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PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - May 23
ReutersMay 23 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * The plan to assure safety in factories in Bangladesh, forged after a deadly...Tags: The New York Times, Jamie Dimon, Networking
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Republican Issa to call IRS's Lerner back in Tea Party probe
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Darrell Issa said on Thursday he will call Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner back to testify before his committee on the IRS-Tea Party scandal after she asserted her...Tags: Taxation, Darrell E Issa, Politics
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Key IRS official refuses to testify
WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and...
Tags: Parties and Movements, New Products, Jay Carney, White House, Taxation
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Performances worthy of an audit
WASHINGTON — They were the speak-no-evil and see-no-evil duo of the Internal Revenue Service. Lois Lerner, who runs the IRS office that targeted tea party and similar conservative groups for extra scrutiny, took the Fifth, when she appeared...Tags: White House, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Taxation, Elijah E. Cummings, Crime, Law and Justice
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Julian Bond: Race relations progress still has long way to go
I have always suspected racists didn't like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof. When I told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on May 14th that the tea party was "the Taliban wing of American politics", a firestorm erupted. Arguing the IRS was...Tags: Racism, Parties and Movements, The Washington Post, Culture, Social Issues
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IRS official to assert Fifth Amendment right at U.S. House hearing
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official who revealed the agency was giving extra scrutiny to conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, will assert her constitutional right not to answer questions to a...Tags: U.S. Congress, Darrell E Issa, U.S. House of Representatives
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Lew: IRS actions "inexcusable" and urges acting director to hold people accountable
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups was "unacceptable and inexcusable" and he has directed the agency's acting director to hold people accountable. Lew told...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Jack Lew, Taxation, Washington, DC, Politics
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The IRS was doing its job
After listening to the news reports for the past week, I think I must be the only person in America who thinks that the IRS is supposed to look for people and groups who might try to evade taxes ("Taxing the tea party," May 13). I am an honest person...
Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Politics
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Top IRS official pleads the 5th Amendment at testy House hearing
WASHINGTON — A top Internal Revenue Service official invoked the 5th Amendment and declined to testify Wednesday before a House committee investigating the agency’s mishandling of applications by some conservative groups for tax-exempt status....Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Taxation, Crime, Law and Justice, Elijah E. Cummings
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U.S. Democrats call for controls on tax-exempt groups at IRS hearing
Reuters* Senators put focus on "loophole" for political activity * "There are two scandals here," Senator Menendez says * Former IRS chief says enforcement "very, very difficult" By Gabriel Debenedetti and David Lindsey WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - As they...Tags: Parties and Movements, Bob Menendez, Democratic Party, Taxation, Republican Party
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 21
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- MOORE - Rescuers went building to building in search of victims and thousands of survivors were homeless on Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City, wiping out whole blocks of homes and...Tags: Apple iPad, Raytheon Company, Russia, Moscow (Russia), Career and Workplace
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Mail Call - May 23
“I firmly believe that the gay community has the right to marry. Why shouldn’t they be as miserable as we heterosexuals. Sometimes wishing for something is better than having it.” — Clear Spring “To all the people out...Tags: Punishment, Belief and Faith, Tea Party Movement, Religion and Belief, U.S. Congress
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