For the Record: "Romney Persona Non Grata In Italy For Bain’s Deal Skirting Taxes"

[janedrake]

For your reading pleasure:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2012...taxes.html

Quote:Mitt Romney skipped Italy on his swing through Europe. That was probably prudent.

That’s because Bain Capital, under Romney as chief executive officer, made about $1 billion in a leveraged buyout 12 years ago that remains controversial in Italy to this day. Bain was part of a group that bought a telephone-directory company from the Italian government and then sold it about two years later, at the peak of the technology bubble, for about 25 times what it paid.

Bain funneled profits through subsidiaries in Luxembourg, a common corporate strategy for avoiding income taxes in other European countries, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg News. The buyer, Italy’s biggest telephone company, now has a total market value less than what it paid Bain and other investors for the directory business.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2012...taxes.html

[jaxx]

And people wonder why Romney won't release his taxes. He's out for one person, Willard Romney.