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Burger King in Talks to Buy Tim Hortons (tax inversion cited as reason)
WSJ ^ | 8/24/14 | Liz Hoffman and Dana Mattoli

Posted on 08/24/2014 4:59:02 PM PDT by tellw

Edited on 08/24/2014 5:07:07 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Burger King Worldwide Inc. BKW +1.01% is in talks to buy Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc., THI.T +2.79% a deal that would be structured as a so-called tax inversion and move the hamburger seller's domicile abroad, according to people familiar with the matter.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: burgerking; canada; kfc; pizzahut; tacobell; taxinversion; timhortons; wendys
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Sad state of affairs when Canada is viewed as a better place to be in business than the USA.
1 posted on 08/24/2014 4:59:02 PM PDT by tellw
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To: tellw

Canada is semi- socialist, but the PM is limited. I’m not sure there are any limits on king hussein.


2 posted on 08/24/2014 5:01:22 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (I want a Speaker who'll stick that pen and phone where no one but Reggie Love can find it!)
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To: tellw

The BK’s around here are closed up.


3 posted on 08/24/2014 5:02:08 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Don't assume Shahanshah Obama will allow another election.)
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To: tellw

I like Timmy’s. BK, not so much.


4 posted on 08/24/2014 5:03:11 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: tellw

5 posted on 08/24/2014 5:03:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: ASA Vet

I think they are trying to prevent that from happening again.


6 posted on 08/24/2014 5:03:55 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: tellw

For old time sake: ‘Bring back jobs now. Just sayin.’’


7 posted on 08/24/2014 5:04:27 PM PDT by deadrock (I am someone else.)
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To: tellw

It’s a shame Horton never lived to see this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Horton


8 posted on 08/24/2014 5:05:38 PM PDT by vladimir998
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To: ASA Vet

The BK’s around here are closed up.......

Always seems to be a has been, a troubled business, while Tim Horton’s is a success. A strange merger


9 posted on 08/24/2014 5:05:49 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: dennisw

Well, K-Mart bought Sears.


10 posted on 08/24/2014 5:06:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, K-Mart bought Sears.>>>>>>

Another rousing success!


11 posted on 08/24/2014 5:08:06 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: tellw

Las Vegas Steve Wynn said three years ago that doing biz with the ChiComs is easier than with the Obama administration.


12 posted on 08/24/2014 5:15:47 PM PDT by gaijin
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Western PA and NY has seen an explosion of growth with Tim Horton’s storefronts popping up in every mildly populated town... and have been very poular with the residents. Personally, I’m not a fan of Timmay’s coffee but all summer long they have had any size iced tea for $1.00... which works for me... Saturdays and Sundays when I am hard tasking outside or in the shop on the farm and need to take a break and head into town to the hardware store or feedmill, I hit Timmay’s and get my $2.12 worth of real, unsweetened iced tea.


13 posted on 08/24/2014 5:17:15 PM PDT by Rodamala
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We kinda like Timmy’s coffee, especially when we splurge and get a double-double.


14 posted on 08/24/2014 5:31:48 PM PDT by Cloverfarm
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To: deadrock

Eh!


15 posted on 08/24/2014 5:33:54 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: tellw

That’s kind of a weird story. You don’t need to merge two companies to invert. That must just be one of the incentives.


16 posted on 08/24/2014 5:34:53 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: tellw

Are they going to bring out a line of gay donuts to go with their rainbow burger?


17 posted on 08/24/2014 5:40:29 PM PDT by PAR35
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18 posted on 08/24/2014 5:43:58 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: tellw

Many moons ago a group of friends were planning a picnic. One of the guys that worked at BK smuggled some patties out. They were paper thin and turned to mush on the charcoal grill, pretty much inedible sludge. Don’t imagine they’ve improved any.


19 posted on 08/24/2014 5:51:06 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Cloverfarm

It’s not Timmy’s coffee, it’s Timmys coffee. They are prohibited from using the apostrophe in their advertising or logos. No joke. That’s why it’s called Tim Hortons and not Tim Horton’s.


20 posted on 08/24/2014 5:53:34 PM PDT by RightFighter (It was all for nothing.)
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