Exxon: Profit Pirate or Tax Victim?

A lot of attention is being focused on Exxon Mobil's first-quarter earnings of $10.9 billion. The company also paid $9.3 billion in worldwide taxes, an amount some politicians believe should have been higher.
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Fed Cuts Benchmark Interest Rate Once Again
Hours after the Commerce Department reported some growth in the economy, a divided Federal Reserve Board voted to cut its key interest rate once again.
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Does GDP Really Capture Economy's Health?
America's so-called gross domestic product is an enormous number and an important number, but is it the right number? That's the question came before the U.S. Senate this week in an unusual hearing on the far from perfect science of measuring economic activity.
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What You Don't Know about Nafta
Nafta has suddenly re-emerged as a hot-button issue in American politics. Yet the world has changed so profoundly since 1994 that trying to pin specific job losses and gains directly on Nafta is an exercise in futility.
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Business Minute: President, Democrats talk economy...Stocks have another good week
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Shareholders worry about Berkshire's future after Buffett
Report: Microsoft raises offer for Yahoo
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Blue chips higher, as Dow finishes week above 13K
Source: Murdoch won't raise bid for Newsday
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Sustainable Community Award Winners Announced
Siemens and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce joined forces to honor three communities for successfully taking on challenges such as environmental stewardship. (Produced for Siemens)
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Wind Power Is On The Rise, Despite The Controversy
New wind farms are being built almost daily. Supporters, from ports to farmers note the environmental, and economic, benefits of clean, renewable, wind power. (Produced for Siemens)
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