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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:17 GMT
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria's opposition to help them "fight for the freedom of their country" if President Bashar Assad's regime doesn't engage in peace talks in good . .

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:28:45 GMT
Apple CEO Cook Rebuts $9 Billion Tax-Avoidance Claim - Businessweek
TechWeekEurope UK- - Businessweek“Apple executives want the public to focus on the U.S. taxes the company has paid, but the real issue is the billions in taxes it has not paid,” said Levin, a Michigan Democrat. Apple employs “offshore tax strategies whose purpose is tax avoidance .Irish seek to hold the line in tax battleChicago TribuneIf American corporations are people, why aren't they taxed like people?QuartzApple's Tim Cook Blames The US Tax SystemTechWeekEurope UKall 870 news articles .

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:05:06 GMT
Myanmar Sanctions Won't Be Extended, US Senator McConnell Says - Businessweek
FirstpostMyanmar Sanctions Won't Be Extended, US Senator McConnell Says - The U.S. relaxed sanctions on Myanmar, which the U.S. still officially calls Burma, in 2012 after Thein Sein engaged with political opponents, released dissidents and relaxed censorship following his party's victory in a 2010 election that ended five .Business crowd gives Thein Sein a warm welcomeForeign Policy (blog)Burmese optimistic after historic White House visitChristian Science MonitorUS acknowledges Myanmar reformsRadio AustraliaThe Nationall 259 news articles .

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:34:13 GMT
The administration has not said whether it is prepared to release missile defense data to Russia, but the director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Vice Adm. James Syring, said recently that the administration has discussed the possibility. The . .

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:21:23 GMT
U.S. Senate scrutiny of Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s tax strategies turned the spotlight on a unit with $30 billion in profit since 2009 that's incorporated in Ireland, controlled by a board in California, and doesn't pay taxes in either place. Apple officials .

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:13:33 GMT
It's Not a UFO! A Strange Solar- - BusinessweekSky Harbor's air traffic control explained to Phoenix police that the ostensible UFO was really a solar-powered airplane: the Solar Impulse, an experimental aircraft completing the first, 19-hour leg of a flight across the United States. Then the . .

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:33:10 GMT
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Kyrgyzstan's president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base that supports military operations in nearby Afghanistan. President Almazbek Atambayev has repeatedly pledged to shut . .

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:13:45 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to seize . .

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:27 GMT
BusinessweekI have a vision of business. For me, it's impossible to get good sponsors, good TV, without being in the U.S., the land of the money, the land of the TVs. For me, it's obvious that we must invest a lot of money in these markets, for the good of the . .

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:20 GMT
The facility at the U.S. naval base in Cuba currently holds 166 prisoners, and hunger strikes by 100 of them over their indefinite detention and prison conditions prompted Obama to renew his effort to close Guantanamo. The president is expected to . .