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- It’s not just Amazon: These profitable US corporations paid ZERO taxes
Sixty of America’s biggest companies from the Fortune 500 list, including IBM, Netflix, General Motors and Chevron, managed to avoid paying a dime in income taxes on their whopping profits last year.Apr 21, 2019 09:58Business News - Walmart trolls Amazon over not paying taxes after Bezos challenges rivals to hike minimum wageRetail giants and fierce competitors, Amazon and Walmart, traded barbs after Amazon boss Jeff Bezos called on retailers to increase workers’ minimum hourly wages. Walmart was quick to gently remind Amazon of its tax avoidance.Apr 12, 2019 10:58Business News
- Big tech firms pay taxes ‘nowhere’ and it has to change – German vice-chancellorGerman Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused tech companies of not paying their fair share of taxes, as Google, Amazon and Facebook face increased scrutiny in the EU on the matter.Apr 11, 2019 11:01Business News
- Africa’s Amazon ready to make market debut on New York Stock ExchangeThe largest e-commerce operator in Africa, Jumia, is expected to raise over $200 million at its initial public offering (IPO) this week. The IPO will become the first for e-commerce and tech businesses from Africa.Apr 11, 2019 10:25Business News
- 'Alexa, who's eavesdropping on me?' 1000s of humans reportedly audit 'snippets' from Amazon devicesThousands of humans around the world could be listening to recordings from your Amazon Echo device, according to people who've worked on the Alexa program and have revealed the AI's 'machine learning' has a strong human component.Apr 11, 2019 04:58World News
- Jeff Bezos still world’s richest man after record $35 billion divorceMacKenzie and Jeff Bezos said they have agreed terms for their recently announced divorce, with the soon-to-be ex-wife of the world’s wealthiest man set to sign away 75 percent of her Amazon stock to her husband.Apr 5, 2019 09:07Business News
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