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I just happened to catch this at random a couple of months ago when I looked at my bill (I normally don't review my bill every month). I called AT&T and they similarly to others' e…

But this isn't even true of many groups at Google, where people are managed by young (admittedly generally very smart) hotshot product managers without an engineering background.

There is a corporate AMT.

Looks like a fairly light slap on the wrists to me. People malign the IRS but they do a lot more innovation than most agencies.

Why not also have an automated script for the vast majority of sites for which people don't upload their own summaries? First two paragraphs and last paragraph seem like they would…

Shrewd (though likely just very lucky and timely) choice of topic. Looks like they can either (i) take their talents to any one of 10-15 companies that desperately need improvement…

It's also an issue of timing and deferral. Because one can offset short-term capital gains with capital losses, and individuals generally have absolute control over realization of …

This is cash that was taxed once in the foreign jurisdiction at whatever prevailing rate was in effect there. With the exception of the US, nearly all developed countries have terr…

It is not even clear that it is tax avoidance. In most situations the capital gains preference is meant to mitigate, and in fact only partially mitigates, income taxation at the co…

I think it is more symptomatic of the terrible job market than anything else. For most jobs available today (talented engineers in NY/SV excluded) there are usually hundreds of app…

This is a ridiculous post and I'm surprised it made it to the front page here. The two kids who pitched these ideas were akin to the traditional adult "business types" who pitch an…

Before I try to offer some advice... This is the dark side of the startup dream that is endlessly pushed on all the VC blogs and tech sites and boards like this that I frequent. An…