A report recently released says Apple, Inc. is avoiding paying billions of dollars of global taxes. The report claims the tech giant is opening small offices across the globe to collect and then invest profits by the company. The report that was released by theon Saturday said an office in Nevada, where corporate taxes are zero, was just one of many the tech giant, based in California uses to sidestep income taxes on profits. Corporate tax rates in California are 8.84%. Sales of iPads and iPhones... 

A recent study found that the majority of women in the U.S. overestimate condom and oral contraceptives’ effectiveness. Some even think the methods are 100% effective. Two doctors in St. Louis using a questionnaire of contraceptive knowledge conducted a cross-sectional analysis. The form was completed by over 4,100 women. Before the women received contraceptive counseling, they had formed a part of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project. The study found that 86% of the participants knew the risk on an... 

 A full year has passed since the raid by the U.S. that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. Al-Qaeda has been hunted, hobbled and somewhat dismantled during that time and has not had time to carry out another attack similar to 9/11 in the U.S. However, the network of terrorists still dream of paying back the U.S., warns counterterrorist officials from the United States. Wars that have gone on for over 10 years have cost the U.S. more than $1.29 trillion and thousands of lives. Those wars however,... 

The notorious stagnant jobs market in Spain is a serious problem in the country and is expected to get even worse before turning the corner toward the good. The government in Spain reported that the unemployment rate skyrocketed to 24.4% during the first quarter of 2012. That is the highest the rate it has ever been. During the fourth quarter of last year, the rate was 22.9%. The country has had a problem with high unemployment for a number of years, particularly in the young age groups. During the... 

One motel in Cocoa Beach, Florida has had a problem filling rooms and lounge chairs. In order to attract more guests, the Fawlty Towers Motel has had to resort to attracting guests that has raised the eyebrows of many local residents. Starting May 1, the Motel will become a nudist resort. The motel’s owner said he decided to convert to a nudist resort since there is no competition for over 100 miles and it is a niche he thinks will do well in the market. He said it is his last recourse to save... 

In early April, Facebook issued a countersuit against Yahoo. Facebook says that Yahoo infringed on 10 patents owned by the social network. That countersuit was about a month after Yahoo had originally filed a lawsuit against Facebook. Yahoo, in its lawsuit, claimed that Facebook infringed on its patent for its messaging, customization, privacy, ad network and social networking as a whole. Yahoo filed on Friday its response to the counterclaim of Facebook. Yahoo says that eight of the 10 patents that... 

A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says that close to 41 million workers in the United States get less than six hours of sleep each night. That amount is about 30% of the entire civilian workforce in the country. The recommended amount by the National Sleep Foundation is seven to nine hours and by not getting that amount each night, the CDC said workers pose a potential risk to both themselves and their coworkers. The survey by the CDC consisted of 15,000 workers. Over 44% of those... 

On Thursday afternoon, a Delta Airlines flight was quarantined at Midway Airport in Chicago. One of the passengers, Lise Sievers says her recent trip to Uganda may have been the cause of the quarantine. She is adopting two children and while in Uganda, her family stayed at a hotel and she thinks she was contaminated with something from the hotel room. She said her son, who is four, had pustules on his body. The flight was out of Detroit and passengers had to remain on board for over two hours following... 

Spain’s credit rating was downgraded on Thursday by Standard & Poor’s. The credit agency said the country’s levels of sovereign debt were excessively high and that the banks in Spain would need to receive an injection of aid as the economy in the country shrank. This marks the second time that S & P has downgraded the rating for Spain. In doing so, it lowered the country’s long-term rating by two notches to a rating of BBB+ from an A, including a negative outlook, which indicates... 

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a controversial bill known as the Cybersecurity bill. It allows private enterprise to exchange information that is confidential with the U.S. government. CISPA – the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, was passed by a vote of 248-162. It is designed to help defend networks in the U.S. against a cyber attack. The legislation has been threatened with a veto by the White House. The administration says it fails to protect people’s privacy... 

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc announced on Wednesday that it had agreed to purchase Actavis Group. The deal is estimated at over $5.6 billion. The deal will make the company one of the biggest suppliers in the world of generic drugs and will make its international presence even bigger. The deal was first reported back in late March. Now Watson, based in the U.S., will more effectively compete against rivals Sandoz and Teva. In recent years, the generic drug industry has seen many mergers. Much of this... 

Nate Webster a former linebacker with the Cincinnati Bengals was convicted of sex-related crimes on Wednesday involving the daughter of an ex-Cincinnati Bengal assistant coach. The Cincinnati jury declared Webster guilty on four counts of illegal sexual conduct involving a minor. He was found not guilty by the jury of three additional charges: sexual battery, sexual imposition and another count of illegal sexual conduct involving a minor. It took the jury six hours to deliberate before announcing... 

