Apple CEO makes no apology for company’s tax strategy
Apple CEO makes no apology for company’s tax strategy By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though [...]
May 21, 2013
Oklahoma short on storm shelters
Oklahoma short on storm shelters By Mary Wisniewski and David Bailey (Reuters) – The people of central Oklahoma know all too well the destructive power of a tornado, but when a big one rolled toward the town of Moore again on Monday, residents had few basements and storm shelters to run to when the alarm [...]
May 21, 2013
Apple CEO makes no apology for company’s tax strategy
Apple CEO makes no apology for company’s tax strategy By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though [...]
May 21, 2013
‘I just felt totally helpless’
‘I just felt totally helpless’ A downed utility pole along May Avenue in South Oklahoma City. (Holly Bailey/Yahoo News) OKLAHOMA CITY—Anthony Connel was sitting in traffic off of South 149th Street, about a mile from his home, when he saw it happen: A dark black cloud, so ominous and wide that it didn’t even look [...]
May 21, 2013
Apple CEO makes no apology for company’s tax strategy
Apple CEO makes no apology for company’s tax strategy By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though [...]
May 21, 2013
‘I just felt totally helpless’
‘I just felt totally helpless’ A downed utility pole along May Avenue in South Oklahoma City. (Holly Bailey/Yahoo News) OKLAHOMA CITY—Anthony Connel was sitting in traffic off of South 149th Street, about a mile from his home, when he saw it happen: A dark black cloud, so ominous and wide that it didn’t even look [...]
May 21, 2013
Apple CEO makes no apology for company’s tax strategy
Apple CEO makes no apology for company’s tax strategy By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though [...]
May 21, 2013
OKC mayor: ‘This was the storm of storms’
OKC mayor: ‘This was the storm of storms’ [Updated at 3:24 p.m. CT] MOORE, Okla.—As a hailstorm bore down on the devastated region Tuesday afternoon, first responders continued to sift through debris to try to find survivors and figure out how many people died in the massive tornado that ripped through southern Oklahoma City and [...]
May 21, 2013
Sprint exec hints more BlackBerry 10 devices are on the way in 2013
Sprint exec hints more BlackBerry 10 devices are on the way in 2013 Nearly four months ago, Oklahoma Senators Tom Coburn and James Inhofe both voted against H.R.152, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act that eventually sent $50.5 billion in relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy. And in the flurry of last night’s devastation in Moore, Oklahoma. it [...]
May 21, 2013
Search for tornado survivors continues
Search for tornado survivors continues [Updated at 2:30 p.m. CT] MOORE, Okla. –As a hailstorm bore down on the devastated region Tuesday afternoon, first responders continued to sift through debris to try to find survivors and figure out how many people died in the massive tornado that ripped through southern Oklahoma City and other towns [...]
May 21, 2013