Half way there. Elon Musk sells another tranche of Tesla shares worth $1.05 billion, as he continues to honour Twitter poll
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Samsung To Build $17bn Chip Factory In Texas, Amid Global Shortage
Samsung is to make its largest ever investment in the United States, in order to construct a brand new chip factory in Texas
Elon Musk Sells $5bn Of Tesla Stock After Twitter Poll
One of the world's richest men, Elon Musk, has sold 3 percent of his stake in Tesla, just days after holding a Twitter poll
Twitter Backs Elon Musk Selling 10 Percent Of Tesla
What SEC scrutiny? Elon Musk asks Twitter users whether he should sell 10 percent of Tesla, and majority back share sell-off poll
World Leaders Agree Corporation Tax Rate
Tax loophole finally closed? After years of talks, threats and tariffs, world leaders reach an historic agreement of 15 percent corporation tax rate
Boris Johnson Talks Tax With Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
Downing Street confirms British Prime Minister discussed the issue of taxation during meeting with Jeff Bezos in New York
Russia To Tax Foreign ‘Digital Services’
Plan published in Russia to impose taxes on foreign-owned digital services, as part of ongoing effort to bolster domestic tech sector
Samsung Offered Large Tax Breaks To Build Chip Factory In Texas
City of Taylor in Texas offers Samsung huge tax breaks in order to convince it to build a $17 billion Samsung chip factory there
US Sets, Then Suspends, 25 Percent Digital Tax Tariff On Six Countries
America sets, then suspends, a 25 percent import tariff on goods from six countries that have implemented a digital tax on US tech giants
Amazon Wins Tax Appeal Against European Commission
Europe tax setback? EU's General Court rules the European Commission failed to prove Amazon enjoyed an illegal tax advantage from Luxembourg
Amazon Goes On Offensive Against Critics In Washington
Amazon takes offensive on social media against senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as it faces battles over labour issues and market power
Huawei Helps Support 51,000 UK Jobs, Study Finds
Independent study from Oxford Economics reveals scale of Huawei's contribution to UK plc, including payment of £1.1 billion in tax revenues
France Urges EU Digital Tax Rollout
French finance minister says the European Union should ready its own digital tax plans in case OECD negotiations about global taxation of tech firms fail
EC Challenges Court’s Quashing Of Apple £12bn Tax Bill
European regulator appeals court ruling, which rejected EU order for Apple to pay 13 billion euros ($11.8bn) in Irish back taxes
Facebook To Pay France £96 Million In Back Taxes
France continues pursuit of back taxes from big name tech firms, after Facebook agrees to hand over £96 million to French tax officials
Apple’s £11.8 Billion Irish Tax Bill Overturned
Big relief for Tim Cook. EU court overturns Apple's need to pay 13 billion euros in back tax payments to Irish government
Spanish Lawmakers To Draft 3 Percent Digital Tax
More bad news for US-based tech businesses as Spanish lawmakers ready a draft law calling for a 3 percent tax on digital services
OECD Confirms Rewrite Of Global Tax Laws
Digital tax. 140 governments agree to rewrite cross border tax laws that will increase the tax paid by tech giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google
Digital Tax Payback As US Vows Tax On Champagne, Cheese
Cheese, champagne, and handbags may be hit with punitive duties of up to 100% by the United States in response to France's digital tax
US Readies Response To French Tech Tax
US trade officials will on Monday reveal their proposed response to France's imposing a tax on mostly US tech firms earlier this year
Tech Giants To Pay More Taxes Under OECD Proposals
Revolution in corporate taxation under draft proposals from OECD will see US tech giants pay more tax
European $14 Billion Tax Demand On Apple ‘Defies Common Sense’
Order for $14 billion in back taxes from Apple “defies reality and common sense”, iPad maker argues
Apple Heads To Court Over £11bn Bill For Back Taxes
EU's General Court to hear appeal against European Commission's record 2016 fine, itself part of a broader crackdown on low tax rates paid by tech giants in Europe
Google To Pay France $1 Billion To Settle Tax Dispute
Alleged fiscal fraud settlement sees Google pay France 500m euro penalty and 465m euro in tax
US Tech Giants Testify Against French Digital Tax
Tax approved in July would disproportionately target US tech firms and would create a burden for consumers and enterprises, opponents say
Arrest After Bulgaria Suffers Damaging Cyber Attack
Nearly all seven million Bulgarian adults have reportedly had their personal data compromised
Boris Johnson Calls For Digital Tax On Tech Giants
Candidate to be prime minister says current tax arrangements for tech giants is 'deeply unfair' to the high street
Vestager Calls For Europe To ‘Take The Lead’ On Digital Tax
European countries should push ahead with taxes aimed at fairer digital taxation and allow the rest of the world to catch up, says EU competition commissioner
US Labels Digital Tax On Tech Firms As ‘Highly Discriminatory’
Senior US Treasury officials labels the French digital tax as 'discriminatory' and 'ill conceived'
French Digital Tax To Swell Government Coffers
Nice little earner. French finance minister predicts its digital tax could bring in half a billion pounds a year