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EU antitrust regulators order Apple to pay up to 13 billion euros in taxes plus interest to the Irish government after ruling that a special scheme to route profits through Ireland was illegal state aid. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Bogota, May 3 (EFE).- Taxi and truck drivers blocked traffic with their vehicles on Monday in a sixth consecutive day of sometimes violent protests against the Colombian government's economic policies.The protests, which as of Sunday had left between 16 and 21 dead, depending on the source, continued even though conservative President Ivan Duque announced that day that he would be scrapping plans to introduce a tax overhaul bill to Congress.Taxi drivers carrying Colombian flags halted traffic on some Bogota avenues to show their opposition to a proposal to legalize mobile-app based passenger transport, an initiative that Congress has already rejected. (Camera: SANTIAGO GUERRA).SHOT LIST: ANTI-GOVERNEMNT PROTEST ON 3 MAY 2021, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
In 2017, then-Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker made great fanfare of the arrival of Apple's biggest supplier, Foxconn. Foxconn had agreed to build a facility to manufacture large-screen TV displays and create 13,000 jobs. In exchange, Wisconsin would offer an enticing series of tax breaks, totaling $4 billion. Now, Business Insider reports the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has rejected Foxconn's application for tax subsidies. Business Insider reports Foxconn had to have at least 520 people under employment by the end of 2019 to receive the subsidies. Foxconn claimed to have hired 550 people, but Wisconsin says only 281 of them met the qualifications listed in the contract.
Ireland's finance minister welcomes the judgement of a European court which annulled an EU claim that Ireland had unfairly allowed Apple to benefit from 13 billion euros in state aid. SOUNDBITE
Wiley has challenged Stormzy to a rap battle at The 02 Arena following their recent spat.