Tag: Google Inc

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 19:15 UTC

  US tech companies seek protection from French government services tax

  

  Alphabet Inc's Google unit, Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc are among the companies that will testify at a U.S. government hearing on the French government's digital services tax.

• Friday, July 3rd 2015 - 09:04 UTC

  Rousseff enjoys a day at 'Google-land' before returning to real life in Brazil

  

  Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff capped off her U.S. tour on Wednesday with a visit to Silicon Valley, where she met with top technology executives and took a ride in Google Inc's self-driving car. Rousseff used her visit to strengthen ties with U.S. technology companies after visiting Washington, D.C. and New York City earlier in the week.

• Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:39 UTC

  EU accuses Google of 'cheating competitors' to favor its shopping service

  

  The European Union accused Google Inc on Wednesday of cheating competitors by distorting Internet search results to favor its shopping service, and launched another antitrust investigation into its Android mobile operating system.

• Friday, August 31st 2012 - 01:01 UTC

  Germany wants Google to pay fees to the media for displaying news headlines

  

  The German government approved this week a controversial bill that would require Internet search engine companies such as Google to pay fees to the German media for displaying news headlines on their websites.

• Monday, August 27th 2012 - 06:13 UTC

  Apple sweeping legal victory over Samsung; over a billion dollars in damages

  

  Apple Inc. scored a sweeping legal victory over Samsung as a US jury found the Korean company had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded the US company 1.051 billion dollars in damages.