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Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have given millions of dollars to nearly 100 prominent health groups in recent years, while simultaneously spending millions to defeat public health legislation that would reduce Americans' soda intake, according to public health researchers.

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They pay at both ends. Some never pay at all.

Nikprit

The European Commission has ordered Ireland to recoup 13 billion euros (£11bn) from Apple over a 'sweetheart' tax deal offered to the tech company.

Following a three-year long investigation, the commission has concluded the tax arrangements between Ireland and the multinational tech firm are illegal.

Ireland’s corporation tax rate is already relatively low at 12.5 per cent, but the commission said Apple’s tax deal meant the firm was paying an effective corporate tax rate of less than 1 per cent.

full article of the extract above:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/apple-tax-ireland-eu-11bn-european-commission-sweetheart-deal-europe-latest-a7216126.html

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Pay your debts !

Nikprit

I think the soda pop example above encaptulates the power plays of not only large co-operations but also occurs on a legislative level as well.

  A number of  co-operations have the annual GDP that surpasses more than a few countries.

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Pay off the cop, then pay off the judge. A license to steal.

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It was unclear where the Galaxy Note 7’s problem began. But Samsung’s fight to catch up with Apple by cramming increasingly sophisticated features into the device may have been the phone’s undoing. Industry experts are scrutinizing Samsung’s supply chain to see whether the rush to market caused technical problems or led to corners being cut.

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Note 7 is history Samsung announced today. Company value declined 17 billion and falling.

BlargDragon

I, for one, welcome our new lapine overlords.

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Just received a chess.com message. v3 is here. v2 will no longer be supported. Time to say my goodbye. I use a phone app. v3 constantly crashes and freezes. Won't log out and see what happens. Maybe I can finish my games.

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All this uproar about a hijab being forced on woman.

And here we have chess.com forcing v3 on us.

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Bye kayknight. I don't care what anybody says about you.

We know a dunce when we see one :-)

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An honest to goodness protest !

If you're using v2, don't log out !

This will get me booted no doubt, but what the heck!

I paid my dues here for 6+ years.

bunicula

Samsung galaxy note 7 came with chess.com v3? :-P

bunicula

Meanwhile babaji has gone back to hibernation mode.

Nikprit

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bunicula wrote:

Samsung galaxy note 7 came with chess.com v3? :-P

No...really? As a pre-installed app?

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This explains the batteries over heating resulting in the phones exploding.

Senseifrost
If your dumb enough to place a bet on faith than the mistake is your own...."you cant trust noone"
bunicula

Especially high nooone

Senseifrost wrote:

If your dumb enough to place a bet on faith than the mistake is your own...."you cant trust noone"