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Google files EU complaint over Microsoft cloud services
Google files EU complaint over Microsoft cloud services
by  AFP

Google said Wednesday that it had filed a complaint against Microsoft at the European Commission, accusing its rival of "anticompetitive" licensing practices to force customers to use its cloud service. The complaint was filed on Tuesday.

Unions vow 'bitter resistance' as Volkswagen talks begin
Unions vow 'bitter resistance' as Volkswagen talks begin
by  AFP

Volkswagen bosses and workers' representatives started crunch talks Wednesday about the ailing German auto titan's drastic cost-cutting plans, with thousands of staff staging a protest and unions vowing "bitter resistance". "Anyone who sows fear and gambles with the future of our colleagues will reap bitter resistance," vowed Groeger.

OECD calls for higher property taxes to fight debt
OECD calls for higher property taxes to fight debt
by  AFP

The OECD slightly raised its world economic growth forecast for 2024 on Wednesday but called for higher property and environmental taxes to combat soaring debt in many countries. "On the revenue side, efforts to eliminate distortive tax expenditures and enhance revenues from indirect, environmental and property taxes are called for in many countries," the organisation said.

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