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'Unfunded liabilities' a financial myth, expert says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A growing chorus of complaints about the U.S. government’s “unfunded” debts may be unsettling, but no cause to become unnerved, a University of Illinois tax expert says.





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Obama's tax plans raises high-tech hackles

Technology / Business

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(AP) -- President Barack Obama's plan to impose U.S. taxes on corporate America's overseas profits threatens to open a big crater in the financial statements of technology companies.


Tax lobbying provides 22,000 percent return to multinational firms, KU researchers find

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Three professors at the University of Kansas have found that a one-time tax break allowed multinational corporations to receive a 22,000 percent average return on lobbying expenditures.


Roth IRA conversion not a good fit for all, tax expert says

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Starting next year, anyone can convert retirement savings into tax-advantaged Roth individual retirement accounts, but the much-touted switch isn't for everyone, a University of Illinois expert on tax and elder law warns.


Taiwan mulls world's first junk food tax: report

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Taiwan is planning the world's first tax on junk food in a bid to encourage the public to eat healthily and cut obesity rates, a report said Monday.


Implications of Past Forecasting Errors Often Underestimated

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When managers issue a forecast of their firm's earnings, they do not always take into account prior forecasting errors, according to research in the current issue of the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.


Qwest 2Q profit up 18 pct on one-time tax savings

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc.'s second-quarter earnings rose 18 percent because of one-time tax savings, even as revenue continued to slide as customers abandon landline telephones, the phone company said ...


Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study says

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois ...


Qwest Communications 3Q earnings fall 6 pct

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. reported a 6 percent drop in third-quarter profit Wednesday as customers continue to give up traditional landline telephones.


Philip's net profit of 176 mln euros ($259 million) was nearly triple the year-earlier result

Philips posts surprise profit as cost cuts help

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created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dutch electronics giant Philips reported on Monday a surprise profit for the third quarter as a series of cost cutting measures to cope with the global slump helped the bottomline.


Temp workers not stuck in jobs and earn more than regular employees

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created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rather than being trapped in dead-end jobs, many people hired by temporary help agencies actually earn higher hourly wages and are better educated than permanent employees, and move quickly between temporary ...



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