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French Lower Parliament Passes Big Tech Tax Bill
French Lower Parliament Passes Big Tech Tax Bill
April 10, 2019  |  Europe

France’s lower parliament has passed a proposed tax that targets the revenue of tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook. Last month, France’s finance minister...

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UK Changes Course On Big Four Accounting Breakup
UK Changes Course On Big Four Accounting Breakup
April 03, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The U.K. may be changing course in its efforts to break up the Big Four accountancy firms after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decided...

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easyJet: Drawn-Out Brexit Could Impact Earnings
easyJet: Drawn-Out Brexit Could Impact Earnings
April 02, 2019  |  Brexit

Amid the pending withdrawal of the U.K. from the European Union (EU), easyJet noted that travelers are more reserved with their ticket bookings as the...

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Sizzle/Fizzle: Brexit And The Waiting Game
Sizzle/Fizzle: Brexit And The Waiting Game
March 15, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Brexit takes its place as the big fizzle of the week. And to caption what happened, we might say that this week was a gigantic...

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Brexit Delay May Loom, But What’s Next?
Brexit Delay May Loom, But What’s Next?
February 27, 2019  |  International

After the delay, the deluge? As has been widely reported, in Britain, Prime Minister Theresa May has agreed to a deal that would delay Brexit...

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May Delays Brexit Vote As Late As March 12
May Delays Brexit Vote As Late As March 12
February 25, 2019  |  Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May has delayed a vote in Parliament on her Brexit deal. “We won’t bring a meaningful vote to parliament this week,...

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Indian Parliamentary Panel Summons Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Over Users’ Rights
Indian Parliamentary Panel Summons Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Over Users’ Rights
February 22, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The Indian parliamentary committee on information technology has asked representatives from Facebook, the messaging app WhatsApp and the photo sharing app Instagram to appear and...

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EU Parliament Eyes New Rules On Cross-Border Payment Fees
EU Parliament Eyes New Rules On Cross-Border Payment Fees
February 21, 2019  |  B2B Payments

This week, the EU Parliament voted for new rules mandating that banks cut fees on cross-border euro payments for countries within and outside the Eurozone....

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Brexit A Bust – And A Blow To UK’s FinTech Role?
Brexit A Bust – And A Blow To UK’s FinTech Role?
January 15, 2019  |  International

Down for the count, where the tally is 432 to 202. And for Brexit, the question now becomes: What’s next? The news came down late in...

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