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Antitrust and Other Inquiries in Europe Target U.S. Tech Giants
April 3rd, 2015
It is not a good week to be a giant American tech company in Europe. The European antitrust investigation into Google appears to be heating up. More European countries are looking into Facebook’s privacy settings. And Apple, which already is ...
Russia Looks to Squeeze More Tax From Google — Report
March 9th, 2015
Russia is considering a move to raise taxes on international Internet company Google, business daily Vedomosti reported Friday citing unnamed government sources. The issue was discussed at a meeting initiated by former Communications Minister and Kremlin aide Igor Shchyogolyev and attended by officials from the Kremlin and the Communications Ministry ...
Indirect tax rates continue to soar across the globe as governments devise new levies
March 3rd, 2015
Value-added tax (VAT) rates surge to a high of 21.6% in EU Member States More countries levying VAT, particularly in emerging markets Governments introduce new taxes on health products and e-commerce As VAT rates continue to rise, governments are ...
Nasdaq nears all-time highs as exuberance yields to reason
February 20th, 2015
As the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index closes in on the all-time high it reached in March 2000, investors are facing a market that barely resembles the go-go era of 15 years ago. Valuations, as measured by what investors are willing to ...
Banks to allow account access using fingerprint tech
February 18th, 2015
Two banks are allowing their customers to access accounts on their smartphones using fingerprint recognition technology, in a UK industry first. RBS and NatWest customers must activate the feature with their security information, but would only need to use ...
Global dividend income hits new record of $1.167 trillion
February 17th, 2015
The total dividend income paid to shareholders around the world rose by 11% last year to $1.167 trillion, according to investment firm Henderson Global Investors. The biggest increase in cash payouts came from US firms at $52bn. Henderson said ...
Former Petrobras CEO Weighs In on Corruption Probe
February 12th, 2015
Gabrielli Says He Feels Like ‘David Fighting Goliath,’ Denies Any Wrongdoing José Sergio Gabrielli, the former chief executive of Petróleo Brasileiro SA, presided over one of the brightest periods in the state-owned oil giant’s history. During his tenure, from 2005 to ...
Google Is Developing Its Own Uber Competitor
February 3rd, 2015
The two companies are going to war over self-driving taxis. Uber faces an ever-growing cast of adversaries that includes dubious regulators, litigious drivers, hostile members of the press, and somewell-funded rivals. But the most significant threat to the app-based transportation company may be ...
Without US support, multinational tax crackdowns will fail
January 29th, 2015
It’s no secret that companies including Apple, Google, Amazon, Uber, Airbnb and Ikea seem to pay less than their fair share of tax in Australia. Despite booking huge revenues from sales to Australian customers they are able to reduce ...
Microsoft sales soar for all its non-Windows products
January 27th, 2015
Microsoft sales are growing for just about every product it makes … except for Windows. A couple years ago, that would have caused a panic — Windows has been Microsoft’s cash cow since 1985. In 2015, Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) isn’t sweating it too ...
