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Ireland, Apple appeal over EU tax clawback gets timeframe
An appeal by Apple and Ireland against a European Union ruling for the U.S. firm to pay 13 billion euros ($16 billion) in disputed taxes…
EU hits pause on Apple’s deal to buy Shazam
European regulators will launch an in-depth investigation of Apple’s planned $400m purchase of Shazam…
EU antitrust chief says investigation of Google’s Android, AdSense is advancing
Investigations into how Google may be using its Android smartphone operating system…
EU antitrust regulators to decide on Apple’s purchase of Shazam by April 23
EU antitrust authorities will decide by April 23 whether to clear iPhone maker Apple’s acquisition…
Facebook asks users: Should we allow men to ask children for sexual images?
Facebook whether pedophiles requesting sexual pictures from children should be allowed on its website…
Apple’s Irish tax billions said guarded by Bank of New York
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. won a contract to be custodian for as much as 13 billion euros…
EU says Ireland’s Apple complaint will only be dropped if it takes the full $16 billion in tax clawbacks
The European Commission will withdraw its complaint against Ireland for not recovering 13 billion euros…
European Union seeks power to seize overseas personal data from customers of Apple, Microsoft, other tech firms
The European Union is preparing legislation to force companies to turn over customers’ personal data…
Her Majesty’s Treasury likely to confirm new taxes for Apple, other tech multinationals
Her Majesty’s Treasury is considering imposing an extra tax on tech giants like Apple…
Ireland expects final disputed Apple bill remaining around $16 billion
Ireland expects the final disputed tax bill that the European Commission ordered…
Study: Facebook is for old people
Facebook lost 2.8 million users under the age of 25 last year…
Twitter sort of denies allegations of employees reading direct messages
On Monday, conservative activist and filmmaker James O’Keefe published undercover footage of Twitter engineers…
Mark Zuckerberg is fighting to save Facebook; announces major change to News Feed
On Thursday, Facebook announced a major change to News Feed, its central feature…
Facebook developing ‘Portal’ gadget which will let it put microphones and cameras in people’s homes
The oppressive rulers of Oceania used devices called telescreens to closely monitor and repress citizens…
Facebook is giving the US government more and more data
Every year, Facebook gets tens of thousands of requests for data from governments worldwide…
EU court rejects U.S. government intervention in Apple’s Irish $15 billion tax case
Europe’s second-highest court has rejected a request from the U.S. government to intervene…
European Commission forces Ireland to collect €13 billion tax clawback
Ireland is to comply with a European Commission order to collect a disputed €13 billion tax bill from Apple…
Ireland expects Apple tax clawback in escrow account in first quarter 2018
Ireland expects iPhone maker Apple to start paying up to 13 billion euros…
Ireland expects progress in Apple tax clawback in coming weeks
Ireland expects to make progress in recovering up to 13 billion euros…
Apple holds on to tax billions as Ireland set to miss deadline
The Irish debt office is hiring custodians and investment managers for the estimated 13 billion euros ($15.3 billion) in…
EU sues Ireland over $15.3 billion tax clawback from Apple
Ireland is being sued by the European Union authorities for failing to collect a year-old bill…
EU ratchets up pressure on tech companies to curb ‘illegal content’
The European Commission on Thursday published new guidelines for online platforms to step up…
NTMA extends Apple multi-billion euro tax fund deadline
The National Treasury Management Agency has extended the deadline on a tender process…
Facebook plans to spend as much as Apple, up to $1 billion, on original shows in 2018
Facebook Inc. is loosening its purse strings in its drive to become a major hub for video…
Apple will help choose investment manager for $17.9 billion EU tax grab
Ireland and Apple Inc. will jointly choose investment managers for as much 15 billion euros…
Young people are leaving Facebook
This marks the first time eMarketer has ever predicted a decline in Facebook usage for any age group…
Ireland opposes EU’s 13 billion euro Apple tax grab, calls it unjustified
Ireland’s finance minister said the European Commission’s demand that Dublin retroactively collect…
Apple close to deal protecting Ireland in fight over EU tax grab
Ireland and Apple Inc. are close to a deal to protect the Irish government from any losses…
France and Germany plan tax crackdown on U.S. tech giants
France is working with Germany and other partners to plug loopholes that have allowed U.S. tech giants…
Ireland seeks custodian for Apple $15.2 billion in back taxes as collection nears
The Irish government is setting up a fund to manage the estimated 13 billion euros…
Apple has spent record $2.2 million lobbying Trump administration over past three months
Apple spent an all-time high $2.2 million lobbying Donald Trump’s federal government…
President Trump on collision course with Brussels again as White House backs Apple in EU tax clawback case
U.S. President Trump has set the US on a collision course with Brussels yet again after the White House lodged a formal intervention…
EU Commissioner Vestager: Ireland ‘taking too long’ to recover Apple tax
EU’s Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said that Irish authorities are ‘taking too long’ to get so-called unpaid taxes from Apple
How to delete your online existence, while saving your data
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Apple: European Commission made ‘fundamental errors,’ tried to ‘redesign Ireland’s corporate tax system’
Apple has alleged that the European Commission made ‘fundamental errors’ as it ruled last year…
EU’s hypocritical Margrethe Vestager going after Apple while backing Madeira tax avoidance scheme
This morning I heard an interesting radio report on the European Commission’s long-standing…
Irish calculation similar to EU on Apple tax estimate, says Irish finance minister
The European Commission’s estimate that Apple owes Ireland up to 13 billion euros ($14 billion) in a disputed tax…
Apple has missed the deadline to pay $13.9 billion to Ireland in illegal tax benefits
Apple has not fully paid the 13 billion euros ($13.9 billion) it owes to Ireland in illegal tax benefits…
Apple CEO Tim Cook dines with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, senior advisor to President Trump
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were spotted eating last night at downtown hotspot Tosca with Apple’s CEO Tim Cook…
Why President-elect Trump is singing Apple CEO Tim Cook’s praises
Yahoo Finance’s Jen Rogers and Pras Subramanian discuss Donald Trump’s latest comments about Apple and Tim Cook…
Apple’s EU bill creeps up as analyst sees $1.6 billion interest
Apple Inc.’s bill for unpaid taxes in Ireland is creeping upwards, as authorities try to figure out…
