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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: Apple iPhone, Tim Cook, Apple iPad, Computer Hardware, U.S. Congress
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Apple slips billions through loopholes of U.S. tax laws
Apple, America’s richest, most innovative consumer technology company, is also the most creative in hiding billions of dollars in profits from the taxman, according to congressional investigators. But on Tuesday in testimony before the Senate...
Tags: Tim Cook, Science and Technology, Rand Paul, U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service
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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: Republic of Ireland, Rand Paul, Apple Inc., Finance, U.S. Congress
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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: Republic of Ireland, Apple Inc., Rand Paul, Apple iPad, U.S. Congress
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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: Republic of Ireland, Apple Inc., Personal Income, Companies and Corporations, U.S. Congress
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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: Tim Cook, Apple Inc., Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Republican Party
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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: Science and Technology, Entertainment, Consumers, Gaming, Computer Networking and Internet
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Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Parties and Movements
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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: Laws, State of the Union Address, Somalia, U.S. Congress, Pakistan
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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: Environmental Politics, Marco Rubio, U.S. Cabinet, Career and Workplace, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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McCain again calls for special congressional panel on Benghazi
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) pressed Sunday for a special congressional committee to investigate the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year, insisting that questions about former Secretary of State...
Tags: Government, ABC (tv network), John Boehner, Kelly Ayotte, Darrell E Issa
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2013 TV upfronts: ESPN not worried about a la carte or competition
ESPN President John Skipper said Tuesday he isn’t too worried about proposed legislation from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that would allow consumers to pick what channels they want instead of buying a big package of networks. “We don’...
Tags: Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company, Consumers, Television, News Corp.
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