Showing posts with label Tech Internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tech Internet. Show all posts
Dec
09

EBay's double tax base prompts calls for investigation

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and Germany may have missed out on a combined $1 billion in sales tax since online marketplace eBay picked a tiny Luxembourg office as its base for EU sales, a shift that lawmakers say should now be investigated.EBay's nomination of Luxembourg unit eBay Europe Sarl - with a staff of nine - as its provider of services to EU clients allows it to charge customers in Europe...
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Twitter in legal spat over data clampdown

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc's steadily tightening grip over the 140-character messages on its network has set off a spirited debate in Silicon Valley over whether a social media company should or should not lay claim over its user-generated content.That debate has now landed in court.A San Francisco judge on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order compelling Twitter to continue...
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Professor finds profiling in ads for personal data website

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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Dr. Latisha Smith, an expert in decompression sicknesses afflicting deep sea divers, has cleared criminal background checks throughout her medical career. Yet someone searching the Web for the Washington State physician might well come across an Internet ad suggesting she may have an arrest record."Latisha Smith, arrested?" reads one such advertisement.Another says: "Latisha...
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EU plan could push up access costs for broadband challengers

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Smaller telecoms providers may have to pay more to rent space on networks owned by former monopolies as part of efforts to boost the fiber broadband rollout, a European Commission document seen by Reuters showed.The Commission's recommendation came after strong criticism from major operators, such as Telecom Italia SpA, forced it to backtrack from an initial proposal to cut such...
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Thousands touched by photograph of New York cop helping shoeless man

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A photograph of a New York City police officer  crouching by a shoeless panhandler to give him a new pair of boots on a cold night in Times Square has drawn a deluge of praise after it was published on the police department's Facebook page this week.By Thursday afternoon, nearly 394,000 people had clicked a button on the department's Facebook page to indicate that they "liked"...
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