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Burger King launches own cryptocurrency in Russia
September 1st, 2017
Customers will be able to claim one virtual coin for every rouble (1.3p) they spend and once they have accumulated 1,700 WhopperCoins, they will be able to buy the eponymous Whopper. Burger King will be launching accompanying Apple and ...
Burger King in the Netherlands Accepts Bitcoin
February 22nd, 2016
The Burger King Arnhem branch also announced that anyone that pays in bitcoin will receive a second burger (Whopper) for free and the restaurant will host bitcoin meetups for tourists and bitcoin enthusiasts. The Netherlands’ Arnhem city is known ...
Senators urge Burger King to ditch move to Canada
September 11th, 2014
A group of U.S. senators wants Burger King Worldwide (BKW.N) to scrap its plans to invert, or move its tax domicile to Canada, as part of a deal to buy coffee and donut chain Tim Hortons Inc. (THI.TO) Burger King ...
Burger King has maneuvered to cut U.S. tax bill for years
September 2nd, 2014
Burger King may have taken a lot of flack in the past week for a deal that should curb its U.S. tax bill but in many ways it is consistent with the burger chain’s aggressive tax-reduction strategies in recent ...
Burger King signs deal to buy Canada’s Tim Hortons
August 26th, 2014
Burger King Worldwide Inc (BKW.N) agreed to buy Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc (THI.N) (THI.TO) in cash and stock to create the third-largest quick service restaurant group with sales of about $23 billion. Tim Hortons shareholders ...
Burger King in Talks to Buy Tim Hortons
August 25th, 2014
Burger King may be the home of the Whopper, but Canada may be the new home of Burger King. The restaurant operator said on Sunday that it was in talks to buy Tim Hortons, the Canadian doughnut-and-coffee chain, in ...
Jack Ma Is Opening His Wallet to Europe But Not to Europeans
August 8th, 2016
Payments powerhouse Alipay ramps up search for retail partners Targets Chinese tourists, expats; no offer for local consumers Jack Ma will set a bag aside for you at your favorite Paris store or hail you a ride in Rome ...
Barack Obama: Tax avoidance is a big global problem
April 7th, 2016
US President Barack Obama has warned that “tax avoidance is a big global problem” and urged Congress to take action to eliminate tax loopholes. “A lot of it is legal, but that’s exactly the problem,” he said. His comments ...
Tax inversion rules affect stocks
September 24th, 2014
The Obama administration’s tougher rules on offshore corporate inversions had an immediate effect Tuesday, pushing down the stock prices of companies considering such moves. But the highly technical changes to the tax code did not appear to go far ...
Obama announces US crackdown on inversion tax ‘loophole’
September 23rd, 2014
The White House has announced a crackdown on tax avoidance deals known as inversions. The practice involves a US firm merging with a firm in a country with a lower tax rate and has become popular over recent years. But ...
