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| Senate panel peels back Apple's offshore taxes |
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Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:28 GMT |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc's chief executive officer defended the company's tax record at a Tuesday Senate hearing where lawmakers said the maker of iPads, iPods and Mac computers kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to avoid U.S. taxes.  |
| Dimon keeps JPMorgan chairman title after bruising battle |
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Tue, 21 May 2013 16:49:51 GMT |
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TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co's outspoken chairman and chief executive, won a vote of confidence on Tuesday as shareholders decided to let him keep his chairman title by an even greater margin than last year.
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| Best Buy sees investments squeezing near-term profits |
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Tue, 21 May 2013 16:26:36 GMT |
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(Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc reported lackluster sales in the first quarter and warned that efforts to entice shoppers could squeeze profits in the near term.
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| Survivors pulled from Oklahoma tornado debris as toll falls |
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Tue, 21 May 2013 16:21:58 GMT |
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MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Emergency workers pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma town hit by a powerful tornado, and officials lowered the death toll from the storm to 24, including nine children.  |
| Syria, Israel exchange fire on Golan Heights |
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Tue, 21 May 2013 16:09:00 GMT |
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said its troops destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed into its territory from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday and warned that any attempt to violate its sovereignty would meet "immediate and firm retaliation".  |
