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Recriminations fly in Argentina as peso flounders ahead of vote
Recriminations fly in Argentina as peso flounders ahead of vote
by  AFP

Argentina's election campaign was marked by heated exchanges Wednesday as the incumbent president pressed charges against frontrunner candidate Javier Milei for dissing the national currency, which subsequently crashed. President Alberto Fernandez announced he had reported Milei for "public intimidation" after the candidate said Monday the Argentine peso "isn't worth excrement."

Microsoft fights $29 bn US back tax claim
Microsoft fights $29 bn US back tax claim
by  AFP

The US Internal Revenue Service is asking that Microsoft pay a whopping $29 billion in unpaid taxes from 2004 to 2013, the company said in an official filing on Wednesday. Microsoft added that "since 2004, we have paid over $67 billion in taxes to the US." The accounting practices of US big tech companies have long posed a problem for authorities.

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