The most popular comedian in Egypt, Adel Imam has been found guilty of Insulting Islam. The verdict of the comedian for offending Islam was upheld in a Cairo court on Wednesday. It raised fears with liberals and secularists in Egypt that Islamic tide is increasing in the country since former President Mubarak was removed from power in 2011. Imam is one of the Arab world’s most well known actors. He was convicted originally in February for contempt of religion, which is illegal in the penal code... 

Fans of the Kardashians will be happy to know they will continue to see the family on reality TV on the E! Network. The network announced it had signed a contract for $40 million for three seasons for the show Keeping Up With the Kardashians. The mega million-dollar deal makes the show the richest in the history of reality TV. The family members, sisters – Kourtney, Kim and Khloe – and parents Bruce and Kris Jenner will earn the same pay and most of the money will go to the family. Other stars... 

Last week a woman who was brain-dead gave birth to twins. Christine Bolden, 26, who suffered brain aneurysms, gave birth via C-section to two twin boys. Bolden was declared brain dead, by doctors, weeks ago. She had collapsed from intense pain back on March 6. Following her collapse, she was rushed to a hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The doctors there told her friends and family that she had suffered from a brain aneurysm that had been in her brain since the day she was born and had just burst. A... 

AT&T is generating less money from each new monthly subscriber of a smartphone. The average monthly smartphone bill for subscribers has decreased by nearly 10%, from $88 dollars to $80 in just 12 months. AT&T should be greatly concerned about that since the large phone company is struggling in gaining new subscribers. Close to all the adults and many of the children throughout the U.S., have mobile phones. AT&T has said the solution is the smartphone, as the subscriber must not only pay... 

The Pentagon is reshaping the spy service in the U.S., shifting agents in intelligence from putting their focus on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to other priorities across the globe. A reorganization of the service is underway to target the treats of the country’s national security after over a decade of focusing on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Hundreds of new analysts and case officers of the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon are being shifted to a new Defense Clandestine Service. The... 

The former Transportation Security Administration administrator Kip Hawley said the agency’s approach to today’s airport security is broken. Hawley was the TSA head between 2005 and 2009. He was the face the public saw of an agency that millions of American travelers despised. Today, he says it is understandable to him why the agency is hated. He says the approach the agency uses toward airport security is not working. He said, the TSA needs to worry less about standardized procedures and prohibited... 

The alleged mass murderer Anders Breivik’s trial has reopened the dispute over video games. Breivik testified last Thursday that he used video games to train for his shooting spree that amounted to 77 deaths last summer. He said at the trial that he played Call of Duty as a way to practice shooting. He also told the courtroom that he played World of Warcraft, an online game of role-playing with players from across the globe. He says he would play that game for up to 16 hours each day. For those... 

Mark Rutte the Dutch Prime Minister resigned on Monday after support from the far-right was withdrawn for his government. That might clear the way for earlier than normal elections in the Netherlands. Some believe the elections will be as early as this summer. Rutte’s resignation came when the talks ended with the far-right party over an austerity package equivalent to $18.6 billion. On Tuesday, Mark Rutte, a caretaker Prime Minister appealed to a Dutch Parliament that had become polarized, to... 

Deaths from measles worldwide have dropped by 75% in the last decade says new research by WHO. The majority of the deaths caused by measles were in Africa and India, where still very few children are immunized. Health officials said an estimated 9.6 million youngsters were saved between 2000 and 2010 following a huge vaccination campaign against measles that started in the late 1990s. During that time, researchers believe deaths from measles fell from 535,300 to just over 139,000 or nearly a 75%... 

This year Netflix expects to sign up over 7 million subscribers to its streaming video rentals, despite the fact it just posted its first loss for a quarter in over seven years. The home video and streaming video rental company lost close to $5 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2012. That compared to over $60 million in income for the same quarter last year. The company could see losses continue for the latest quarter, as it has forecasted between a loss of $6 million and a profit of $8 million... 

Wells Fargo saw an increase of 13% in profits for the first quarter.  The company reported earnings of $4.2 billion, or $0.75 a share.  The results were higher than the $0.73 a share forecasted by analysts.  Revenue increased to $21.64 billion, from $20.33 billion.  It was the highest quarterly revenue reported by the bank in over two years and the seventh-straight rise in quarterly net income for Wells Fargo. Strong results were expected from Wells Fargo after the bank moved its earnings announcement... 

David Axelrod the senior advisor for President Obama’s reelection campaign criticized the Republican Party for highlighting the overall lack of immigration reform as a failure of one of President Obama’s promise in his 2008 campaign. The ongoing fight between the Democrats and Republicans shows how much the two are trying to win Hispanic votes leading up to the presidential election. Axelrod said it was the GOP that would not let the immigration reform out of Congress and not Obama failing on... 

Senator Charles Schumer has called on Congress to freeze the interest rates on student loans. Current Stafford loans have a rate of 3.4%, but they are destined to increase to 6.8% as of July 1. That increased will affect over 7.4 million students in the country. Schumer has joined the effort that is led by President Barack Obama to maintain the rates where they currently are. On Sunday, Schumer said he would be a co-sponsor on a bill with Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed that would freeze all interest...