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France looking at taxing Netflix, Amazon to fund film and TV sector

France looking at taxing Netflix, Amazon to fund film and TV sector

3 Feb 2015

The trial is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland. The defendant denies any wrongdoing. (Image: Public Domain)

Swiss ex-banker faints as trial over WikiLeaks leak opens

11 Dec 2014

Dodgy duchy deals: Juncker says no 'conflict of interest' over Luxembourg tax breaks

Dodgy duchy deals: Juncker says no 'conflict of interest' over Luxembourg tax breaks

13 Nov 2014

Luxembourg, Juncker under fire after global tax leaks

Luxembourg, Juncker under fire after global tax leaks

12 Nov 2014

Internet tax sparks anti-Orban activists protest in Hungary

Internet tax sparks anti-Orban activists protest in Hungary

7 Nov 2014

Start-ups say skills, not taxes behind Ireland's draw

Start-ups say skills, not taxes behind Ireland's draw

6 Nov 2014

The EU's Ryan Heath has denounced Hungary's plan to charge a tax 50 Euro cents per gigabyte of data transferred as a threat to personal freedom and says the whole plan is deeply flawed. Image:

EU denounces Hungary's internet tax as "bad"

29 Oct 2014

Apple's new iPads are using chips that are embedded directly into the phone to securely handle transactions and this move poses a threat to French company Gemalto according to analysts at Barclays. Image: Gemalto

Apple's new SIM hurts Gemalto in France

22 Oct 2014

Chief Executive of Philips, Frans van Houten has blamed Russia and China for the poor performance of the company and added that the patent infringement award made against it worth $466.8m has damaged profits, too. Image: Wikipedia

Philips blames Russia, China for its €103m loss

21 Oct 2014

Car sales in Europe have risen with Spain leading the way and recording an impressive 26.2% rise year-on-year in September. Image:

Europe's car sales up 6.4% in September

20 Oct 2014

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia says that many of the accusations levelled against Google are illogical and nonsensical. Image:

EU anti-trust boss says Google fears are irrational

17 Oct 2014

Former Communications Minister in the Romanian government is accused of soliciting bribes from companies supplying Microsoft's software, widely used by government departments in Romania. Image:

Microsoft licences: Romania's probe of state officials

17 Oct 2014

S-Money's Nicolas Chatillon says the use of Twitter to send money to individuals or companies may revolutionise bank practices all over the world. Image:

France lets users Tweet money to others

15 Oct 2014

Google's Eric Schmidt says that its biggest competitor is Amazon and probably some small start-up company that nobody has heard about yet. Image:

Google sees Amazon as its biggest competition

14 Oct 2014