The Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed Saturday to encourage a worldwide minimum company tax of 15% to discourage multinational firms by avoiding taxes by stashing earnings in low-rate nations.G-7 finance ministers meeting in London also endorsed suggestions to...
Officials in New Zealand confirmed that Larry Page, Google's co-founder, has been granted residency. This raises questions about whether wealthy individuals can actually buy access to the South Pacific country.Immigration New Zealand stated that Page applied for residency under...
The Colorado secretary of state sued Monday to remove a rural county's election clerk who is accused of allowing a security breach of voting equipment that the FBI also is investigating.According to Secretary of State Jena Griswold (a Democrat), an initial...
European Union and British authorities opened dual antitrust investigations Friday into whether Facebook distorts competition in the classified advertising marketplace using data to compete against rival services.German officials, meanwhile, launched a new evaluation of Google using awakened forces to...
Everyone's attention was drawn to the Jamaican sprinter with her Olympic-record time. What's under foot, though, might have been a factor when Elaine Thompson-Herah broke a 33-year-old Olympic record in the women's 100 meters.Olympic Stadium is looking to make it a fast...
It all began with Rihanna's February tweet. This sparked widespread criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of large farmer protests close to the capital. This strained an already difficult relationship between Twitter and the government.Officials issued multiple injunctions...
Chinese companies that want to sell shares in the United States should make more disclosures about potential risks.Friday's announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission came after Beijing announced that it would increase its oversight of Chinese companies listed...
German technology firm Bosch on Monday opened a 1 billion euro ($1.2 billion) chip factory in the southern city of Dresden to help meet the growing need for semiconductors.A global shortage of semiconductors has forced major auto companies such...
General Motors will produce Honda's first two fully-electric vehicles in North America. However, the Japanese automaker plans on changing its course and producing its own vehicle later in the decade.Officials at Honda claim they are developing their own EV...
Ron DeSantis (Republican governor of Florida) called on President Joe Biden this week to approve a plan to send the internet to Cubans via high-altitude balloons.IS INTERNET AVAILABLE BY BALLOON?Yes. Yes. It ended this project in January because it was not financially viable.Loon...