Meanings of corporate inversion in English

This corporate inversion deal also saw the Michigan company move its domicile to Dublin.

So far in 2014, nine corporate inversion transactions have been struck, the most in any given year.

So far in 2014, ten corporate inversion transactions have been struck, the most in any given year.

It was one a spate of tax-driven transactions at the time, mostly by US companies, known as corporate inversion.

Other US healthcare multinationals drawn recently to corporate inversion include Pfizer, although its takeover approach for AstraZeneca was ultimately rebuffed.

It's not all down to corporate inversion -that bête noir of US politicians -although undoubtedly a lot of it is.

Many American firms with big offshore cash reserves have been experimenting with " corporate inversion" mergers, which involve switching headquarters out of the US.

Trump said he thinks corporate inversions cost the United States twice as much as estimated.

A recent bid from drug-maker Pfizer Inc to acquire AstraZeneca Plc, renewed attention on corporate inversions.

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This was in part due to a number of high-profile corporate inversions featuring Irish domiciled companies, including Pfizer-Allergan and Shire-Baxalta.

Pfizer and Allergan are not the only companies juggling with the fallout from the US Treasury's new rules on corporate inversions.

Last March, President Barack Obama announced plans to stop corporate inversions by year-end, and to cut the US corporate tax rate.

US treasury secretary Jack Lew had dealt a blow to Ireland with his latest crackdown on a process known as corporate inversions.

Senator Carl Levin, chair of the permanent subcommittee on investigations, was joined by 13 other senators in introducing the Stop Corporate Inversions Act.

Barack Obama sees something of the night in corporate inversions, in which US giants move headquarters to places such as Ireland for tax reasons.