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PwC to elect a new UK chairman; lines up candidates
March 24th, 2016
PwC has begun the process of electing a new UK chairman and senior partner to succeed Ian Powell, who steps down at the end of June, with four candidates from the firm’s executive board putting their names forward for ...
Google Grilling: Search Giant Faces More Questions Over Tax Deal With UK Government
February 11th, 2016
Earlier this month Alphabet, the parent company of Google, granted Google CEO Sundar Pichai almost $200 million in stock options. That sum, generous by any measure, is greater than the $185 million Google agreed to pay a week earlier to settle British tax issues covering the past ...
Google’s Sundar Pichai becomes highest-paid CEO in US
February 9th, 2016
Pichai received 273,328 shares, company filing shows, bringing his holdings in Alphabet to $650m – still far less than the net worth of Google’s founders The boss of Google, Sundar Pichai, has been awarded $199m (£138m) worth of shares, making ...
European Union to Scrutinize Usage of Big Data by Large Internet Companies
January 18th, 2016
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s comments highlight increased focus regulators giving to the use of so-called big data The European Union is considering whether the way large Internet companies, such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google or Facebook Inc., collect vast quantities of data is ...
Google’s Schmidt says UK is leader in e-commerce, says
December 30th, 2015
The UK is the world leader in e-commerce, former Google boss Eric Schmidt has told the BBC. Now executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, Mr Schmidt said there was no reason why a hundred billion pound tech start ...
Google says an EU antitrust fine would be ‘inappropriate’
November 4th, 2015
Google has hit back at EU antitrust regulators’ warning of a possible hefty fine, saying this would be inappropriate because of the unusual nature of the case and its willingness to settle the case with concessions last year. In ...
JPMorgan Chase is building a rival to Apple Pay
October 27th, 2015
JPMorgan Chase said on Monday it will soon launch its own competitor to Apple Pay that will allow consumers to pay retailers using their smartphones in stores, and it has already won the endorsement of a major group of ...
Earnings season ramps up with Apple
October 27th, 2015
The second big week of third-quarter earnings season kicks into another gear Tuesday when Apple, the maker of the iPhone and the world’s most-valuable company, reports its latest quarterly results after the closing bell. Apple is one of 169 ...
Asian stocks advance on China rate cut, U.S. tech earnings
October 26th, 2015
Asian stocks on Monday were close to wiping out all their losses since China’s shock currency devaluation in August, as global equities rallied after the Chinese central bank cut rates and U.S. tech giants provided upbeat earning guidance. MSCI’s ...
Google Profit, Sales Top Estimates on Robust Web Traffic
October 23rd, 2015
More volume, stable ad prices and cost controls fuel results Company announces new $5.1 billion share buyback program Google parent Alphabet Inc. sold more ads and kept costs under control, fueling better-than-projected sales and profit in the latest quarter. ...
