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	&quot;In the current context of tight public budgets, it is particularly important that large multinationals pay their fair share of taxes,&quot; EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said.</div>
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EU launches probes into Apple, Starbucks tax break deals

BRUSSELS - The European Union launched a probe Wednesday to determine whether the special tax deals offered by authorities in Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands to Starbucks and Apple amount to billions in illegal state aid.

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