Obama’s Anti-Human Trafficking Policy May Prove To Be Tough Hurdle For Tech Companies

The initiative states that government contractors cannot sell jobs to vulnerable populations or knowingly engage in any other human rights abuses.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

The upcoming launch of a new initiative commissioned by President Barack Obama could spell trouble for Apple if the technology giant fails to enact policies that protect the rights of its employees around the globe. Although the policy has not been enacted yet, the initiative is based on an executive order Obama signed last year called

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Tech Firms Vie To Protect Personal Data But Gain Profits

Tech. companies are making a huge profit by mining personal data and peering into people’s online habits but are now becoming more aggressive in their attempts to counter any perception that they voluntarily give the government access to users’ email.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Even as Silicon Valley speaks out against the U.S. government's surveillance methods, technology companies are turning a handsome profit by mining personal data and peering into people's online habits. The industry's profit machine has become tarnished by revelations that the National Security Agency trolls deep into the

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World Leaders Try To Rein In Corporate Tax Dodgers

Concerns about how multinational corporations pay taxes have forced the international community to respond.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In the United States, 12 percent of all federal revenue comes from corporate income tax. Of this, half comes from multinationals -- corporations that have major presences in countries other than their home nation. Recently, concerns about how these companies pay taxes in the countries they do business in have forced the international community to

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Through The Loopholes: Investigation Finds Apple Dodging Taxes On Unprecedented Scale

The company’s tactics raise questions about loopholes in the U.S. tax code, lawmakers say.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found. The world's most valuable company is holding overseas some $102 billion of its $145 billion in cash, and an Irish subsidiary that earned $22 billion in 2011

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For Minnesota Gay Marriage Sponsors, It’s Personal

Minnesota is now the first state in the Midwest to approve gay marriage by a legislative vote.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

  As a crowd of thousands roared from the lawn of the state Capitol, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday that makes gay marriage legal here come Aug. 1. "What a day for Minnesota!" the Democratic governor declared, as American and rainbow flags flapped in a sweltering hot wind. The Minnesota State Patrol estimated

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