http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/jack-coleman/2011/06/25/rfk-jr-claims-air-america-was-more-popular-conservative-radio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric
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"GE" redirects here. For other uses of "GE", see GE (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with the former British company General Electric Company. (This seems vaguely familiar as in PG&E ie: Portland General Electric and Pacific Gas & Electric, ey?) ...cal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_Company_plcExcerpt:
The General Electric Company or GEC was a major British-based industrial conglomerate, involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications and engineering. The company was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It was renamed Marconi Corporation plc in 1999 after its defence arm, Marconi Electronic Systems was amalgamated with British Aerospace to form BAE Systems. In 2005 Ericsson purchased the bulk of Marconi plc with the remainder of the business renamed Telent.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=General_Electric (This was back in the day when 'WE' were very active in the Phx. area on Air America) ...cal
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Ad boycott against Air America Radio
General Electric refused to advertise on the progressive Air America Radio. In October 2006, around 90 companies, including General Electric, told ABC Radio Networks that they did not want their ads to play on any radio station that carried Air America Radio. [7] [8] [9]http://www.dailyindia.com/show/458073.php
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Gaddafi wanted Dennis Kucinich to visit Libya in last attempt to stop NATO airstrikes
From ANIWashington, Aug 27: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi wanted Dennis Kucinich, US Representative for Ohio's 10th congressional district, to travel to Libya in his last attempt to stop Washington backed NATO attacks, a new report has suggested.
Politico quoted a news report by The Guardian as saying that the Gaddafi regime reached out to Kucinich in a bid to persuade him to visit Libya as part of a "peace mission."
A letter from a U.S.-based lobbyist to the regime has revealed that Kucinich decided not to go to Libya because he was "concerned that his personal safety in Tripoli could not be guaranteed."
Kucinich brushed off the report, saying that he simply wanted to get both sides of the story and was trying to promote peace in the embattled North African country.
"In my efforts to end the war, I have been contacted by many parties - including members of the Qadhafi regime and some with ties to the rebels. Reaching a just and peaceful solution requires listening to all sides," Kucinich said in a statement.
"As a strong proponent of the use of diplomacy instead of the use of military force, I believe it is my obligation and my right to participate in speech and debate over these critical matters," he added.
Kucinich, who along with a group of other members of Congress has filed a lawsuit alleging that U.S. and NATO action in Libya is illegal, claimed to have had an hour long telephone conversation with Libyan Prime Minister Al Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi, but ended up deciding to visit trouble truck Syria rather that Tripoli.
The Libyan regime had reportedly made efforts to reach out to other politicians in the United States, but failed to gain much attention from them.
Gaddafi remains untraceable despite reports suggesting that the rebels have succeeded in gaining control over Tripoli, and most parts of the country.
http://kucinich.house.gov/
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Kucinich to GE’s Immelt: What Other U.S. Technology Have You Sold to the Chinese?
August 26, 2011Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) wrote to Jeffrey Immelt, C.E.O. of General Electric, who also heads President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, requesting more information about GE’s apparent transfer of technology to China that was originally derived from U.S. taxpayer-funded research. A report in Monday’s Washington Post described the transfer of a virtual reality display system fo...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/business/economy/25tax.html?pagewanted=all
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G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether
By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI
Published: March 24, 2011
A PRESIDENT’S BUSINESS LIAISON
In January, President Obama named Jeffrey R. Immelt, General Electric’s chief executive, to head the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. “He understands what it takes for America to compete in the global economy,” Mr. Obama said.
In January, President Obama named Jeffrey R. Immelt, General Electric’s chief executive, to head the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. “He understands what it takes for America to compete in the global economy,” Mr. Obama said.
But Nobody Pays That
A Wealth of ExceptionsArticles in this series will examine efforts by businesses to lower their taxes and the debate over how to improve the tax system.
The company reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion, and said $5.1 billion of the total came from its operations in the United States.
Its American tax bill? None. In fact, G.E. claimed a tax benefit of $3.2 billion.
That may be hard to fathom for the millions of American business owners and households now preparing their own returns, but low taxes are nothing new for G.E. The company has been cutting the percentage of its American profits paid to the Internal Revenue Service for years, resulting in a far lower rate than at most multinational companies.
Its extraordinary success is based on an aggressive strategy that mixes fierce lobbying for tax breaks and innovative accounting that enables it to concentrate its profits offshore. G.E.’s giant tax department, led by a bow-tied former Treasury official named John Samuels, is often referred to as the world’s best tax law firm. Indeed, the company’s slogan “Imagination at Work” fits this department well. The team includes former officials not just from the Treasury, but also from the I.R.S. and virtually all the tax-writing committees in Congress.
http://www.smokershistory.com/Salk.htm
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Brimmer was a director of E.I. DuPont de Nemours from 1974 to 1997. Fellow Salk Institute trustee Edgar M. Bronfman was a director from 1981 to 1995, and former EPA Administrator William K. Reilly has been a director since 1993 .
That may be hard to fathom for the millions of American business owners and households now preparing their own returns, but low taxes are nothing new for G.E. The company has been cutting the percentage of its American profits paid to the Internal Revenue Service for years, resulting in a far lower rate than at most multinational companies.
Its extraordinary success is based on an aggressive strategy that mixes fierce lobbying for tax breaks and innovative accounting that enables it to concentrate its profits offshore. G.E.’s giant tax department, led by a bow-tied former Treasury official named John Samuels, is often referred to as the world’s best tax law firm. Indeed, the company’s slogan “Imagination at Work” fits this department well. The team includes former officials not just from the Treasury, but also from the I.R.S. and virtually all the tax-writing committees in Congress.
http://www.smokershistory.com/Salk.htm
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Andrew F. Brimmer
Member of the Federal Reserve Board, 1966-1974; President of Brimmer & Co. since 1976; director of Airborne Express, American Security Bank, BankAmerica Corp., BlackRock Investment Income Trust, Carr Realty Corp., Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., The Gannett Co., International Harvester, Mercedes-Benz of North America, Navistar International, PHH Corp., and United Airlines. He was a trustee of the Ford Foundation, a hotbed of anti-smoking activism, from 1974 to at least 1976.Brimmer was a director of E.I. DuPont de Nemours from 1974 to 1997. Fellow Salk Institute trustee Edgar M. Bronfman was a director from 1981 to 1995, and former EPA Administrator William K. Reilly has been a director since 1993 .
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