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Twelve giant US firms paid less tax: Report
“Not a single one of these companies paid anything close to the 35 percent statutory tax rate,” said the report from Citizens for Tax Justice, a left-leaning group based in Washington that promised more details later this year.
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:51P
"Cooperative" Mladic to face tribunal on Friday
16 years is a long time to wait for justice. It is a long time to know that someone responsible for this trauma is walking free. Now he must answer to these serious international crimes." The 69-year-old former general was flown to the Netherlands late
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:49P
Sheley trial pushed back to August
Prosecuting attorneys asked Judge James Stewart to delay the start of the trial because of difficulties in getting key witnesses to appear in court for a trial. The trial was due to begin June 20 and expected to last for between two and three weeks.
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:49P
Ian Schrager Speaks Out On 'Frivolous' Lawsuit
Ian Schrager is not happy about the lawsuit that the owners of the Waikiki Edition filed last week--and which they put out a press release on yesterday. Until now he's been referring all inquiries to Marriott but he's told HotelChatter he couldn't sit
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:48P
Man found guilty in last Fenger videotaped beating case
Colbert, the fifth person convicted of the crime, broke down crying after the verdict was read. In an infamous videotape of the fracas, Colbert was shown walking up to Derrion Albert on Sept. 24, 2009, kicking him in the head, stomping him and jumping
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:48P
Florida governor defies fury of privacy advocates as he signs law forcing
'The analysis of urine also tells a lot more about you that is nobody's business,' he said. That includes whether an employee is pregnant, or taking heart, diabetes, depression or other medications. The ACLU won a similar lawsuit on behalf of a
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:48P
Murray Thompson disappearance: fourth man charged
Shafakat Ali Khan, 32, of Rose Gardens, Watford has been charged with perverting the course of justice. He has been released on conditional bail and is due to appear at Hemel Hempstead Magistrates' Court on 6 June. Mr Thompson, of St Albans,
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:48P
LA Dept. of Justice Submits Redistricting Plan to U.S. Justice Dept.
The Louisiana Department of Justice is officially submitting to the US Attorney General for pre-clearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act the Congressional District Plan approved by legislators. Act 2 of the 2011 First Extraordinary Session
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:48P
Dispute Grows as Egyptian Gas Doesn't Flow to Israel
One letter to Egyptian ministries from an American company with an Israeli chairman threatens a lawsuit of $8 billion. In Israel, which depends on Egypt for 40 percent of its natural gas, the electric company has warned that customer rates could rise
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:47P
JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Settle Dispute Over $222 Million in WaMu Claims
(JPM) and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. settled a dispute over $222.3 million in claims on the defunct firm that the second-biggest US bank inherited when it bought Washington Mutual Bank after Lehman's September 2008 bankruptcy.
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:47P
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