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Here is a list of companies that have already relocated. Everyday the list grows. Who will pay for the underprivileged when all we are is peasants waiting for the bread line to open. And dont forget, its not just the income tax from the company that we loose but also all the jobs that were lost and those taxes as well. Maybe Mccain had a point after all.
A
Accenture
Adaptec
Adobe Systems
AMD
Aetna
Agere Systems
Agilent Tech.
AIG
Alamo Rent A Car
Albertson's
Alliance Semiconductor
Allstate
Alpha Thought Global
American Express
American Standard
Amphenol Corp.
Andrew Corp.
AOL
Applied Materials
AT&T
AT&T Wireless
A.T. Kearney
Avery Dennison
B
Bank of America
Bank One
Bechtel
Best Buy
Black & Decker
BMC Software
Boeing
C
Capital One
Carrier
Cendant
Cerner Corporation
Charles Schwab
ChevronTexaco
Ciena
Cigna
Circuit City, Inc.
Cisco Systems
Citigroup
Coca-Cola
Comcast Holdings
Computer Associates
Computer Sciences Corporation
Continental Airlines
Convergys
Cooper Tire & Rubber
Cooper Tools
COVAD Comm.
CSX
Cummins
D
Dell Computer
Delta Air Lines
Direct TV
Discover
Document Sciences Corp.
DuPont
E
Earthlink
Eastman Kodak
EDS
Electroglas
Electronic for Imaging
Eli Lilly
EMC
Emerson Electric
Ernst & Young
Expedia
ExxonMobil
F
Fedders Corporation
Fidelity Investments
First American Title Ins.
Fluor
Ford Motor
Franklin Mint
G
Gateway
General Electric
GlobespanVirata
Goldman Sachs
Goodrich
Google
Greenpoint Mortgage
Guardian Life Insurance
H
The Hartford Financial Services Group
HealthAxis
Hewitt Associates
Hewlett-Packard
HSN
I
IBM
IndyMac Bancorp
Intel
Intl. Paper
Intuit
ITT Educational Services
J
Jacuzzi
JDS Uniphase
Johnson & Johnson
JPMorgan Chase
Juniper Networks
K
KANA Software
Kaiser Permanente
Keane
KLA-Tencor
L
Lehman Brothers
Levi Strauss
Lexmark International
Lifescan
Lillian Vernon
Linksys
Lockheed Martin
Lowe's
Lucent
M
Marshall Fields
Mattel
Maytag
McDATA Corporation
Mellon Bank
Merrill Lynch
Metasolv
MetLife
Microsoft
Monsanto
Morgan Stanley
Motorola
N
Nabco
National City Corporation
NCR Corporation
Network Associates
Newell Rubbermaid
New York Life Insurance Co.
Northwest Airlines
O
Office Depot
Oracle
Otis Elevator Co.
P
palmOne
Parker-Hannifin
Parsons E&C
Pearson Digital Learning
Pericom Semiconductor
Perot Systems
Pfizer
Planar Systems
Portal Software
Pratt & Whitney
Primus Telecom
Procter & Gamble
Providian Financial
Prudential Insurance
Q
Qwest Comm.
R
Rainbow Technologies
Raytheon Aircraft
Regence Group
Rohm & Haas
RR Donnelley & Sons
S
SAIC
SBC Comm.
SEI Investments
Siebel Systems
Sikorsky
Solectron
Sprint
Sprint PCS
State Farm Insurance
StorageTek
SunTrust Banks
SurePrep
The Sutherland Group
Sykes Enterprises
T
Target
Tecumseh
Telcordia
Texas Inst.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Time Warner
Triquint Semiconductor
TRW Automotive
Tyco Electronics
Tyco Intl.
U
Unisys
United Online
United Tech.
V
VA Software
Veritas
Verizon
W
Wachovia Bank
Washington Group Intl.
Washington Mutual
Y
Yahoo!
Halliburton just decided to move to dubai and layed off 4000 workers in Houston.
I'm not really a specialist in this area at all, but I get the impression a lot of the issues that we are all experiencing now are because of fraud in the American investment scene.
If I was the president of a traded company and found that my company had been losing out on because money intended for legitimate investment in companies like my own had been stolen, hidden and not invested, I'd be wary as well. Certainly, I'd consider moving to a locale where there are controls in place to protect the business, it's investors and employees (even if they sadly have to be new ones). Commitment to the enterprise sometimes takes precedent over loyalty to a location.
I wouldn't be too quick to fault the businesses; they are most likely making sound decisions to protect their own enterprises. I would be quite quick to fault the rich who stole investors' money and rode their unearned yachts into the sunset.
