increasingly-competitive

Starbucks, Amazon pay less tax than a sausage stand, Austria says

Multinationals like coffee chain Starbucks and online retailer Amazon pay less tax in Austria than one of the country's tiny sausage stands, the republic's center-left chancellor lamented in an interview published on Friday. Chancellor Christian Kern, head of the Social Democrats and of the centrist coalition government, also criticized internet giants

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Starbucks, Amazon pay less tax than a sausage stand, Austria says

increasingly-competitive

Chinese consumers take credit for boom in car loans

By Jake Spring BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese households, traditional savers with an aversion to debt, are rapidly warming to the idea of borrowing to buy a car, as automakers push financing deals to boost sales and margins in an increasingly competitive market.

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Chinese consumers take credit for boom in car loans