SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is slated to begin a tax trial in a San Francisco court on Tuesday, as the Internal Revenue Service tries to convince a judge the world’s largest social media company owes more than $9 billion linked to its decision to shift profits to Ireland. The trial, which Facebook expects […]
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When you enter the workforce, you may quickly realize that your job is not just to do what you were hired for, but also to compete in the world of office politics. “Avoiding office politics is like trying to avoid air, because if you have more than two people working together, you are going to
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Newman was released from a Florida hospital on Wednesday, two days after his frightening crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500. Roush Fenway Racing released a photo of Newman leaving a Daytona Beach hospital holding the hands of his two young daughters. The announcement came just a few
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Image copyright Reuters US lawmakers are taking steps to remove a tax break for Boeing that is at the centre of a fight between the European Union and the US. Legislators in the state of Washington, Boeing’s main manufacturing hub, introduced the plan on Wednesday. They want to avoid a trans-Atlantic tariff war triggered by
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LONDON — A British woman who in a drunken fit tried to open the door of a passenger plane thousands of feet above the North Sea has been jailed for two years and barred for life from the airline, officials said. The woman, Chloe Haines, was on an evening flight with Jet2, a British budget
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Russia’s space agency says two cosmonauts scheduled to launch to the International Space Station will be replaced with alternates for unspecified medical reasons February 19, 2020, 9:12 PM 1 min read MOSCOW — Russia’s space agency said Wednesday that two cosmonauts scheduled to launch to the International Space Station will be replaced with alternates for
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Just 60 miles east of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, one Little League director is sending a clear message to his 4,000 players that the Houston Astros and their sign-stealing scam aren’t to be emulated By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer February 19, 2020, 10:06 PM 4 min read Just 60 miles east of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, one Little
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LAS VEGAS — Supporters of Senator Elizabeth Warren have formed a last-minute super PAC to boost her candidacy in Nevada and are plunging $1 million into television and other ads in the race’s final days, despite the Massachusetts senator’s previous outspoken opposition to such groups. The group, which calls itself the Persist PAC, filed paperwork
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Scour her holdings and you’ll probably find something that is personally objectionable. I wouldn’t want to own Intuit, given all of the reporting from Pro Publica about how it tried to keep people from filing their income tax returns for free. Equifax also makes an appearance, which hurt my heart. We people are animals, too,
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People are more likely to buy things when prices end in 99 cents rather than rounded up to the next dollar By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer February 19, 2020, 10:00 PM 3 min read People are more likely to buy things when prices end in 99 cents rather than rounded up to the
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