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As Washington tries to find its way out of increasing debt, the debate continues over whether American companies should pay more or less in taxes. Meanwhile, some of the largest U.S. public corporations paid no taxes at all for 2012. As a matter of fact, several of America's biggest companies received tax credits that rose into the hundreds of millions, or even billions, of dollars. Losing money or taking write-downs has become a sort of benefit for several well-known corporations.There are several ways a company can avoid paying taxes. One is simple: The corporation loses large sums of money, and as a by-product it pays no taxes or even gets tax credits. Battered retailer J.C. Penney managed to do that last year.These are the companies paying the least in taxes. 10. Alpha Natural Resources > Income tax expense: -$550 million > Earnings before taxes: -$2.99 billion > Revenue: $6.98 billion > 1-yr. share price change: -47.43% > Industry: Coal and fuelsAlpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:...
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John Lekas, Leader Capital CEO and senior portfolio manager, and Riley Asset Management CEO Ned Riley, weigh in on the housing market, commodities and gas prices.
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