Nikkei ends 0.8% lower; Japan shares drop as virus variant worries hit cyclicalsThe Nikkei share average fell 0.81 per cent to 28,812.61, while the broader Topix lost 0.82 per cent to 1,949.48.
29 Jun, 2021, 12.59 PM IST
France to impose digital tax for 2020 despite US retaliation threat"The companies subject to this tax have been notified," a French finance ministry official said, referring in particular to the American fi...
26 Nov, 2020, 07.55 AM IST
U.S. election result won't impact trade with Europe, says FranceThe resulting trade wars have added a sense of urgency to President Emmanuel Macron's calls for increased European solidarity and sovereign...
04 Nov, 2020, 06.42 PM IST
No deal on global digital tax this year, says OECDPublic pressure has been growing on governments to clamp down on the tax avoidance strategies used by multinationals such as Google, Amazon...
12 Oct, 2020, 11.31 PM IST
France says US pulling back on digital tax dealThe OECD is overseeing negotiations among 134 countries to forge a system to make firms pay taxes in the countries they operate, amid growi...
02 Dec, 2019, 05.53 PM IST
Remaking Marico: How MD Saugata Gupta wants to disrupt the FMCG market with a host of new categoriesMarico founder Harsh Mariwala disrupted the market with hair oil. Now, MD Saugata Gupta wants to do it again.
13 Oct, 2019, 01.56 PM IST
G-7 summit ends with possibilities of Iran-US president meet; Russia’s re-entry as G-8A meeting between American and Iranian leaders if that happens would be the first since diplomatic ties were snapped in 1979.
26 Aug, 2019, 11.25 PM IST
SoftBank plans second AI venture fund of more than $55 millionThe effort is separate from SoftBank’s much better-known Vision Fund, the $100 billion giant that has made large bets on industries from ri...
28 May, 2019, 09.19 AM IST
How devices hack our happiness: Big tech companies manipulate usThe past six months, though, have seen a rapid change of opinion in the United States, as many in the technology elites have called GAFA (G...
16 Feb, 2018, 11.22 AM IST
How Indian IT can compete with Google and Facebook and show the world a better wayAutocratic “digital sovereignty“ like China or Russia cannot be India's way: more than any other society , India stands to benefit economic...
29 May, 2017, 10.27 AM IST