How Does Play in Tax Avoidance Play in peoria?

摘要

In the spring of 2008, finance exec- utives from Caterpillar Inc. gath- ered for a few days of meetings in the Peoria Civic Center, a few blocks from company headquarters. Early in the proceedings, Eugene Fife, chairman of the audit committee, reminded the attendees that they cradled Caterpillar's reputation in their hands.