Back Taxes May Stop Ground Zero Mosque

by Chana Ya’ar The real estate developer behind New York City’s impending Ground Zero Mosque allegedly is delinquent on paying the property taxes for the site. The company, 45 Park Place Partners, is listed in arrears on the January 2010 and July 2010 payments for the site – the old Burlington Coat factory — a total […]

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IRS Sued for Discrimination of Groups that Don’t Toe the BO Line

by INN Staff Z STREET, a pro-Israel non-profit corporation, filed a lawsuit in federal court today charging that the IRS violated the organization’s First Amendment rights.  The suit was filed after Z STREET was told by an IRS official that its application for tax-exempt status has been delayed because an IRS policy requires consideration of […]

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3 Reasons Why Financial Reform Will Fail

The Dodd-Frank financial regulation reform bill is now law. The bill is being touted as the most sweeping financial legislation since Glass-Steagall, but with 2300 pages of rules and proposals it’s hard to know exactly how it will play out in the market. Peter Schiff, president of EuroPacific Capital tells Tech ticker it will fail. […]

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Jerusalem Thaws the Freeze, Approves New Housing

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Jerusalem’s planning commission ended the de facto building freeze Monday night by approving building 32 new housing units in Pisgat Ze’ev, where 50,000 Jews lives in the northeastern part of the city. The Palestinian Authority claims the areas as part of its proposed new Arab country within Israel’s post-1967 borders. The approval […]

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