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Apple, the technology giant known for the innovative iPad and the fun iPhone, takes advantage of tax codes written before the digital age to avoid paying high taxes by locating parts of its business to states and countries with the lowest tax rates.
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| Lady Gaga’s Asia Tour and the Global Economy? |
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Lady Gaga recently kicked off her "Born This Way" tour in Seoul, the capitol of South Korea, and will travel to Hong Kong, Taiwan’s Taipei, Jakarta in Indonesia, Singapore, and Bangkok in Thailand.
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| Chinese Activist at Center of Diplomatic Crisis |
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The dramatic escape of a blind Chinese activist from a well-guarded house in the countryside is now at the center of a delicate diplomatic situation between China and the U.S. as they try to figure out their respective roles in the global economy of the future.
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| Attacks Mark Pivotal Moment for Afghan Women |
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More than 170 girls and women became ill at a school in northern Afghanistan after opponents to women’s education allegedly poisoned the school’s water supply, according to local health officials.
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Joplin was able to rise from the ashes because of help from everyone. And I am eternally grateful to anyone who made that possible.
