Google shifted $23 billion to tax haven Bermuda via shell firm in 2017, filing shows
Google moved €19.9 billion ($22.7 billion) through a Dutch shell company to Bermuda in 2017, as part of an arrangement that allows it to reduce its foreign tax bill, according to documents filed at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. The amount channelled through Google Netherlands ...
Amazon and Alphabet growth engines sputter while spending surges
The growth engines of Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc., the world's largest internet companies, sputtered last quarter, and after weeks of stock market jitters, investors were in no mood to give them a pass. Amazon, the biggest online retailer, on Thursday reported a second consecutive ...
U.S. lawmakers want Google to rethink links to China's Huawei, seen as security threat
A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers asked Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Wednesday to reconsider its work with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., which they described as a security threat. In a letter to Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, the lawmakers said ...
A U.S. senator on Thursday is seeking responses from Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Twitter Inc. on whether the U.S. companies have any data-sharing agreements with Chinese vendors, following a disclosure from Facebook Inc. this week. Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat who is vice chairman ...
Violence-inciting Neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer's registration axed by GoDaddy, then Google
Neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer had its domain registration revoked twice in less than 24 hours, in moves that threatened to take it offline if it does not find a replacement for GoDaddy and Google, which both said the site had violated their terms ...
Alphabet adds to cash pile despite higher costs and antitrust fine
Alphabet Inc. reported a 21 percent jump in quarterly revenue Monday, maintaining a growth rate that is rarely seen among companies its size and suggesting the big sales gains enjoyed recently by the other internet firms are not done yet. Alphabet, the owner of Google ...
