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"It would be easy for us to attack these companies by calling them immoral and unpatriotic."

2015-01-14 16:21:51| Semiconductors - Topix.net

So how did the previously obscure term tax inversions become part of Washington parlance, fodder for the next presidential campaign and the issue that helped derail a U.S. Treasury nominee? Thank, or blame, depending on your perspective, cutting-edge tax lawyers, populist Democrats, a banana seller, a drugmaker, a hamburger chain, the 35 percent U.S. corporate tax rate, and a Wall Street banker named Antonio Weiss. There is also the prospect that inversions could cost the U.S. Treasury up to $33.6 billion in lost revenue over the next decade, according to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation.

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Will Apple's 12-inch MacBook Air Use One Port to Rule Them All?

2015-01-08 16:13:22| TechNewsWorld

There is a hot new MacBook Air rumor that's got the tech press all in a flutter, and get this: It's not about a long-awaited Retina display for the MacBook Air. Instead, the rumor claims that Apple's redesigned MacBook Air will be remarkably smaller, with a 12-inch screen -- and just one port. The new MacBook Air design reportedly will drop the current MacBook Air's USB 3 ports.

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Homeless near Santa Ana tracks decry force used to oust them

2015-01-07 06:30:59| Railroads - Topix.net

Slashed tents, old Christmas decorations and potted plants are what remained of a homeless encampment Tuesday, after authorities told residents Monday to vacate an area along railroad tracks near Main Street and Dyer Road. "You've got to cut people some slack.

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