Tyco's Tax Avoidance Machine Will Outlive Its Infamous Name
Tyco's name will disappear after its merger with Johnson Controls, but its tax-avoiding legacy will live on.
View ArticleHow The President Can Block Sleazy, Tax-Avoiding Deals Like The Johnson...
President Obama – or the next president – should move to deter such Treasury ripoffs by using the government’s power over its contractors.
View ArticleHow Much Revenue The U.S. Is Losing Through Tax Inversions, And How Much...
Amid news of the Johnson Controls-Tyco deal, two new studies offer ammo for the fight over inversions: An economist estimates that income-shifting techniques reduced Treasury revenues by as much as...
View ArticleTyco And Johnson Controls Is About Internet Of Things More Than Tax Inversion
The big industrial merger is getting tons of coverage as yet another sinister tax inversion deal. Yes, the headquarters domicile will save the combined company at least $150 million in taxes annually,...
View ArticleNew York Times Hypocrisy On Corporate Taxes Reaches Record High
The editorial board of The New York Times has taken a strong position against corporate inversions. Philosophical consistency would require they also strongly condemn their own company's tax-minimizing...
View ArticleAllergan's Attacks On Valeant Are Looking Eerily Prescient
In the April 4 issue of the New Yorker, James Surowiecki turns his here's-everything-you-need-to-know-about-business-for-cocktail-parties technique on Valeant Pharmaceuticals and its billionaire CEO...
View ArticleThe Blankenship Case: Did Justice Prevail And Did The Process Work?
The sentencing this week of coal baron Don Blankenship to a year in prison has many people questioning whether justice was done and whether the lives of American capitalists are worth more than 29 coal...
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