Apple Owes Billions in Back Taxes to Ireland, E.U. Says

By JAMES KANTER and MARK SCOTT5:13 PM ET

The decision adds to tensions over how much companies should pay in countries where they do business.

The final prices include taxes and the commission paid to the auction house: 25 percent, excluding tax of the first $26,000; 20 percent, excluding tax from that amount up to $1.03 million; and 12 percent excluding tax on the rest. Presale estimates do not reflect commissions.

Boston Tea Party: American colonists dressed as natives threw over 300 chests of tea from British ships into Boston Harbor, protesting taxes and the Tea Act; the British response was the Intolerable Acts (1773)

Long-Lost Bach Composition Turns Up in Germany

The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in eastern Germany said
that a lost musical composition by Johann Sebastian Bach has been
discovered in a treasure chest of manuscripts.

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U.S. federal regulators are backing away from a plan that would have required television stations to air as many as a dozen public-service ads a day about the U.S.'s transition to digital television next year.

reflect (SHOW)

verb [T]

to show, express or be a sign of something:

The statistics reflect a change in people's spending habits.

reflection

noun [C usually singular]

a sign or result of something:

The fact that soldiers are on the streets is a reflection of how terrified the government is.

back away (NOT SUPPORT) phrasal verb

to show that you do not support a plan or idea any more and do not want to be involved with it:

The government has backed away from plans to increase taxes.

back away (MOVE) phrasal verb

to move backwards away from something or someone, usually because you are frightened:

She saw that he had a gun and backed away.

chest (BOX)
noun [C] 可以查到裝茶等的確切體積
a large strong box, usually made of wood, which is used for storing valuable goods or possessions or for moving possessions from one place to another:
Her books and clothes were packed into chests and shipped across to Canada.