EU's Vestager triumphs in crackdown on Apple's tax deal, Google's practicesVestager, who ends her term in November, has made a name for herself going after Big Tech's tax arrangements with some EU countries and att...
10 Sep, 2024, 04.35 PM IST
Apple retreats in fight to defend App Store in EuropeApple announced changes to its App Store to comply with the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which kicked in last week. The chan...
13 Mar, 2024, 09.10 AM IST
EU's Digital Markets Act hands boost to Big Tech's smaller rivalsThe DMA is Europe's attempt to rein in Alphabet's Google, Amazon, Apple, TikTok owner ByteDance, Meta Platforms and Microsoft and create a ...
08 Mar, 2024, 10.50 PM IST
Apple escalates Epic Games feud by blocking Fortnite app in EUThe two companies have been in a legal battle since 2020, when the gaming firm alleged that Apple's practice of charging up to 30% commissi...
07 Mar, 2024, 09.35 AM IST
TikTok challenges EU supervisory fee, following Meta's footstepsUnder the Digital Services Act (DSA), 20 very large online platforms, including TikTok, Meta, Google, Apple and two very large online searc...
09 Feb, 2024, 03.03 PM IST
Will Microsoft open Xbox mobile store next year? Here is what we knowIt has been rumored that Microsoft may launch its first Xbox mobile store early next year. It has been claimed in a Reddit post, but intere...
16 Oct, 2023, 08.44 PM IST
EU seeks top court backing in $14 billion tax fight against AppleThe case, which has far-reaching implications for corporate tax bills, is the most high-profile of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's ...
23 May, 2023, 04.57 PM IST
EU seeks top court backing in $14 billion tax fight against AppleThe case, which has far-reaching implications for corporate tax bills, is the most high-profile of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's ...
23 May, 2023, 04.36 PM IST
Apple wins fight against $15 billion tax order, even as EU prepares itself for fresh salvoThe commission’s historic ruling against Apple was delivered in August 2016 by Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager in a shock decis...
16 Jul, 2020, 07.29 AM IST
Apple wins big EU court case over $15 billion in taxesThe EU Commission had claimed in 2016 that Apple had struck an illegal tax deal with Irish authorities that allowed it to pay extremely low...
15 Jul, 2020, 07.25 PM IST
Apple takes on EU’s Vestager in record $14 billion tax fightThe iPhone maker can tell the EU General Court in Luxembourg that it’s the world’s biggest taxpayer.
16 Sep, 2019, 11.37 PM IST
EU launches probe into UK tax scheme for multinationalsThe announcement of the investigation comes as London and Brussels are mired in slow-moving negotiations over Britain's departure from the ...
26 Oct, 2017, 06.47 PM IST
When a corporate crosses the line! Some instances of penalties handed by the EUThe EU slapped a €2.42 bn antitrust fine on Google for abusingits monopoly over internet searches. Here are a few others.
30 Jun, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
The inside story of Apple's $14 billion tax billThe Senate revelations raised eyebrows at the Maxforce’s office in Madou Tower, a 1960s high-rise in the rundown Saint-Josse neighborhood o...
16 Dec, 2016, 03.51 PM IST
Ireland may not want Apple tax, fears investment lossIreland allowed Apple to pay an effective corporate tax rate of 1% on its European profits in 2003 down to 0.005% in 2014, EU's Margrethe V...
31 Aug, 2016, 11.18 AM IST
Apple's $14.5 billion EU tax ruling: What you need to knowEU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in an e-mailed statement that member states of the EU cannot give tax benefits to selec...
30 Aug, 2016, 08.43 PM IST
Tim Cook hits back at EU tax; writes open letter to Apple fans in EuropeWhat happened to Apple's contribution to the economy of Europe, asks Cook in this letter. He points out that sovereignty is at stake follow...
30 Aug, 2016, 08.42 PM IST