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U.S. launches trade probe into digital taxes, plowing ground for new tariffs
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Tuesday it was launching a "Section 301" investigation into digital services taxes adopted or under consideration ...
Jun 02, 2020
Combat 5G COVID-19 fake news, urges Europe
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union (EU) nations banking on 5G to boost economic growth are eager to tackle conspiracy theories linking the wireless technology to the spread of the nov...
Jun 02, 2020
Spain says planned digital tax won’t discriminate against countries
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's plans to tax tech companies' revenues does not discriminate against any country, a government source told Reuters on Tuesday after the United States opened a probe into such...
Jun 02, 2020
Factbox: Who are the first members of Facebook’s oversight board?
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Wednesday named the first members of its independent oversight board, which will be able to overturn the company's decisions on individual pieces of ...
Jun 02, 2020
China is using Huawei to drive a wedge in the UK-US special relationship: senator
LONDON (Reuters) - China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States, Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday. Cotton is one of...
Jun 02, 2020
EU seeks feedback on new antitrust power to investigate companies
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators are seeking feedback about a possible new power to investigate businesses and demand changes even when no competition rules have been broken, in a mo...
Jun 02, 2020
India launches $6.7 billion plan to boost electronics manufacturing
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India launched a $6.65 billion plan on Tuesday to boost electronics manufacturing, saying it would start by offering five global smartphone makers incentives...
Jun 02, 2020
Telefonica Deutschland picks Ericsson for 5G core network
(Reuters) - Telefonica Deutschland will build its 5G core mobile network in Germany using equipment from Ericsson, saying the choice of the Swedish supplier would safeguard the security of its next-ge...
Jun 02, 2020
TietoEVRY, IBM drop arbitration cases, revamp co-operation deal
(Reuters) - Nordic IT services house TietoEVRY said on Tuesday it had signed a new deal with IBM changing the scope and operating model of their co-operation and the companies dropping arbitration cas...
Jun 02, 2020
Volkswagen closes $2.6 billion investment in self-driving startup Argo AI
(Reuters) - German automaker Volkswagen AG has closed its $2.6 billion investment in Argo AI, the Pittsburgh-based self-driving startup disclosed in a blog post on Tuesday. Argo, founded in 2016 by Br...
Jun 01, 2020
