International Company
Report: close Corporate Tax Loopholes - PIRG: LINK ¤ PIRG
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- "corporations used accounting tricks - to pretend for tax purposes !"
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- "that a substantial portion of their profits - were generated in offshore tax havens !"
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- "where a company’s presence may be as little - as a mailbox !"
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- "PepsiCo for example - had 132 subsidiaries in offshore tax havens !"
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- "in the past, Congress - failed to take action !"
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- "this study reveals that just 30 - Fortune 500 companies !"
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- "account for 65 percent - of these offshore profits !"
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- "Congress can and should take strong action - to prevent corporations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "from using - offshore tax havens !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "close the most egregious - offshore loopholes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and increase - transparency !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to restore basic fairness - to the tax system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and reduce - the deficit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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MONSANTO - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ MONSANTO
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- "Monsanto Company - is a biotechnology company"
- "problems are interconnections between the company - and parts of the US administration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "a problem is - customer safety !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "problems are biological patents - genetically engineered seed, GE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "problems of Monsanto are high-profile lawsuits - trying to defend its patents !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a great problem is glyphosate - roundup - and health risks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "and a great problem is genetic use restriction technology - known as "terminator technology" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( where there were sterile seeds ! )"
SYNGENTA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ SYNGENTA
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- "Syngenta AG - is pesticides corporation"
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BASF - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ BASF
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- "BASF SE - is a chemical company"
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- "Dow Chemical Co - is a chemical company"
Milliardenstrafe für Dow Chemical - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD
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- "die Chemiefirma Dow Chemical ist wegen Preisabsprachen - zu einer Geldstrafe von 1,2 Milliarden Dollar verurteilt worden !!!!!!"
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- "involviert war eine ganze Reihe von Firmen - darunter auch Bayer und BASF !!!!!!"
BAYER - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ BAYER
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- "Bayer AG - is a chemical company"
DU PONT - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ DU PONT
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- "du Pont de Nemours and Company - is a chemical company"
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- "Merck & Co, Merck Sharp & Dohme - is a pharmaceutical company"
- "according to internal e-mail traffic - Merck had a list of doctors critical of Vioxx !!!!!!"
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- "to be "neutralised" - or "discredited" !"
- "studies found an increased risk of heart attack - associated with Vioxx use !"
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- "the medical journal "the Lancet" published the results of its analysis - of the available studies !!!!!!"
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- "it concluded that the unacceptable cardiovascular risks of Vioxx - were evident as early as 2000 !!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "Merck was found liable for using - deceptive marketing tactics !!!!!!!!!!!!"
PFIZER - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ PFIZER
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- "Pfizer Inc - is a pharmaceutical company"
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- "Pfizer pleaded guilty to the illegal marketing - of the arthritis drug Bextra !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for uses unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration - FDA !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and agreed to a US$ 2.3 billion - settlement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Pfizer also paid US$ 1.3 billion - in criminal fines !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "related to the "off-label" marketing - of Bextra !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
JOHNSON & JOHNSON - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ JOHNSON&JOHNSON
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- "Johnson & Johnson - is a pharmaceutical company"
NOVARTIS - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ NOVARTIS
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- "Novartis International AG - is a pharmaceutical company"
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE
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- "Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd - is a pharmaceutical company"
SANOFI - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ SANOFI-AVENTIS
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- "Sanofi SA - is a pharmaceutical company"
GLAXO SMITH KLINE - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ G S K
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- "GlaxoSmithKline plc, GSK - is a pharmaceutical company"
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- "GSK pleaded guilty to criminal charges - and agreed to a US$ 3 billion settlement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the settlement was related to the company's illegal promotion - of prescription drugs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "its failure to report - safety data !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "bribing doctors - and promoting medicines !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the Italian police proceeded with charges for bribery - against 273 GSK employees !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "GSK and its predecessor had spent £ 152m - on "sweeteners" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "cameras, computers, holidays and cash - for physicians, pharmacists and others !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
VODAFONE - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ VODAFONE
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- "Vodafone Group plc - is a telecommunications company"
VERIZON - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ VERIZON
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- "Verizon Communications - is a telecommunications company"
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- "Verizon is involved - in the NSA scandal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the "Guardian" reported that it had obtained an order - by the FBI !"
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- "that required Verizon - to provide the NSA !"
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- "with telephone metadata - for all calls between the US and abroad !"
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- "and all domestic - calls !"
AT&T - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ AT&T
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- "AT&T Inc - is a telecommunications company"
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- "the company maintained a database - of call detail records !"
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- "of telephone calls - that have passed through its network !"
BERTELSMANN - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ BERTELSMANN
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- "Bertelsmann SE & Co - is a media company"
COMCAST - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ COMCAST
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- "Comcast Corporation - is a media company"
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- "the Customer Satisfaction Index survey found that Comcast - had a bad customer satisfaction rating !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "almost half of all cable customers - have registered complaints !!!!!!!!!!!!"
VIACOMCBS - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ VIACOMCBS
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- "ViacomCBS Inc. - is a media company"
NEWS CORP - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ NEWS CORP
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- "News Corp - is a media company"
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- "News Corp closed down the "News of the World" newspaper - due to allegations of phone hackings !!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "trying to access former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's voice mail - and obtain information from his bank accounts !"
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- "hacking former Prime Minister - Tony Blair !"
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- "and the - Royal Family !"
Rupert Murdoch secret Tape - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "Scotland Yard detectives were attempting to track down - a secret recording of Rupert Murdoch !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "admitting to Sun journalists - that payments to public officials !"
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- "were part of the culture - of Fleet Street !"
WARNERMEDIA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ WARNERMEDIA
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- "WarnerMedia, LLC - is a media company"
DISNEY COMPANY - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ DISNEY COMPANY
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- "Walt Disney Company, Disney - is a media company"
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- "Disney continues to come under public scrutiny - for questionable labor practices !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "an investigation into working conditions in several foreign factories - supplying Disney with consumer goods !!!!!!"
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- "found workers were not given contracts - as required !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "were paid illegally - low wages !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and were not paid - for overtime !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Disney's code of conduct - and monitoring systems !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "existed in name - only !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
COMPANY - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ COMPANY
