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Apple in the hot seat: Expect tough questioning at tax hearing
WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook and other company officials will be in a legendary hot seat Tuesday as they try to defend the company's tax practices -- in front of Sen. Carl Levin. The veteran Michigan Democrat chairs the Senate's...
Tags: Politics, Tim Cook, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Abusive Behavior
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U.S. Senate panel hammers Apple over offshore tax strategies
ReutersBy Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Apple Inc came under fire on Tuesday at a Senate hearing over an investigation that alleged the U.S. high technology icon has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries and paid...Tags: Taxation, Republic of Ireland, Politics, National Government, Tim Cook
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White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday. The five-year farm bill would...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Congress, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Kirsten Gillibrand
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Dawn Sweeney: Restaurant industry eyes sensible immigration reform
Capitol Hill is accustomed to bitter partisanship. But eight U.S. senators — four Democrats and four Republicans — just stood shoulder-to-shoulder to introduce a sweeping immigration reform bill. This so-called "Gang of Eight" is comprised of...Tags: Dick Durbin, Lindsey O. Graham, Jeff Flake, Sales, Employment
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota,...
Tags: Paul C. Broun, Justice System, Same-Sex Marriage, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Gays and Lesbians
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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: Finance, Sheldon Whitehouse, Karl Rove, Economy, Business and Finance, Literature
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Matthew Rozsa: Why won't 'birthers' question citizenship of Sen. Ted Cruz?
From a strictly political standpoint, the past month has been pretty good for Sen. Ted Cruz. First the tea party darling further endeared himself to grass-roots rightists by claiming he had privately told Republican senators who supported the gun-buyer...Tags: Harry Reid, Politics, Elections, Lehigh University, Barack Obama
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Peter Morici: Obama failing dramatically as manager of people
CEOs of large organizations all face the same problem – driving their agendas in organizations too diverse and geographically dispersed to manage directly. They hire competent managers for their units, set goals and establish clear metrics for...Tags: Executive Branch, Illinois General Assembly, Religion and Belief, Elections, U.S. Congress
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Smart TV: The industry push to keep getting smarter
For decades we've been watching TV. Now a new generation of televisions is beginning to watch us. Technological advances are giving the old clunky "boob tube" an I.Q. injection. Some of the new breed of smart TVs comes equipped with facial recognition...Tags: Netflix Inc., Media Industry, Science and Technology, Gaming, Services and Shopping
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Defense official says U.S. has authority to target terrorists anywhere
WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee Thursday that the U.S. would be at war with Al Qaeda for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under a law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Tags: Yemen, Somalia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, State of the Union Address, Al-Qaeda
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One Cabinet pick approved, two narrowly advance
WASHINGTON — President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department won unanimous confirmation by the Senate on Thursday while two other Cabinet choices narrowly advanced out of committee, amid complaints from Democrats over Republican delaying...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Government Health Care, Justice System, Jeff Merkley, Crime, Law and Justice
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Life Out Here: Hillary vs. The Angry Koala
If there is proof that Hillary Clinton was incompetent, indifferent or conspiratorial, or any combination of the aforementioned, in the Benghazi attack and subsequent scandal, she should never again be given serious consideration as a presidential...
Tags: Leon Panetta, Politics, Central Intelligence Agency, Elections, Hillary Clinton
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