Wednesday, September 24, 2014

BING - NFL Predictions Week 4 ( Record this week 5 - 8 , To Date 34 - 27)

Bing Predicts: Results for NFL 2014



Monday, September 22, 2014

US Cracks Down On Companies Moving Overseas To Avoid Taxes

TPM

The Treasury Department says it's putting forward regulations that will make inversions less lucrative by barring some techniques companies use to defer their taxes. It's also making it harder for companies to pursue an inversion by tightening the requirement that the company's former owners own less than 80 percent of the new company.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the steps will ensure that it's no longer financially beneficial for companies to use that tactic.
The new measures will take effect immediately.

Google Disavows ALEC: They Are 'Literally Lying' About Climate Change

TPM

He would not specify when Google would formally disconnect from ALEC. Microsoft and Google had been members of the group's communications and technology task force, according to CNET.
Other major corporations including Coca-Cola, General Motors, Bank of America, and Proctor & Gamble have severed ties with ALEC in recent years. National Journal reported that more than 50 liberal groups had urged Google in a letter sent earlier this month to disavow the group.
ALEC, founded in the 1970s, gained renewed national attention after Republicans won major victories in state governments in 2010 and the group's signature pieces of model legislation were introduced in statehouses nationwide. It was described by Bob Edgar, the president of the liberal advocacy group Common Cause, as "proof positive of the depth and scope of the corporate reach into our democratic processes."
One of its recent initiatives, according to the Huffington Post, has been model legislation that would require a "balanced" teaching of climate science.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

BING - NFL Predictions Week 3 ( Record this week 10 - 6 )

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

BING - NFL Predictions Week 2 (The Record this Week 9 -7)