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InternetNews May 13, 2004 Roy Mark |
Senate Approves Tech Corporate Tax Break Legislation calls for one-year reduction in foreign dividend taxes from 35 percent to 5.25 percent.  |
InternetNews May 6, 2004 Roy Mark |
Senate Blocks Anti-Offshoring Measures Democrats fail to limit foreign dividend tax breaks backed by Intel and Microsoft.  |
InternetNews October 11, 2004 Roy Mark |
Congress Gives Tax Break to Tech Industry The U.S. Senate approved today a one-year tax break backed by the tech industry that proponents say will repatriate more than $300 billion into the U.S. economy and create as many as a half million new jobs.  |
InternetNews March 5, 2004 Roy Mark |
Anti-Offshoring Fever in Senate Partisan bickering delays legislation to end EU trade penalty tariffs imposed this week on U.S. goods.  |
InternetNews June 15, 2004 Roy Mark |
House Panel Approves Multinational Tax Break A controversial measure favored by IT firms moves to a vote of the full House.  |
InternetNews June 18, 2004 Roy Mark |
House Passes Pro-Tech Tax Breaks The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a corporate tax bill loaded with provisions favorable to the technology industry, including a reduction in foreign revenue taxes and an extension of the research and development tax credit.  |
InternetNews September 24, 2004 Roy Mark |
Congress OKs Tech-Friendly R&D Tax Credit Technology consortium had pushed for the nearly $8 billion credits as key drivers for the industry. President Bush is expected to sign the legislation.  |
InternetNews May 25, 2004 Roy Mark |
Tech Bills Face Protectionist Measures Anti-offshoring sentiments likely to continue in House after bitter Senate dispute blocked tech bill for months.  |
InternetNews September 23, 2004 Roy Mark |
R&D Tax Credit Nears Congressional Approval Legislation could give U.S. businesses almost $8 billion in tax credits with 75 percent devoted to employee wages.  |
InternetNews March 9, 2004 Roy Mark |
U.S. Increasing Trade Pressure on China, India Offshoring grows as a hot-button issue as Baucus bashes Bangalore and U.S. Trade Representative Zoellick urges Congress to stay the free trade course.  |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Howard Gleckman |
Is Kerry's Jobs Proposal Jinxed? Rejiggering foreign taxes is politically savvy, but it won't help unemployment much  |
InternetNews October 7, 2004 Roy Mark |
Congress Still Hot on Tech Agenda The House and Senate are battling to session's end on new Internet access tax moratorium and blocking stock option expensing.  |
InternetNews November 1, 2004 Roy Mark |
Tech Lacks Traction in Presidential Race Pollsters, politicians and pundits have made it well known that the 2004 presidential race is tight for many reasons. But one thing is for certain: Technology policy is not one of them.  |
CFO August 1, 2003 Alix Nyberg |
A Taxing Dispute The WTO ban on a U.S. export subsidy has pushed companies and Congress into a battle over tax bills.  |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2005 Chris Mallon |
Bring Home the Billions A one-time corporate tax break could mean money in the bank for big multinationals. Investors ought to be cautious about buying companies based on strong 2005 earnings, and hopefully companies will clearly separate the "real" from the "one-time" in their reporting.  |
CIO September 9, 2010 Michael Overly et al. |
Offshoring: Ways to Reduce Your Risks When Congress, States Threaten Restrictions Proposed bills in Congress and in state legislatures aim to discourage offshoring, but you can use your contracts to reduce the risk to your company if such measures are enacted.  |
CIO June 15, 2004 Ben Worthen |
Regulations: What to Worry About As the offshoring debate heats up, CIOs are scrambling to meet the demands of current and pending legislation. Here's what's real, what's not and how to cope.  |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2009 Steve LeVine |
A U.S. Emissions Tariff: Who'd Get Hurt? The measure, now in the Senate, is aimed chiefly at carbon-intensive products from China and India. But would it spark a trade war?  |
Registered Rep. April 27, 2010 Kristen French |
