The European Union's order to Apple to pay 13 billion euros ($14 billion) in back taxes "defies reality and common sense", the US firm said as the two sides sparred in a case key to

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The global mining industry is increasingly showing a commitment towards greater respect for human rights and the environment, but is accused of wanting to improve its reputation without seeking real progress. Wildcat miners, including children,

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Cuba is deploying oxen to replace tractors, using wood instead of gas at many state bakeries and advising citizens to save electricity by making the most of daylight as it grapples with an acute fuel

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China needs to develop a better system for financing small businesses that drive innovation in the economy but currently struggle to access the funds they need for growth, a leading Chinese think-tank said in a

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Dozens of people dressed in black went on a "funeral march" up a steep Swiss mountainside on Sunday to mark the disappearance of an Alpine glacier amid growing global alarm over climate change. Around 250

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Germany's Deutsche Bahn expects the government's 50 billion euro climate change package to generate the railway company's biggest growth spurt in its 180-year history, the state-owned firm's boss said on Sunday. In a telephone press

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Debt-laden Reliance Capital Ltd has slammed an Indian credit rating agency's decision to downgrade its debt to "default" levels and warned the move would harm millions of investors. CARE Ratings late on Friday downgraded the

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Debt-laden Reliance Capital Ltd has slammed an Indian credit rating agency's decision to downgrade its debt to "default" levels and warned the move would harm millions of investors. CARE Ratings late on Friday downgraded the

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India will not revise its fiscal deficit target immediately and is not planning any spending cuts at this stage, the country's finance minister said on Sunday, after slashing corporate tax rates to boost a flagging

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Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co said on Sunday it was not interested in acquiring struggling Oi SA or any other Brazilian carrier. Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported on Saturday in its online version

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