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Google’s Sundar Pichai becomes highest-paid CEO in US
February 9th, 2016
Pichai received 273,328 shares, company filing shows, bringing his holdings in Alphabet to $650m – still far less than the net worth of Google’s founders The boss of Google, Sundar Pichai, has been awarded $199m (£138m) worth of shares, making ...
Google parent Alphabet passes Apple market cap at the open
February 3rd, 2016
Shares of Alphabet opened nearly 3 percent higher Tuesday, pushing the technology giant’s market capitalization past Apple to become the world’s most valuable public company. Alphabet has a market cap of $547.1 billion, higher than Apple’s $529.3 billion as ...
Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay and Apple avoided £1BILLION of UK tax
January 27th, 2016
A Mirror investigation has revealed the UK is missing out on huge sums as multinational firms are based in tax havens Five of the world’s biggest tech companies avoided paying £1 BILLION in UK tax last year, the Mirror ...
UK tax avoidance: Google looks ‘to pay three times more tax’ in France than in UK
January 26th, 2016
Google is said to be negotiating a tax settlement with France worth three times more than it paid the British Exchequer even though it employs thousands more staff in the UK. The UK arm generates about three times as ...
Google tax deal labelled ‘derisory’, as criticism grows
January 25th, 2016
An agreement for US firm Google to pay £130m in UK back taxes has been labelled as “derisory” and a “sweetheart deal” by critics. The payment covers money owed since 2005 and follows a six-year inquiry by Her Majesty’s ...
Google’s Schmidt says UK is leader in e-commerce, says
December 30th, 2015
The UK is the world leader in e-commerce, former Google boss Eric Schmidt has told the BBC. Now executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, Mr Schmidt said there was no reason why a hundred billion pound tech start ...
Google under scrutiny over lobbying influence on Congress and White House
December 18th, 2015
Concerns grow after disclosure Google enlisted US politicians to pressure EU brought attention to tech giant’s close relationship with Washington politicians. Google has made political donations to 162 members of the US Congress in the latest election cycle, figures show, as ...
Google says an EU antitrust fine would be ‘inappropriate’
November 4th, 2015
Google has hit back at EU antitrust regulators’ warning of a possible hefty fine, saying this would be inappropriate because of the unusual nature of the case and its willingness to settle the case with concessions last year. In ...
Google Profit, Sales Top Estimates on Robust Web Traffic
October 23rd, 2015
More volume, stable ad prices and cost controls fuel results Company announces new $5.1 billion share buyback program Google parent Alphabet Inc. sold more ads and kept costs under control, fueling better-than-projected sales and profit in the latest quarter. ...
Google Takes Stake in Messaging Startup Symphony Communication Services
October 6th, 2015
New fundraising round values Symphony at $650 million Google Inc. plans to invest in a new round of funding for Symphony Communication Services LLC that values the Wall Street-backed messaging company at about $650 million, people familiar with the matter said. ...
