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How to Avoid Looking Like an American Tourist

Mon, 24 May 2010 22:56:02 +0000 | Newsvine

As an American traveling in a foreign country, the last thing you want to do is stand out like a sore thumb. Not only do you have a greater chance of getting sucked into tourist traps, but you're also a more obvious target for getting mugged or even kidnapped.


American starting Chicago-to-Beijing service

Wed, 26 May 2010 01:26:22 +0000 | Newsvine

American Airlines is preparing to launch new service Tuesday night between Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and Beijing.


Investors offer to buy owner of 'American Idol'

Fri, 28 May 2010 12:30:54 MDT | deseretnews.com

A group of investors led by British media mogul Simon Fuller is offering to buy CKX, the owner of the "American Idol" reality...


Sen. Schumer Proposes Tax on Outsourced Call Centers

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT | Tax Foundation's Tax Policy Blog

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has proposed a federal excise tax on customer service operations that use non-U.S. call centers. The AP article describes how it would work:

The [tax] would be 25 cents for calls transferred to foreign countries. There would be no [tax] for a domestic call center. Companies would have to report quarterly their total customer service calls received and the number relayed overseas.

"If we want to put a stop to the outsourcing of American jobs, then we need to provide incentives for American companies to keep American jobs here," Schumer said last week. The New York Democrat said the excise tax would "also provide a reason for companies that have already outsourced jobs to bring them back."

In a survey of American economists in 2006, Robert Whaples found nearly 90 percent agreed the U.S. should eliminate remaining protectionist tariffs and trade barriers, like the new one Schumer is proposing, that there are lower costs and a net gain from free trade. Most also agreed the U.S. should not restrict American employers from outsourcing work to foreign countries.[...]

The measure would also require telling U.S. customers that the call is being transferred and to which country.

Excise taxes are sometimes imposed on "bad" behaviors that politicians want to discourage, but there can be differences of opinion on what's good and bad.

(Hat tip: Hit & Run)


Transparency First

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:54:54 +0000 | Tax Research UK

Pieces authored by Global Financial Integrity (GFI) director Raymond Baker and GFI director of government affairs Heather Lowe appear in the latest issue of the American Interest.  The July/August edition of the bimonthly publication hits newsstands this week and may be viewed online at http://www.the-american-interest.com/ GFI manages the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development [...]


Bahamas: American tourist dies amid lightning

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:13:39 +0000 | Newsvine

Bahamas police say an American tourist who died while swimming in the ocean may have been struck by lightning.


Analyst: American Express can steer through (AP)

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:19:33 Etc/GMT | Yahoo! Finance

American Express Co. is likely to see little if any damage from tighter regulation of the fees that merchants pay when customers swipe debit cards at cash registers, a Citi Investment Research analyst wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday.


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