I also think that we've only scratched the surface to the fraud. I think there's much more than we could ever had imagined and that the proverbial $hit will hit the fan regularly over the next while. Know a hedge-fund manager anyone?
On an aside, I believe it was men like McCain who allowed this ridiculous problem to begin and continue.
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How can i find out if my husband of TWO days has a hidden bank account in bank of america? I have an account there and i went to log in online and there was his login name... he's always stated he only had a washington mutual account and no other accounts, we have a joint account at WaMu, but no other... he then asked: did our parents give us a wedding cards or envelope, and i said no... i think they gave him a check and he kept it... how can i find out if he has an account? Can i just go there and attempt to deposit a check without the account number and see if they find it?
yes.....that would work, though they won't/shouldn't give you access to the acct number.....also, if you have his SSN, you could try their telephone system....or just ask his parents about the money they gave you.
I've heard the horror stories about TaxBrain, TaxAct and Republic Bank. Sadly, I have fallen into their victim pool. See below.
This is a letter I sent to the Federal Reserve, CNN and our local news channel.
I filed my federal taxes through taxact.com this year. They are using Republic Bank in Louisville, KY as their third party depositing service. I have been reading several complaints online about Republic Bank. Since the IRS stated my refund would be deposited into my account Friday, February 5th, I decided to call Republic Bank to check on the status of my refund. The gentleman I spoke with told me that my refund had already been sent to my Bank of America account for deposit. I then called my Bank of America account representative and she told me that if the deposit had been sent, they would see it, and she didn’t. I then called Republic Bank again and explained the situation to a 2nd representative with their institution and asked him to provide me with a tracking number for the deposit and he told me tracking numbers don’t exist. After telling him I thought something strange was going on, he then told me that my refund was not sent to my bank, it was sent to the Federal Reserve, and that the Federal Reserve would be depositing the refund into my account. I asked him why I paid Republic Bank to handle the deposit if they were going to turn around and allow the Federal Reserve to deposit the money instead. He then told me that a new Federal law has been implemented this year and every institution that practices the same type of business has to send the money through the Federal Reserve. I was not satisfied with this answer, so I called the Federal Reserve. I left a message for a gentleman named Josh at the Washington DC office and I was very excited when he called me back. I explained my problem to Josh and he informed me that there is no such law that has been passed and that I needed to file a complaint with the Reserve. After I spoke with Josh, I called Republic Bank again and asked them to explain why they had lied to many so many times and to please tell me the truth about where my money actually is. I spoke with a supervisor named Robert and he told me that Josh at the Federal Reserve didn’t know what he was talking about. This kind of business is an outrage and Republic Bank needs to be stopped. It is my understanding that they were served a cease and desist order from the FDIC last year because of their pore practices regarding tax refunds. I really hope someone can help me and the other millions of people who are being affected by this bank.
I Support Tax Brain:
This has nothing to do with Tax Brain, it has everything to do with Tax Act and Republic Bank. This issue is completely separate from anything else. As for me having no understanding of anything, your are incorrect. I have a full understanding of all of it because I spent a full day on the phone with the FEDERAL RESERVE and my bank. Grow some intelligence please and thank you!
First if the IRS states that you were supposed to receive your refund on Feb. 5 that is when the refund is deposited into Republic Bank. The IRS only releases the refund to Republic Bank and that is where their knowledge of the tranaction stops. Once Republic Bank receives your refund they will deduct your fee for using the Tax Act program. They will then release your refund minus the fees through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) process, which is how it will get to your Bank of America account. This is not a new process or law it is how financial transactions have occurred for years. I don't think Republic lied to you or that anything is out of the ordinary. You are just not allowing enough time for the transactions to take place. Have your checked your Bank of America account today?
OFFICE
21 Llanover road plum stead
NIGERIA.
Hello,
Good day to you, my name is James Paul, I am an artist ,
and the
owner of Susan Art World .I live and work in NIGERIA with
my two kids, 2
cats, one dog and the love of my life ,my wife Mary Paul.
It
is definitely a full house.
I have been into artwork since childhood. That gives me
years of
experience. I majored in Art in high school and took a few
college Art
courses. Most of my work are done in either pencil or
airbrush mixed
with
color pencils. I have recently added designing, ancient
antiquities and creative artworks on the computer. I have
been selling
my art for the last 3 years and I have had my work featured
on trading
cards, prints and in magazines. I have sold some of my art
works to
some
private companies in United States of America . But I do
face some
difficulties when it comes to Payment , because all my
customers in
America
always offer to pay me with ONLINE TRANSFER WITH WELLSFARGO
BANK AND
BANK OF AMERICA, and I find it very
difficult to cash this mode of payment in NIGERIA, This is
because the NIGERIA Government does not permit the usage of
ONLINE
TRANSFER WITH WELLSFARGO BANK AND BANK OF AMERICA in TO
NIGERIA. Right now,
I'm searching for a
representative in United States that
will be able to cash my money in America and wirethe
available
funds to me in NIGERIA.Who to trust are my problems. I’ve
series of
arrangements with the FBI in Washington, in attempt for
anyone to make
away
with my funds; definitely the law will catch-up with him,
and he will
definitely face the consequences. You are entitled to 10%
commission
for any transactio(that is for any money order cashed
).This
transaction
is risk free and legal from the American Government.
