Stakes high as Mass. fights Comcast on taxes
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With the Patrick administration campaigning to close what it calls corporate "tax loopholes," the Massachusetts Department of Revenue is battling Comcast Corp. over an estimated $250 million in taxes the state says it is owed.
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Putting pressure on the Legislature to act, Mayor Thomas M. Menino today will introduce a proposal to reduce Boston's property taxes $200 a year for the average homeowner if the Legislature gives the city the ability to impose a 1 percent meals tax and a tax on telecommunications companies.
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Comcast customers in Manassas and Manassas Park are finally getting what they wanted -- competition.
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Comcast may have shot themselves in the foot. Lawyers are already circling in the water, and the company could be looking at a world of pain for its sneaky BitTorrent filtering.
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Comcast yesterday filed suit against the National Football League, claiming it was acting in breach of contract for encouraging Comcast subscribers to drop their service.
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By Gorczyca, Beth  ELKINS - A debate over designating a section of stream for  catchand-release fishing could end up casting a question over the state's tax system.
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The Massachusetts Bankers Association is escalating its campaign to have large credit unions be taxed like banks with the launch of a website called creditunionruse.com.
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By Jim Wyss, The Miami Herald  Mar. 4--One of the most well-funded battles of the last legislative session is heating up again as the cable industry and telephone companies face off over the right to provide cable TV service.
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As Congress debates disputed Internet neutrality laws, supporters and defenders of the concept of equal pricing for all on the Web faced off yesterday at the VON (Voice Over the Net) trade show in Boston.
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By SCOTT VAN VOORHIS  Massachusetts can be a tough place to get things built, developers have long complained.  And Gov.
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Firm is in hot seat for selling subprime securities to a Massachusetts city.
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By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn.  Feb. 2--Comcast Corp., a major cable provider across eastern Connecticut,  on Thursday reported a nearly threefold spike in fourth-quarter profits, which  the company said was the strongest performance in its history.
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Despite our best efforts to unearth tech-inclined voters, Net neutrality doesn't ring a bell with most residents we interviewed in the Granite State.
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The looming political battle over how to reform the tangled U.S. income tax code could get ugly. But one option, a tax aimed at boosting savings, holds promise.
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By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Boston Globe  Feb. 19--As the entertainment landscape changes, cable giant Comcast  Corp. is aggressively expanding its offerings to compete against a slew of new  challengers, from YouTube.com to Verizon.
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By Ann E Marimow, Washington Post Staff Writer  Bills for thousands of Montgomery County cable viewers will increase by 4 percent starting March 1, when Comcast Corp., suburban Maryland's largest cable television provider, raises rates throughout the Washington region.
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Comcast's response yesterday to its public thrashing by the FCC may have had a second, more important, purpose: A prominent Congressman has introduced legislation paving the way for a ban on Internet throttling.