. Lois...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, FBI, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Congress, Politics
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IRS replaces head of division that targeted conservative groups
WASHINGTON -- Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, was replaced by the agency's acting commissioner on Thursday, a day after she insisted she had done nothing wrong and refused to answer...
Tags: Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, FBI, U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service
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Taxes, schmaxes: Congress wants you to know it loves Apple
You could be forgiven for thinking that the big hearing before the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations this week was a chance for lawmakers to grill Apple about some of its controversial tax practices. And yes, there was some of...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Apple iPhone, U.S. Congress, Computer Hardware, Claire McCaskill
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Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Congress, Corning Incorporated, Claire McCaskill, Politics
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Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the...
Tags: Bashar Assad, FBI, Arab Spring, Saxby Chambliss, U.S. Senate
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Apple skirts U.S. taxes, panel finds
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc., one of the most successful and valuable companies on the planet, will be tested Tuesday when Chief Executive Tim Cook testifies about the company's controversial tax practices before a hostile Senate subcommittee. Should...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Apple Inc., Barack Obama, Companies and Corporations
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Report: Apple avoided billions in U.S. taxes on foreign income
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. has used an elaborate web of offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on $44 billion in foreign income over the past four years,...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., White House, Politics, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corporation
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Apple CEO Tim Cook strongly defends tax policy at Senate hearing
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook strongly defended the company's tax practices Tuesday at a Senate hearing highlighting the technology giant's use of Irish subsidiaries to shelter billions of dollars in income from U.S. taxes....
Tags: Apple iPhone, U.S. Congress, Politics, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Apple Inc.
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Rep. Gary Peters' former campaign manager Julie Ann Petrick to lead his bid for US Senate
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rep. Gary Peters' campaign for U.S. Senate is kicking into full-gear with the announcement of his campaign manager. Julie Ann Petrick is expected to announce her role as the Democratic congressman's campaign manager Tuesday....Tags: Gary Peters, U.S. Senate, Elections, Politics, Ron Klein
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IRS probe ignored most influential groups
IRS probe ignored most influential groups KEN THOMAS,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. The nation's tax agency has admitted to...
Tags: 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Mitt Romney, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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