Please get back to me with your Complete Name,
Residential Address
and Telephone Number if you are interested. Once again this
transaction
is 100% risk free and legal from the United States
Government and the
British Government, so feel free about this transaction and
get back to
me with the required information's to enable us proceed.
Thanks for
going through this proposal. My warmest Regards and thanks
for your
anticipated assistant,
James Paul.
Director of SUS ART WORLD INC,
NIGERIA.
Everytime you hear on T.V. about someone on the news getting arrested for making large money transfers at Wal-Mart, this is the email they had recieved.
If you give into these, you can be arrested. These emails are of some a high scam level, the SEC (Securities Exchange Commision -- a government agency) has asked that these scams be reported to them.
I recommend that you forward one or two (not all) to:
enforcement@sec.gov
Just forward it; don't change the Subject Line or body of the email. This will help the SEC (hopefully) shut down these guyswho are doing these.
Oct 26 2007
Attack Iran and you attack Russia
By Pepe Escobar
The barely reported highlight of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Tehran for the Caspian Sea summit last week was a key face-to-face meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A high-level diplomatic source in Tehran tells Asia Times Online that essentially Putin and the Supreme Leader have agreed on a plan to nullify the George W Bush administration's relentless drive towards launching a preemptive attack, perhaps a tactical nuclear
strike, against Iran. An American attack on Iran will be viewed by Moscow as an attack on Russia.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East /IJ26Ak06.html
I Electro-magnetic Pulse (EMP) attack
China and Russia are two potential US adversaries that have the capability for this kind of attack. An EMP attack can either come from an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), a long-range cruise missile, or an orbiting satellite armed with a nuclear or non-nuclear EMP warhead. A nuclear burst of one (or more) megaton some 400 kilometers over central United States (Omaha, Nebraska) can blanket the whole continental US with electro-magnetic pulse in less than one second.
2 Cyber attack
America is the most advanced country in the world in the field of information technology (IT). Practically all of its industries, manufacturing, business and finance, telecommunications, key government services and defense establishment rely heavily on computers and computer networks.
3 Interdiction of US foreign oil supply
America is now 75% dependent on foreign imported oil. About 23.5% of America's imported oil supply comes from the Persian Gulf. To cut off this oil supply, Iran can simply mine the Strait of Hormuz, using bottom-rising sea mines. It is worthwhile to note that Iran has the world's fourth-largest inventory of sea mines, after China, Russia and the US.
4 Attack on the US dollar
One of the pillars propping up US superpower status and worldwide economic dominance is the dollar being accepted as the predominant reserve currency. Central banks of various countries have to stock up dollar reserves because they can only buy their oil requirements and other major commodities in US dollars.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HJ19A d01.html
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines have been patrolling off the eastern seaboard of the United States in the first mission of its kind so close to shore in nearly a decade, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE57 40DV20090805
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How to save the Obama presidency - bomb Iran
BY DANIEL PIPES
02/02/2010 23:50
President needs dramatic gesture to change perception of him as lightweight ideologue.
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I do not customarily offer advice to a president whose election I opposed, whose goals I fear and whose policies I work against. But here is a way for Barack Obama to salvage his tottering administration by taking a step that protects the US and its allies.
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/ Article.aspx?id=167618
The Zionist's can "Demand" all they want. This Ain't their Country or their Citizens that will die. Time to Get along to Get along.
ABC Finance » Bank stocks are still an iffy investment
Bank stocks rose like a phoenix from the financial ashes over the past year or so, lifting the results of the funds that owned them as well.
It would seem logical that an economic recovery would loft them even higher in 2010. The problem is that nagging questions about government intervention, housing and consumer credit may weigh them down.
Funds loaded with bank stocks have a tough act to follow:
Financial services mutual funds rose more than 40 percent over the past 12 months, while the Financial Select Sector SPDR exchange-traded fund gained more than 50 percent.
"The news in banking has become ‘less bad’ this year, the surprises are pretty much over and the healing process is in full force," observed David Ellison, portfolio manager of FBR Small Cap Financial Fund, up nearly 40 percent over the past 12 months.
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