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To: i-node who wrote (742753)	9/30/2013 12:24:13 PM
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GOOGLE pays $55 million tax in Britain on sales of $5.5 billion!

To: i-node who wrote (742753)	9/30/2013 1:05:00 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By joseffy Respond to of 1578295

With Just Hours To Go, Obama Suddenly In A Negotiating Mood Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/30/2013 - 12:58Last week Obama was unwilling to negotiate on the two key issues in the current government pre-shutdown debacle: Obamacare and the debt ceiling. Things seem to have changed quite quickly, now that the government shutdown is just 11 hours away. OBAMA SAYS EVERYONE MUST SIT DOWN AND NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH, CAN'T HAVE TALKS UNDER RISK OF POTENTIAL U.S. DEBT DEFAULT OBAMA SAYS HE IS NOT RESIGNED TO A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN TAKING PLACE OBAMA SAYS U.S. DOLLAR IS RESERVE CURRENCY OF THE WORLD, "WE DON'T MESS WITH THAT OBAMA SAYS EXPECTS TO SPEAK TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY In other words, Obama blinked (for the n-th time in what has not been a good year for presidential leverage). And to think it took less than a 1% drop in the S&P (and a rather stubborn Republican party) to get "diplomacy" going..