Goldman Case Boosts Odds For Fiduciary Standard In Senate Bill The Senate hearing with Goldman Sachs may increase the likelihood that a fiduciary standard for brokers will make it into Senator Christopher Dodd's financial regulatory reform legislation.  |
CFO May 1, 2004 Tim Reason |
Euro Clash Removing tariffs is easy. Breaking down social barriers to trade is hard.  |
Inc. February 2004 Alison Stein Wellner |
Under-the-Radar Tax Breaks Last year's tax cuts may seem like ancient history. But it's not too late to save -- if you act now.  |
CFO June 1, 2004 Kris Frieswick |
The Backlash The only thing that will make the furor over offshoring worse is hiding from it.  |
Geotimes May 2003 David Applegate |
Another Stab at Energy Legislation With Republicans now in control of both chambers, energy legislation is a top priority of the House and Senate leadership.  |
Investment Advisor June 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Next Steps for Congressional Action Reconciliation of reform bills looms. Will Schapiro get fiduciary authority she wants?  |
Chemistry World September 29, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
EU Bans Mercury Exports The European Union has banned exports of mercury from 2011, in order to cut emissions of the toxic metal into the environment.  |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2004 Roy Lewis |
Dividends vs. Salary for Businesses C- and S-type corporations can save taxes, depending on how they classify compensation.  |
Investment Advisor January 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Congress Reaches Year-End Goal A House-passed bill nixes FINRA's oversight of RIAs and a comprehensive financial services reform bill likely by the end of first quarter.  |
Inc. April 2005 Stephanie Clifford |
Tax Holiday for Little Guys, Too Small companies can take advantage of the repatriation tax break just like larger companies.  |
Bank Systems & Technology February 1, 2007 Nancy Feig |
2007 Banking Legislative Forecast An ideological shift in Congress could mean an increase in compliance requirements -- and the necessary technology investments -- for financial services firms.  |
Registered Rep. March 2, 2010 Kristen French |
Senate Nears Deal, Consumer Protection At The Fed Circulated Monday by Chris Dodd, Senate banking committee chairman, the latest proposal would house a semi-autonomous consumer protection agency inside of the Federal Reserve, according a story in the Financial Times.  |
Inc. January 2005 Elizabeth Wasserman |
Happy Birthday, WTO? An organization best known for sparking riots also deserves some credit for promoting the interests of American entrepreneurs.  |
Registered Rep. March 15, 2010 Kristen French |
Dodd Bill Requires Year-Long Study of Fiduciary Issue, SRO Idea, Gives SEC Muscle Banking reform legislation introduced Monday would give the SEC greater enforcement muscle over RIAs, and would require it to conduct a study examining the effectiveness of extending the fiduciary standard to brokers.  |
Registered Rep. March 11, 2010 Kristen French |
Dodd to Introduce Financial Regulatory Overhaul Bill Monday, without Republican Support He's still hopeful that negotiations with Republican Senators will prove successful.  |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2005 Rich Smith |
EU Is Still a Banana Republic More than a year after the EU promised to eliminate quotas on the volume of bananas that can be imported to the Continent from Latin America, and nearly a decade after complaints against the quota system were first voiced, Europe still hasn't embraced the principles of the free market.  |
Registered Rep. February 17, 2010 Kristen French |
Uniform Fiduciary Standard Still A Question Mark The fiduciary issue is not one of the major sticking points in wrangling over legislation; the big issues are banking regulations, systemic risk, credit rating agency reform, derivatives, executive compensation, and the Consumer Protection Agency.  |
Investment Advisor February 2010 Melanie Waddell |
The Effect of Dodd's Retirement Opinions vary as to what Senator Christopher Dodd's retirement, announced in January, will mean for financial services and healthcare reform.  |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
A Rough New Year for Congress Let's preview the political implications for financial regulatory reform and the market.  |