Tag Archives: Illegal

Gun-Toting At The IRS

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The IRS wields enormous power, but should agents be armed too? With all of the controversy facing the IRS and the tax system these days, it can seem doubly scary to contemplate tax collectors being...

Court: Bloggers have First Amendment protections

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US appeals court rules bloggers, public have same First Amendment protection as journalists GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that bloggers and the public...
    






NSA Dishfire program harvested 200 million text messages daily claims report

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A new report has surfaced and the Telegraph reports that the NSA in the US has been running a program code-named Dishfire. Dishfire allegedly captured about 200 million text messages each day. The...
    






Tesla Sales Blow Past Competitors, But With Success Comes Scrutiny

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To get a sense of how successful the Tesla Model S is, consider this: In 2012, the bestselling full-size luxury sedan nationwide was the Mercedes S-Class. It sold 11,794 units total. For 2013, the...
    






Bitcoin Breaks Out, You Can Now Pay The IRS In Cryptocurrency

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As bitcoin moves away from being known only to the tech cognoscenti and becomes a real viable currency that is adopted broadly, more organizations arise that look to leverage all this attention and...
    






Legal Issues Will Remain A Hot Topic For Fantasy Sports In 2014

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One of the topics on the agenda is a legal update. Here are some of the legal issues the fantasy sports industry will need to consider in 2014: 1. Many, but not all, traditional forms of fantasy...
    






What 2013 Teaches Employers For 2014 & Beyond

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By Gene Connors and Amanda Haverstick 2013 left employees as the overall victors on the employment law battlefield, by arming them with a host of new statutory rights and options, primarily at the...
    






Former Northrop CEO Thomas Jones dies at 93

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Thomas Jones, 30-year CEO of Northrop who led company to top, dies at 93 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thomas V. Jones, who was Northrop Corp.'s chief executive officer for 30 years and took it to...
    






Taxing Bitcoin: IRS Review Will Have Big Implications For Investors In Virtual Currency

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By now most everyone has heard of Bitcoin. But exactly what is it? And how should it be taxed? Bitcoin is usually described as virtual currency. That’s useful shorthand, but is it really money? And...
    






China Bites Into Bitcoin

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Bitcoins were worth nothing in 2009, when the digital cryptocurrency was first minted on the computer of its mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, who claimed to live in Japan. Four years later the...