France and the United States hammer out a draft agreement on French digital tax

U.S. tech giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook routinely generate huge profits from digital services in countries but route the profits through low-tax countries, such as Ireland and Luxembourg, in order to lower their tax profile in the country from which they had generated their revenues. France’s proposal to rectify this anomaly had unnerved…

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Nvidia courts Amazon.com and VMWare with new AI-focused software

Nvidia’s vComputeServer software will help shuffle data back and forth between data centers and the cloud. In an effort which sees chipmaker Nvidia Corp increasing its footprint in the cloud computing space, it stated has begun collaborating with Amazon.com Inc’s cloud division as well as with VMWare Inc to host artificial intelligence programs in Amazon’s…

Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia could be factory site for Tesla’s Gigafactory

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, is a leading destination for Tesla’s Gigafactory in the EU. According to a report from German news daily Rheinische Post citing sources familiar with the matter at hand, U.S. electric carmaker Tesla is scouting for a location for a factory in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). According…

Grab unveils major investment plans for Vietnam

Ride-hailing firm Grab plans on investing “several hundred million dollars” in Vietnam since it sees the country as its next growth market. Grab unveilled the plan just weeks after it disclosed a $2 billion investment plan for Indonesia. The proposed investment plan marks Vietnam as one of Asia’s fastest growing economy and underscores Grab’s eagerness…

Minority Stake In Leading Indian Supermarket Chain Operator To Be Acquired By Amazon

Amazon.com is increasing its footprint in physical retail business in India. According to a regulatory filing late on Thursday by Future Retail, a minority stake of 3.58 per cent in the company is set to be taken up by Amazon. Future Retail owns and operates over 1,500 retail stores in India and is the owner…

G7 Meeting Could Dispel Fear Of Trump Tariff On French Wine, Hopes Producers

There is increasing concern among French wine-makers about the threats by United States president Donald Trump of imposing import tariffs on French wine in retaliation to the tax on global technology giants imposed recently by the French government of Emmanuel Macron. In case such a tariff is indeed imposed by Trump, it could adversely impact…

Salesforce’s Growth Driven By Values-Based Business And Digital Wave, Says CEO

Those companies that are focused value creation are the preferred choice as partners in business for modern corporations, claimed Salesforce’s Keith Block in an interview to a television channel. That is the reason that Salesforce decided to be part a group of about 200 other companies and businesses that have recently taken pledge to shift…

YouTube takes down 210 channels linked to state-backed anti-Hong Kong protests

Following Twitter and Facebook taking action against Chinese state-backed efforts aimed at discrediting the Hong Kong protests, YouTube has followed on their footsteps. Following Twitter and Facebook dismantling influence campaigns originating from mainland China aimed at disrupting the ongoing Hong Kong protests, Alphabet Inc’s Google also said, its YouTube video streaming service has disabled 210…