U.S. Blocks European Tax Crackdown On Google and Amazon

Washington snubbed OECD plans to overhaul international tax rules and close loopholes exploited by multinational corporations, a subject of debate at this week's G20 summit.

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Shell Oil's Plot to Silence Protests Against Arctic Drilling

The company's legal team is working overtime to keep the company’s Arctic work secret from advocacy groups like Greenpeace -- most recently, by appealing to California's Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to curb protester rights.

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Corporate Tax Betrayal: Ripping off the Public and Running with the Profits

Multinational corporations built their businesses on the backs of American taxpayers by depending on government research, national defense, the legal and educational systems and our infrastructure.

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U.K. Lawmakers to Question Execs in Tax Dodging Probe

U.K. lawmakers will quiz executives of Starbucks, Google and Amazon about how they have managed to pay only small amounts of tax in Britain while racking up billions of dollars worth of sales.

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Apple Pays Just 2% Tax on Overseas Profits

Apple paid just 1.9% tax in 2012. The U.S. corporate tax rate is 35%.

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