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May 06, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Justice Watch: Low-Income Tenants Beat Landlords At Scheme

Federal prosecutors teamed up with Miami legal aid attorneys under a novel use of the False Claims Act targeting Section 8 landlords who shake down low-income tenants for extra rent.
6 minute read
December 30, 2010 | Daily Business Review

U.S. companies lobby for tax holiday on offshore earnings

U.S. companies with overseas operation have been lobbying for a tax holiday on offshore earnings, but they're already finding plenty of ways to avoid taxes.
6 minute read
February 09, 2011 | Daily Business Review

State bankruptcy option 'not the answer,' House panel is told

Giving states the power to file for bankruptcy protection to escape their debts is unnecessary and may exacerbate their fiscal strains, two groups with differing political viewpoints told House lawmakers.
3 minute read
December 29, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Why shop at the mall when you can go to the airport?

Middle-class globetrotters from China, Brazil, Russia and other emerging markets are seeing airports as malls -- not to mention as places where they can buy stuff that's not available at home.
4 minute read
August 28, 2009 | Daily Business Review

GOP opposes plan then seeks money

Republican senators voted against the $787 billion economic stimulus package, blasting the bill as a bloated government giveaway. But their disdain didn't stop them from later asking Defense Secretary Robert Gates to steer $50 million in stimulus money their way.
5 minute read
April 11, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Mass departure decimates Weil's estate-planning practice

Weil Gotshal & Manges' decades-old estate planning practice dies with the departure of seven attorneys from the firm's trusts group.
3 minute read
June 28, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Bank Of America To Send Property Reviews To India

Bank of America Corp. opened a unit in India to review home-valuation reports as it seeks to rebuild share in U.S. mortgages at a lower cost.
5 minute read
April 14, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Father wages court battle against funeral protests

Albert Snyder's case against the Westboro Baptist Church, which believes military deaths are God punishing the United States for tolerating homosexuality, is headed to the high court.
6 minute read
October 10, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Some At Guantanamo Jail Too Sick To Keep Locked Up

As the Guantanamo Bay prison goes into a second decade with no prospects for closure in sight, there are 164 prisoners who are seriously ill.
6 minute read
November 08, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Voters might get say on future of hospital districts

A panel appointed by Gov. Rick Scott could call for local voters to decide the future of public hospital districts and could recommend that district money only go toward caring for indigent patients.
4 minute read

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