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Intel Unit Case Could Mean Billions In Taxes For Big Tech

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A tax dispute between Intel and the Internal Revenue Service could cost large technology companies billions of dollars, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. billion tax expense due to the case, and Alphabet turned around on a $418 million benefit. Facebook disclosed a $1.1

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EU Wants US Tech Giants To Pay Revenue Tax

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Germany, France, Italy and Spain’s finance ministers have announced plans to tax tech multinationals, such as Amazon and Alphabet Inc./ billion in back taxes plus interest for “undue tax benefits” obtained from the Irish government from 2003 to 2014. That means a 10 percent tax would amount to $3.5

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First American Financial Customers Sue Over Data Breach

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the title insurance company that exposed the data on hundreds of millions of mortgages dating as far back as 2003, is being sued in a class-action lawsuit. First American Financial Corp., The lawsuit contends that First American Financial Corp.

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KKR To Acquire German Digital Payments Firm Heidelpay

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Founded in 2003, Heidelpay enables its clients to accept online and mobile payments and is used by more than 30,000 merchants, including companies such as L’Oréal. million euros ($45 million) in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization this year, FT reported. Heidelpay expects to generate 40.5

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SEC Probing First American Financial’s Data Breach

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Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating a security breach at First American Financial Corporation that saw the exposure of upwards of 885 million financial records and personal files related to mortgages dating back to 2003. KrebsOnSecurity reported the breach in May.

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FAFC Data Breach Exposed 885M Financial Records

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Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating a security breach at First American Financial Corporation that saw the exposure of upwards of 885 million financial records and personal files related to mortgages dating back to 2003. KrebsOnSecurity reported the breach in May.

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Challenges to monetary policy: lessons from Medieval Europe

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This is done by ensuring money is produced according to the strictest standards and avoiding manipulating it to the king’s benefit ( inflation tax ). The French crown successfully engaged in repeated episodes of inflation-tax financing of wars ( Sussman and Zeira (2003) ).

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