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How tech giants Apple, Facebook and Google have lost the monopoly argument
Investors in Apple Inc, Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc. will no doubt testify to this shift in power after the threat of US antitrust action caused their shares to fall
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To stop undue benefits to digital giants, G20 urged to speed up digital tax
"We have to hurry up," said French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire during a panel discussion of top policymakers before the G20 meeting officially opened
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G20 finance ministers agree to plug tax loopholes used by Facebook, Google
Facebook, Google, Amazon and other large technology companies face criticism for reducing their tax bills by booking profits in low-tax countries.
Google warns America of national security risks from Huawei ban: Report
Google's move comes as the world's two top economies ratchet up tariffs in a battle over what US officials call China's unfair trade practices
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Google top spender on lobbying in US, spent $21.7 million in 2018
"Amazon and Facebook also reached record levels of lobbying expenditures in 2018," said the report, quoting the Centre for Responsive Politics.
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Amazon dethrones Apple and Google as world's most valuable global brand
The top ten companies were once again dominated by US firms, with Apple on $309.5 billion, Google on $309 billion and Microsoft on $251 billion
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US antitrust case: What lies ahead for Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon
US Senator Elizabeth Warren has made perhaps the most detailed case for breaking up and regulating the four companies
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G20 agrees to close gaps used by global tech giants to cut corporate taxes
Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other large tech cos face criticism for cutting their tax bills by booking profits in low-tax countries regardless of the location of the end customer
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Google is moving server hardware out of China to avoid US tariffs
Google has already shifted much of its production of US-bound motherboards to Taiwan, averting a 25% tariff, said the people, asking not to be identified discussing internal matters
Millions of business listings on Google Maps filled with fake addresses
Google's failure to eliminate phony listings puts legitimate businesses at the risk of threats and blackmail by competitors or con artists
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It will be India vs England in the final of ICC World cup: Sundar Pichai
Describing himself as a passionate cricket fan, the 46-year-old head of California-based internet giant said that when he came to the US, he found baseball a bit challenging
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Unintended consequences if you regulate us for the sake of it: Google CEO
According to media reports, the US Department of Justice is preparing to open a case against Google for potential anti-trust violations
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Pichai cautions against regulating tech giants just 'for the sake of it'
The DOJ and Federal Trade Commission are said to be dividing up responsibility for oversight of Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon to probe their market dominance
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Restricting cross-border data flow will hurt economy: Internet companies
Asia Internet Coalition says draft e-commerce policy must not classify data as a community resource.
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Google's conduct may result in denial of mkt access for competing apps: CCI
The order follows a complaint in which it was alleged that the search giant indulged in anti-competitive practices by mandating smartphone
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In 2018, Google took down 30 lakh fake business profiles from its platform
More than 250,000 of fake business profiles that it removed were reported to Google by users
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Stay safer: How Google Maps will alert you when your cab goes off route
Earlier in June, the feature was being tested exclusively in India
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Google appears to have misused dominance in India: Competition watchdog
The Indian case is similar to one Google faced in Europe, where regulators imposed a $5 billion fine on the company for forcing manufacturers to pre-install its apps on Android devices
Huawei awaits nod for Google Android usage after Trump partially lifts ban
Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump softened his stance on the Chinese tech giant
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Meet Aparna Sinha, the powerful India-born woman technologist at Google
Sinha leads the team for the tech giant's cloud computing project Kubernetes and newly announced Anthos product
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