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Senate probe: Microsoft, HP avoid offshore taxes

UPDATED 22:21 PM EDT, September 23, 2012 | ALAN FRAM, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Microsoft Corp., the Hewlett-Packard Co. and other multinational corporations have avoided billions in U.S. taxes by shifting profits offshore and taking advantage of weak, ambiguous sections of the tax code, Senate investigators said Thursday.

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