US Presidential Election Winner Betting Odds

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Monday November 05, 2012 · 5:11 AM PST

2012/11/05 · 05:11

Internet gaming websites have installed president Obama as the heavy favorite(at least 2/9 odds) to win re-election:

http://www.oddschecker.com/...

Dutch Newspaper Reports Romney Avoided $100 Million in Taxes

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Monday November 05, 2012 · 4:14 AM PST

2012/11/05 · 04:14

This morning, investigative reporters at a quality Dutch newspaper, De Volkskrant, published a story that Mitt Romney avoided $100 million in dividend taxes using a complex route that ran through The Netherlands. The mechanism used an arcane clause in the tax treaties that determine which country can tax which type of income when a construction, in this case a private equity fund, runs through multiple countries. Some of the data came from legal documents filed with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. The reporters repeatedly asked Romney to comment on the story but he refused.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/...

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