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Wells Fargo complaints show flaws in federal whistleblower program

Former Wells Fargo & Co general manager Claudia Ponce de Leon filed a whistleblower complaint in December 2011 with federal labor regulators, alleging she was fired for telling superiors about employees opening unauthorized accounts. Nearly five years later…

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U.S. targets corporate tax-reduction strategy with new regulation

The Obama administration, in its latest bid to prevent American companies from minimizing U.S. taxes by rebasing abroad, issued final rules on Thursday to combat a key tax-reduction technique known as earnings stripping. Six months after proposing the regulations, the U.S. Treasury made good on its pledge to move swiftly against corporate tax inversions by rolling out the new final rule, despite opposition from business groups and…

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Exclusive: Hershey CEO Bilbrey prepares to step down – sources

(Reuters) – The chief executive of Hershey Co , the chocolate company that Oreo cookie-maker Mondelez International Inc tried to acquire earlier this year, is preparing to step down by next summer, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

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Verizon says Yahoo hack ‘material,’ could affect deal

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc said on Thursday it has a “reasonable basis” to believe Yahoo Inc's massive data breach of email accounts represents a material impact that could allow Verizon to withdraw from its $4.83 billion deal to buy the technology company. Verizon's general counsel Craig Silliman told reporters at a roundtable in Washington…

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