https://freerepublic.com/tag/snooker/ en-us Wed, 2 Sep 2020 15:54:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3880153/posts Legendary seven-time World Champion Stephen Hendry will take up an invitational tour card to compete on the World Snooker Tour for at least the next two seasons. Hendry had appeared to have ended his time on the professional circuit, when he retired after the 2012 World Championship. That came at the end of a run to the Crucible quarter-finals, which saw him compile the 11th maximum break of his career along the way. However, after eight years away, 51-year-old Hendry has taken the decision to return to snooker’s top table. He joins fellow icons Jimmy White, Ken Doherty and James... World Snooker Tour News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3880153/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2020 15:54:35 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1500299/posts Harriet Miers' Texas law firm, Locke Liddell, was investigated by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations for agreeing to write favorable tax opinions for clients regarding Ernst & Young tax schemes that are now under criminal investigation. In August 2005, accounting firm KPMG LLP agreed to pay $465 million in fines and cooperate with federal authorities to avoid criminal prosecutions for popular tax schemes that were aggressively marketed in 1999-2000. Rival accounting firm Ernst & Young, or E&Y, remains even today under federal grand jury examination for similar slick tax avoidance schemes, often marketed in conjunction with banks, during the... WorldNetDaily https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1500299/posts#comment Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:04:41 GMT