Tech giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon could be forced to pay higher taxes in Europe as governments search for new revenue to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, CNBC has reported, citing its sources. “We see digital goods/services tax conversations advancing most rapidly in Europe, where the scale of ambition to use the EU budget...
It's back to the future as NASA astronauts launch again from the U.S. — aboard a retro-style “Right Stuff” capsule. Make no mistake: This is not your father's — or … Click to Continue »
Last week those in the trade were beginning to speak about factory prices being “on a knife edge”. By yesterday morning quotes for spring lambs had been pared by 10c/kg.
A German court has ruled that Volkswagen must buy back diesel cars from their owners which were equipped with software that evaded emissions testing.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that Japan will lift a state of emergency for Tokyo and four remaining areas later in the day. Social distancing curbs were loosened for most of the country on May 14 as new infections fell, but the government has kept Tokyo and four other prefectures under watch. Abe...
Bernie Sanders has warned his delegates against speaking ill of Joe Biden, the embodiment of the Democratic party's corporate core. Beneath the progressive exterior, herding the voters to the establishment is his real function. In the spring of 2015, when the “independent” Bernie Sanders announced that he was running for United States presidency as a...
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Chinese technology company Tencent has donated 150,000 face masks and 10,000 pairs of protective goggles … Click to Continue »
