stop the market at this point i believe it was the forty second record close for the s. and p. five hundred just within this year and yet i want to return to our main story here the e.u. is cracking down on apple s and amazon s tax avoidance schemes how is this news received on wall street well i mean taxation is a hot topic all over the globe especially for to get knowledge even companies but when it comes to the european union going after amazon and apple the big question is first of all will they really get the money luxemburg island apple amazon they actually can. appeal this decision and then even if they have to pay three hundred million dollars for amazon sure it s a lot of money but not necessarily for her and isn t and the same is true for apple we re talking roughly thirteen billion dollars but apple just sitting on