BRUSSELS Femme Fenty Puma Rihanna Suede Creepers Rose Vente , Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The sweetheart tax deals struck by Starbucks and Fiat with European nations were ruled illegal, the European Commission announced on Wednesday, ordering each to repay up to 30 millions euros (34 million U.S. dollars) in back taxes.

The decision came after 15-month in-depth investigations. The commission, the executive arm of the European Union (EU), said that Starbucks' coffee roasting company in the Netherlands and Fiat's financing subsidiary in Luxembourg were granted "selective tax advantages" by local authorities.

Dutch and Luxembourg tax policies have for years helped both multinationals reduce tax by a total of between 20 and 30 million euros Fenty Puma Rihanna Velvet Creepers Cement Vente , said the commission in a statement.

"Tax rulings as such are perfectly legal," the commission said. Starbucks and Fiat were given tax assurance, or "comfort letters" by Dutch and Luxembourg government. The comfort letters gave companies clarity on how their corporate taxes would be calculated or on the use of special tax provisions.

"However, the two tax rulings under investigation endorsed artificial and complex methods to establish taxable profits for the companies," the commission concluded. "They do not reflect economic reality."

The Netherlands and Luxembourg were ordered to recover from both multinationals a total of between 20 to 30 million euros in back taxes.

Margrethe Vestager Acheter Fenty Puma Rihanna Suede Creepers Noir Blanche , EU's antitrust commissioner, said the findings aimed to send out a clear message that "all companies, big or small, multinational or not, should pay their fair share of tax."

"Tax rulings that artificially reduce a company's tax burden are not in line with EU state aid rules. They are illegal Fenty Puma Rihanna Suede Creepers Grise Marron Vente ," she said.

The commissioner also signaled that more cases were expected to be explored. Apple in Ireland and Amazon in Luxembourg are also suspected to benefit from unlawful state aid. "We do not stop here," she warned.

Luxembourg Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna denied that his government's policy has violated EU regulations. "Luxembourg disagrees with the conclusions reached by the European Commission in the Fiat Finance and Trade case and reserves all its rights," he tweeted.

Fiat echoed with denying receiving any aid from Luxembourg while Starbucks immediately responded that it would appeal. (1 euro = 1.135 U.S. dollars)

US golfer Tiger Woods sits on a snow bike during the women's World Cup Super-G skiing race in Cortina D'Ampezzo January 19, 2015. Woods' girlfriend, Lindsey Vonn Fenty Puma Rihanna Suede Creepers Noir Marron Vente , became the most successful female in Alpine skiing World Cup history when she won a Super-G on Monday, her 63rd victory in the competition. [PhotoAgencies]

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy - World Cup ski champion Lindsey Vonn is backing boyfriend Tiger Woods' account of how he lost a front tooth.

One day after winning her record 63rd World Cup race, Vonn posted to her Facebook account Tuesday that she was happy Woods surprised her by coming to the race, and that she felt ``terrible that his tooth got knocked out."

"When he was in the finish area a cameraman accidentally knocked into him and took out his front tooth Fenty Puma Rihanna Suede Creepers Rouge Meilleur Prix ," Vonn wrote. ``He was still in great spirits though and didn't complain once or ask for any special assistance or security. We were both just happy to share the moment together."

Vonn told USA Today in a phone interview: "I didn't see it happen, but I guess some photographer hit him in the face with a camera and it totally knocked his tooth out."

Woods missing a tooth created a sensation Monday after the race.

Mark Steinberg, Woods' agent at Excel Sports Management, said in an email that during a crush of photographers at the awards podium, "a media member with a shoulder-mounted video camera pushed and surged toward the stage Fenty Puma Rihanna Leather Creepers Blanche Argent Pas Cher , turned and hit Tiger Woods in the mouth. Woods' tooth was knocked out by the incident."

Woods first showed up in the athletes' area when Vonn's father, Alan Kildow, escorted him in shortly after Vonn took the lead. The golfer then surprised Vonn and gave the skier an emotional hug.

After about 10 to 15 minutes of standing near Vonn with her family, Woods was escorted into a white tent usually reserved for measuring skis. He stayed there for nearly an hour, while the last lower-ranked skiers came down and during the podium celebration.

After the podium celebration Fenty Puma Rihanna Suede Creepers Noir En ligne , Woods was escorted by police to a waiting snowmobile and taken away.

Race organizers told The Associated Press they were not aware of the incident and that Woods requested extra security and a snowmobile to exit the finish area.

"I was among those who escorted him from the tent to the snowmobile and there was no such incident," Nicola Colli, the secretary general of the race organizing committee, told The Associated Press. "When he arrived he asked for more security and we rounded up police to look after both him and Lindsey."

Woods had been wearing a scarf with a skeleton pattern over the lower part of his face, sunglasses and a stocking cap.

The photo was taken when the scarf was lowered.

Steinberg Fenty Puma Rihanna Velvet Creepers Noir Meilleur Prix , through a spokesman, said there would be nothing to add Tuesday.

Woods makes his 2015 debut next week in Phoenix.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Nasser Al-Attiyah fought back after being stripped of victory in the first stage by taking an overall lead in Monday's second stage at 2015 Dakar Rally in Argentina.

Mini driver Al-Attiyah, 2011 champion, was punished for driving at 68kmh in a section of the opening stage where the limit was 50kmh and was therefore penalized two minutes and relegated from the top to seventh place.

However from Villa Carlos Paz to San Juan Fenty Puma Rihanna Velvet Creepers Bordeaux En ligne , Argentina - the longest stage of the entire event - Al-Attiyah put out an emphatic response as he took the 518km special stage by a margin of eight and a half minutes over Toyota's South African Giniel de Villiers. Al-Attiyah also.