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Geithner presses case for revamping corporate taxes - CBS News

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Geithner presses case for revamping corporate taxes CBS News Finally, because no company should be able to avoid paying its fair share of taxes by moving jobs and profits overseas, this framework includes a basic minimum tax for every multinational company." Obama wants to revamp the corporate tax code while not ... Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28%New York Times The devil's in the details (and the politics)The Economist (blog) Obama Corporate Tax Reform a Sugar-Coated, Harmful Tax HikeHeritage.org (blog) Washington Post -Business Insider -Reuters AlertNet all 1,908 news articles »

Apple and the China Trade - CounterPunch

Apple and the China Trade CounterPunch American multinational corporations opposed these changes. China is gradually abandoning the earlier labor practices as it moves towards the creation of a domestic market and a middle class society. Given the size of China's labor force and the ... and more »

In Defense of Responsible Offshoring and Outsourcing - blogs.hbr.org (blog)

In Defense of Responsible Offshoring and Outsourcing blogs.hbr.org (blog) Yet, the imperatives of offshore facilities and employees are — and will remain — central to American companies' international competitiveness. A company's foreign sales can approach or exceed 50 percent; its non-US employees can be 25 percent or ... and more »

Morning Business Memo - ABC News (blog)

Morning Business Memo ABC News (blog) The plan calls for eliminating loopholes and subsidies and imposing a minimum tax on the overseas profits of US companies. This might be a boost for many US manufacturers, but some multinational firms with many employees overseas could take a hit. and more »

YourCause Forms Partnership with ammado to Expand International Charitable Options - PR.com (press release)

YourCause Forms Partnership with ammado to Expand International Charitable Options PR.com (press release) Dallas, TX, February 21, 2012 --(PR.com)-- YourCause, LLC announces their new partnership with ammado AG, leaders in global online donations, which will provide multinational corporations the ability to offer equal programs to all employees in all ...