U.S. Wonders if Stock Deal Is Tax Abuse
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A strategy executives use to turn their stockholdings into cash while delaying payment of taxes is coming under increased scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service.
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By MICHAEL J. MARTINEZ      NEW YORK  -- Ever read a company's Security and Exchange Commission filings? No? Consider yourself lucky...
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The looming political battle over how to reform the tangled US income tax code could get ugly. But one option, a tax aimed at boosting savings, holds promise.
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Partners of private equity firm Blackstone Group  may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm's initial public offering last month, according to a regulatory filing.
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The company's stock is up on settlement news, but buyers should beware.
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Stocks may come under pressure next  week as investors sell shares at year's end to prepare for tax  season. But crude oil prices, earnings outlooks and moves in  the dollar will also be closely watched.
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Partners of private equity firm  Blackstone Group may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on  $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm&#39;s initial public  offering last month, the New York Times reported on Friday.
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The treasury secretary questioned whether egulators had âstruck the right balance between investor protection and market competitiveness.â
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Investors who see company buybacks of stock as only good news may be overlooking the damage that certain share repurchases can do to companies&#39; financial health.
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Bargain hunters may want to keep an eye on this stock.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California  - Google Inc. disclosed  in its 2006 annual report on Thursday that the U.S. Securities  and Exchange Commission nearly a year ago had called into  question how it accounted for income taxes.
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WASHINGTON -- The government is aggressively investigating the suspicious timing of stock options granted to top executives at scores of companies, federal officials said yesterday.
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Jefferies Group Inc. , a New York-based brokerage, is under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a probe into whether brokers doled out gifts to mutual fund executives to win trading business, people familiar with the matter said.
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The counterterrorism division of the Justice Department is investigating whether a private equity firm in Boston that manages hundreds of millions of dollars for Muslim investors overseas violated tax laws.
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US mutual fund investors could be hit with a record $350bn capital gains tax bill because their funds took big profits from rising stock markets last year.
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The stock may be an opportunity for trend-bucking investors, if they ask the right questions.
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New data, including Treasury Department figures released Monday,  has stoked debate over whether overseas investors -- private individuals, institutions and government  banks -- are growingly dangerously bearish on the U.S.