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Not NATO's Kind of Town

Curtis Black | Posted 05.23.2012

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Curtis Black

Monday morning's headlines did nothing to burnish the city's reputation, and the $128 million that summit boosters said would be injected into the city's economy turned out to be a figment of their imagination.

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Former U.S. nuclear commander startles with proposal to cut weapons arsenal by 80%

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

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The Center for Public Integrity

By R. Jeffrey SmithiWatch NewsThe chairman of a House subcommittee that helps shape the nation's nuclear arsenal, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), has bee...

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Corporate Tax Rate and a Busy Lame Duck Session

Ted Kaufman | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: AT&T, Ge, Business Rountable, Bush Tax Credits, Nike, Elections., Lobbyists, Boeing, Romney, Lame Duck Session, Budget Deficit, Obama, Corporate Tax, Capitol One, Congress, Corporate Tax Rate, Corporate Taxes, 112th Congress, Politics News
Ted Kaufman

Since Japan lowered its rate last April, our corporate tax rate has been the highest in the world. There is no disagreement in Washington, believe it or not, that a 35% rate is too high. What complicates things is that very few if any corporations actually pay that rate.

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Dysfunctional Congress Fighting Over Agency's Future

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Since the Export-Import Bank was founded in 1934, Congress has methodically renewed its charter two dozen times with little or no contro...

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What Airplane Company Hopes This Wing Will Do

Reuters | Kyle Peterson and Tim Hepher | Posted 05.04.2012

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By Kyle Peterson and Tim Hepher CHICAGO/PARIS (Reuters) - There are, so the industry saying goes, only three secrets in the commercial ...

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PHOTOS: Boeing Delivers 'Queen Of The Skies' To Lufthansa

Posted 05.02.2012

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Boeing executives delivered their 747-8 Intercontinental to Lufthansa on Tuesday during a ceremony in Everett, Washington. The roughly 974,443-poun...

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WATCH: The Travel Detective Reviews The Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Peter Greenberg | Posted 04.30.2012

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Peter Greenberg

Did it live up to the hype? You bet.

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You Can Be a Patriot Or a Profiteer... But You Can't Be Both

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.07.2012

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Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

This week, the three military contractors that do the most business with the Pentagon announced their quarterly profits for 2012. Their profits continue to grow while they push Washington, D.C. to protect their budgets at the expense of the rest of us.

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Shuttles Out To Pasture, Space Agency Eyes Orbital 'Taxis'

Posted 04.24.2012

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By: Mike Wall Published: 04/24/2012 07:53 AM EDT on SPACE.com With NASA's oldest and most-flown space shuttle now delivered to its museum retire...

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'Honor Flights' Fly Vets To Memorial Sites Worldwide As A 'Thank You'

Posted 04.17.2012

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It's a small effort that's taken off. The Honor Flight Network started as a fundraising effort in 2005 to send veterans to Washington D.C. to visit...

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The Corporations That Make Money Off Taxes

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Taxes, Boeing, General Electric, Fortune 500, Think Progress, Verizon, Corporate Profits, Tax Rates, Corporate Taxes, Tax Subsidies, Citizens for Tax Justice, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Corporate Tax Cuts, Corporate Tax Rates, Corporations, Corporate Tax Loopholes, Corporate Tax Revenue, Business News

Instead of giving money to the government, it turns out more than a few U.S. companies are actually making money off their income taxes. In a recen...

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Ryan Grim

Delta Embarrassed By Loan Guarantee From Federal Agency It Wants To End

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A bizarre lobbying battle that pits Delta Air Lines and the Tea Party against the Export-Import Bank became even more interesting on Thu...

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The U.S. Export and Import Bank Should Help Finance Sales of Domestic Firms That Compete with Imports

Robert E. Scott | Posted 04.04.2012

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Robert E. Scott

Promoting exports while ignoring the negative impacts of imports has become an executive mantra in Washington. It's time to end that single-minded focus.

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Public Diplomacy With Brazil Puts Boeing Deal at Risk

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 04.04.2012

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Eric Ehrmann

Brazil's reluctance to help Washington topple Syria and their support for Iran's nuclear program have drawn the ire of a White House eager to turn foreign policy into political currency during a presidential election year.

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Dave Jamieson

Obama Labor Board Appointee Shared Insider Secrets, Violating Ethics Code, Report Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- An inspector general's investigation has found that a recent appointee to the National Labor Relations Board violated the agency's ethic...

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WATCH: Southwest Debuts 737

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 03.21.2012

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DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines Co. is rolling out some new, larger planes that will start hauling passengers next month. The airline introduced its fir...

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Mayhem in the Making: A Political Circus, An Out-of-Control Government Bureaucracy and a Distracted Populace

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.21.2012

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John W. Whitehead

On Wednesday, Nov. 7, the day after the next president is elected, the government as we have come to know it -- corrupt, bloated and controlled by big-money corporations, lobbyists and special interest groups -- will be largely unchanged.

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Companies Profiting The Most From War

Posted 03.01.2012

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Global sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest defense contractors increased in 2010 to $411.1 billion, according to the Stockholm Inte...

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Alexander Eichler

General Electric Paid A Tiny, Tiny Tax Rate This Decade

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.28.2012

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General Electric again finds itself the focus of a politically-charged battle over corporate taxes. A new analysis of the mega-corporation's tax f...

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Mother America Always Loved Manufacturing Most

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.28.2012

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Leo W. Gerard

It's illogical, even unpatriotic to use tax dollars to subsidize companies that send jobs overseas, transferring America's manufacturing power to foreign countries like China.

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Corporate Tax Rates Effectively Already Below Obama's Proposed Level

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.22.2012

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President Obama hopes to bring change to a loophole-ridden corporate tax code that allows potential tax dollars to slip through the cracks. In exchang...

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Obama Unveils New Proposal

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 04.18.2012

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EVERETT, Wash. — President Barack Obama on Friday called for more steps to help U.S. companies compete overseas, standing in front of an enormou...

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NASA Wants Space Station 'Taxis' To Compete With Russia

Reuters | Posted 04.08.2012

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By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is looking for at least two U.S. firms to design and build space taxis to ferry...

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Artist Plans To Bury A Plane In The Desert

AP | Posted 03.27.2012

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Artist Plans To Bury 727 Jetliner In Calif. Desert

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Over Two-Thirds Of Corporations Pay No Federal Corporate Income Tax

Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Boeing, Taxes, General Electric, State Budgets, Verizon, Federal Income Tax, Budget Cuts, Corporate Tax Rate, Wells Fargo, State Income Tax, Corporate Tax, Budget Shortfall, Corporate Taxes, National Deficit, Income Tax, Video, National Debt, Government Layoffs, Nontaxable Businesses, Corporate Tax Breaks, Corporate Tax Loopholes, Business News

At a time when the federal government is starved for cash -- and facing layoffs and cuts in services across the board -- more and more corporations ar...

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