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Little House on the Prairie

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There is an address in Cheyenne, Wyoming -- 2710 Thomes Avenue -- where 2,000 companies are based. But it is not a skyscraper. Or even an office complex. It is a basic, 1,700-square-foot brick house. And it is the subject of an investigative report by Reuters called "A Little House of Secrets on the Great Plains."

One of the reporters on the project, Brian Grow, says it looks like a typical home -- until you go inside. "Lo and behold, the corporate suites for the companies that are registered at that address are in fact cubbyhole mailboxes, floor to ceiling in the main room," Grow tells Guy Raz, host of All Things Considered.


http://www.npr.org/2011/07/02/137573513/shell-game-2-000-firms-based-in-one-simple-house

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Secrets of Swiss Success

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The United States and Switzerland are in talks on a deal that would let several Swiss and European banks join a common settlement and avoid US prosecution for helping wealthy Americans dodge taxes, persons briefed on the matter said. As part of the agreement, the banks would pay a fine, exit their undeclared offshore banking businesses for Americans, and turn over client names to the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department. The US agencies would drop an ongoing investigation into the banks.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/10/us-usa-taxes-swiss-idUSTRE75940920110610

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