A striking theme of the court case was the length to which GE goes to avoid paying US taxes. Although based firmly in the US, Gecas and PK were were technically established in low-tax Shannon in Ireland and Luxembourg.
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'It was this big' Really? Russia thinks there's something fishy about Putin's 26 pound pike
Monday 29 July 2013
'This pike weighs no more than 26.5 pounds' one commentator noted. 'Unless it swallowed a bar of gold'
No equal rights, no vodka nights: gay clubs boycott Russian imports
Sunday 28 July 2013
Popular British gay bars and nightclubs have joined a global boycott of Russian vodka brands following allegations of human rights abuses by Vladimir Putin’s government.
Mission implausible: Vladimir Putin dives to bottom of Gulf of Finland in search of another photo op
Monday 15 July 2013
Last time Vladimir Putin went into the sea for a photo opportunity, he brought back from the depths a collection of shards of ancient pottery (which later turned out to have been planted for him to find).
Chechen militant, Doku Umarov, targets Winter Olympics in Sochi
Wednesday 03 July 2013
Russia’s most wanted terrorist has vowed to cause havoc at next year’s Winter Olympics in a chilling video message posted online.
Vladimir Putin confirms Edward Snowden is still in Moscow airport and blocks US extradition demands, as Venezuela says it would consider asylum request
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Russian President says former CIA employee remains a free man, and the sooner he chooses destination the better
Chechens face second trial in Anna Politkovskaya murder case
Thursday 20 June 2013
Five men accused of involvement in contract killing of investigative journalist facing new trial
Russian President Vladimir Putin denies stealing £16,000 diamond-encrusted Super Bowl ring
Monday 17 June 2013
Ring was one of many given to the New England Patriots team after they won Super Bowl in February 2005
Syria Sketch: 'Dead eyed' Putin asks: 'Do you want to support people who eat the guts of their enemies?'
Sunday 16 June 2013
Smaller than Cameron – but stocky – Putin managed to carry off an air of menace effortlessly
Crash course: The G8 summit
Saturday 15 June 2013
This year’s meeting of the Group of Eight – or the G8 – begins in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on Monday. The summit draws the world’s most powerful leaders – as well as protests and disruption.
Fawning interviewers give President Vladimir Putin easy ride on Kremlin TV chat show appearance
Tuesday 11 June 2013
President Vladimir Putin took a tour of the shiny new studio complex of Russia Today, the English-language television channel funded by the Kremlin, and spent an hour answering questions from a number of its journalists during a round-table interview.
Russia set to pass strict anti-gay law that could see foreigners deported for 'sexual propaganda'
Monday 10 June 2013
Russia’s parliament will debate a controversial law on Tuesday that could see people arrested for behaviour that is deemed to promote homosexuality.
Fernandinho wrote off £4m in bonuses to secure £30m move to Manchester City
Friday 07 June 2013
The Brazil international becomes City's first official signing
Chess grandmaster-turned-opposition politician, Gary Kasparov, ponders next move – but Russia’s out
Thursday 06 June 2013
Garry Kasparov, the chess grandmaster-turned-Russian opposition politician, has said that he will not return to Russia in the foreseeable future as he fears arrest.
Feuding tycoons and pious rustics: Alexander Lebedev’s 'comical' trial hits heights of absurdity
Friday 31 May 2013
The trial of Alexander Lebedev continued in a surreal vein today, as the court heard from a former billionaire who now lives in the forest as a pious peasant, and it was discussed whether hitting someone in the face is in line with Christian values.
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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