Which Corporate Giants Pay The Most In Taxes?
If you had trouble paying your tax bill this year, check out the hits that Apple, Exxon, Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway took.
Christopher Helman, Forbes Staff Active conversation: 7 commentsIf you had trouble paying your tax bill this year, check out the hits that Apple, Exxon, Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway took.
Christopher Helman, Forbes Staff Active conversation: 7 commentsOne of China’s biggest chicken processors on Monday posted a first-quarter loss, citing fallout from bird flu N7N9 as a factor. read »
Despite continued protestations that truly mainstream electric vehicles are on their way -- really, just wait a little bit longer! -- it's pretty obvious by now that automakers are relegating EVs to niche status for now, and likely for a long time to come. read »
Beginning early in his re-election campaign, President Obama began voicing his belief that our broken tax system and mounting deficit could be fixed -- in part, at least – by asking the nation’s wealthiest taxpayer’s to pay their “fair share” of federal income tax. By eliminating preferences, deductions, and exclusions that primarily benefit the rich, the President argued that we could successfully employ a balanced approach towards deficit reduction: with part of the savings coming from spending[...] read »
For many of we Star Trek fans, it is agreeable to anticipate the Star Trek: Into Darkness film and today's release of Star Trek: The Video Game. But some fans were not happy with the 2009 Star Trek film script's addition of a new setting that added a quantum reality to Star Trek's universe timeline. The setting of Abram's 2009 film is an alternate timeline, a new reality that runs parallel to the prime reality. If you are a little weak on the actual physics of this in the real world, you can listen[...] read »
It’s no secret that the McCains own somewhat of a real estate empire. At the time of John McCain’s run for president, the Arizona senator owned several homes in Arizona, three in California and one in Virginia, for a total of seven properties. read »
The number of confirmed H7N9 bird flu cases in China increased by four to 108 yesterday, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The number of dead rose by one to 22. read »
Shares in Wanxiang Qianchao, the domestically listed auto part manufacturing arm of Chinese billionaire Lu Guanqiu’s Wanxiang Group, rose by 2.6% at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Tuesday after the company said net profit increased by 12.1% in the first three months of the year. read »
The tech industry has been abuzz with news that the first, available Firefox OS phones sold out within a few hours of going on sale today. But how many devices were actually shipped by Geeksphone, the small Spanish manufacturer that made them? Around 1,000, according to Geeksphone founder and CEO Javier Aguera, who added that although his online shop was currently down, it would be up again on Wednesday morning Madrid time to take more orders. read »