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EU leaders look to end Apple-style tax avoidance schemes

BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - Growing concern in European capitals about aggressive tax avoidance by high-profile corporations such as Amazon, Google and Apple looks set to steal the agenda of a European Union summit in Brussels on Wednesday.Full story

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Eesha Khare, an 18-year old high school student, has invented an energy storage device that charges in about 20 seconds and is smaller than a cell phone battery.
Eesha Khare, an 18-year old high school student, has invented an energy storage device that charges in about 20 seconds and is smaller than a cell phone battery.

Eesha Khare, an 18-year old high school student, has invented an energy storage device that charges in about 20 seconds and is smaller than a cell phone battery. Her invention has gotten the attention of Google.

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt arrives at 10 Downing Street in London
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt arrives at 10 Downing Street in London

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt arrives at 10 Downing Street in London May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY POLITICS)

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Google's Northern Europe boss Matt Brittin leaves a British parliamentary Public Accounts Committee inquiry into tax avoidance at Portcullis House in London
Google's Northern Europe boss Matt Brittin leaves a British parliamentary Public Accounts Committee inquiry into tax avoidance at Portcullis House in London

Google's Northern Europe boss Matt Brittin leaves a British parliamentary Public Accounts Committee inquiry into tax avoidance at Portcullis House in London May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Neil Hall