Image copyright Getty Images Urgency is needed in talks to reform the way big technology firms are taxed, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has warned. Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon have been criticised for paying only modest amounts of tax in the UK on huge sales. The chancellor said international agreements were needed …
Image copyright Getty Images Following the revelation that up to 50 million Facebook accounts may have been accessed in an attack due to a weakness in the platform’s code, many questions remain about the breach. In theory Facebook could be fined if it is found to be in breach of GDPR, Europe’s data protection rules. …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Toyota Motor Europe chief executive Johan van Zyl Toyota Motor Europe chief Johan van Zyl has said a Brexit without a deal would impact the firm’s investment decisions. The UK is on course to leave the European Union in March next year, but the two sides have yet to …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump: ‘Without tariffs we wouldn’t be standing here’ After a few hectic final weeks and a last-minute, late-night scramble, the United States, Canada and Mexico have come to an agreement in principle on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement – a resolution 14 months in the …
Image caption Amina Slaoui is the driving force behind Morocco’s biggest disability rehab centre Amina Slaoui was on holiday with her husband when she fell off a bike and ended up in a wheelchair. It was the accident that changed not only her life, but also those of thousands of other disabled people in Morocco …
Image copyright Getty Images President Trump has finally got a three-way agreement to change Nafta, the North America Free Trade Agreement. Canada and Mexico have agreed to reform the deal that originally came into force in 1994. He certainly got some specific provisions in the new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico that he will …
Image copyright JioCinema/Loneranger Productions Image caption Lesbian love story Maaya 2 would have struggled to make it on to Indian TV Low-cost smartphones and cheap mobile data mean Indians are now hungrily consuming content over the small screen. And this is opening up a new world of creative freedom for the country’s entertainment industry. Film …
Image copyright Getty Images Mike Ashley’s firm has sacked the senior management at House of Fraser just weeks after it bought the department store chain. In a one-sentence announcement to the stock market, Sports Direct said it had “dismissed the former directors and senior management of House of Fraser”. The move followed “calls for an …
Image copyright GE Image caption Larry Culp is GE’s new chief executive General Electric has ousted its chief executive, installing new leadership for the second time in two years as it struggles to return to growth. Larry Culp, a GE board member who ran US manufacturer Danaher for more than a decade, is to replace …
Donald Trump has said that the trade tariffs that he’s been introducing were key to getting the new trade deal with Canada and Mexico. He was speaking in the Rose Garden giving details of the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which will replace the current North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). Source by [author_name]