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  • Senna bought the requisite tax-haven apartment in Monte Carlo after becoming one of the highest-paid athletes in the world during the late 1980s, but his emotional home remained in Brazil, where as a champion he was treated as a god.

    'Aggression With Lucidity' Richard B. Woodward 2011

  • It is expected to keep its tax-haven address in Luxembourg, which has a corporate-tax rate of about 22% and exempts some holding companies.

    Lower-Tax Shores Draw U.S. Firms John D. McKinnon 2011

  • But the timing of both of those deals remains uncertain, as labor groups and many Democrats have expressed concerns over Panama's labor and tax-haven laws and continued anti-union violence in Colombia.

    On Bogota visit, Baucus urges approval of Colombia trade deal 2011

  • At the moment, “Panama is one of only 13 countries – and the only current or prospective FTA partner – that is listed on all of the major tax-haven watchdog lists.”

    Wonk Room » Baucus Continues To Waffle On Tax Haven Crackdown 2009

  • Some private-equity firms have relocated U.S. companies or divisions to tax-haven countries.

    Lower-Tax Shores Draw U.S. Firms John D. McKinnon 2011

  • Lawmakers of both parties have been pushing for progress on the Panama and Colombia deals, which have been held up due to labor and Democratic concerns over Panama's labor and tax-haven laws and continued anti-union violence in Colombia.

    Lawmakers threaten to hold up Korea trade deal 2011

  • I would welcome some analysis of how Boots the Chemist are stationed in a tax-haven situation while meanwhile bidding to take over pharmaceutical supply to the NHS.

    Apple secretive about 'polluting and poisoning' supply chain, says report 2011

  • But Obama has yet to provide a timeline for the those deals amid resistance from labor groups and many Democrats who have expressed concerns over Panama's labor and tax-haven laws and continued anti-union violence in Colombia.

    Senate Republicans push Obama on Colombia, Panama trade deals Felicia Sonmez 2011

  • However, the real solution to their "problem" is a wealth tax assessed annually on their total global wealth in excess of $10 million, including any and all tax-haven accounts, plus their foundations.

    Tax My Income, but Hands Off My Wealth 2011

  • NK: So, it makes a lot of sense, actually, when you're dealing with financial regulations and highly global firms to impose rules across the board to all of the big economies at once, and then they have nowhere to go, and to do the same things around closing tax-haven loopholes, things like that.

    David Goodfriend: Naomi Klein on "Left Jab" Lands a Punch! David Goodfriend 2010

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