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Isn't it amazing how many inconsistencies are filtered through modern minds? For example, how is it that many college students decry the racist, even capitalist, backgrounds of some of their campus benefactors? Yet they give wide birth to others who held similar racist views in their time. Students
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The administration of Rhode Island's Democrat Governor Gina Raimondo was in for a shock on Thursday, March 28, when it unveiled a new logo and slogan for the Ocean State. The state's quasi-public Commerce Corporation had been planning the release for months; the ridicule began on
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It's that time of year again: tax-filing season. Millions of Americans are probably downloading the latest version of their tax preparation software as we speak or picking it up at their local software store.
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The Panama Papers is a treasure trove of information on the activities and clientele of a large, but not atypical law firm operating in an offshore financial center. In this case, it is a firm called Mossack Fonseca, based in Panama. It follows a series of spectacular leaks by the
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The Panama Papers leak sheds some light on the intricate ways in which the wealthy can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. As well as charging minimal or no tax to residents and non-residents, the main characteristics of tax havens are their lack of transparency and effective information exchange.
Massachusetts
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged Rhode Island's economic development agency and Wells Fargo with defrauding investors in the state's disastrous $75 million deal with 38 Studios, the failed video game company started by former Red Sox pitcher
Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has said a lawsuit he is fighting over fraud claims involving Trump University is an attempted shakedown by a "sleazebag" law firm and a "horrible, horrible" lead plaintiff. Neither the plaintiff, Tarla Makaeff, nor her lawyers have responded publicly, but in new
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York court on Tuesday refused to throw out a fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump over his former school for real estate investors. The Appellate Division unanimously rejected Trump's request to dismiss the 2013 suit, ruling that a six-year statute of limitations applies.
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