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EU ready to hit Google, Facebook and others with 3% turnover tax

The Times of India | 2018-03-16

BRUSSELS: Large companies with significant digital revenues in the European Union such as Google and Facebook could face a 3% tax on their turnover under a draft proposal by the European Commission seen by Reuters. The proposal, expected to be adopted next week and still subject to changes, updates...

Portugal DNS .pt Joins The Million-Domain Club

WorldNews.com | 2018-03-15

A report this week by DNS.pt said Portuguese ccTLD .pt has passed one million registrations for the first time earlier this month. The millionth name was meckos.pt, registered by a local textile machinery company of that name, the registry said. For 2017, the ccTLD ended the year with 976,370 names...

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US stock indexes climb higher after two days of losses

The Associated Press | 2018-03-15

NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks are climbing Thursday as technology, industrial and health care companies lead the way following two days of broad losses. Discount retailer Dollar General is climbing after a strong profit forecast for the year. Toymakers Hasbro and Mattel are down as Toys R Us moves...

Infosys to open innovation hub in Connecticut, create 1,000 jobs by 2022

Live Mint | 2018-03-15

Infosys’ move was also seen as a bid to woo Donald Trump administration that has been critical of outsourcing firms for ‘unfairly’ taking jobs away from the US workers. New Delhi: India’s second largest software services firm Infosys will set up a new technology and innovation hub in Hartford,...

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Nearly every branded bottle of water contained plastic particles - WHO launches review

Irish Independent | 2018-03-15

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is launching a plastic health review after nearly every branded bottle of water tested in the largest investigation of its kind contained tiny particles of the material. Scientists who carried out the examination of more that 250 bottles from nine countries said...

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South Korea Raids Three Cryptocurrency Exchanges In Embezzlement Probe

WorldNews.com | 2018-03-15

Three cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea were raided this week following suspicions staff embezzled funds from customer accounts, local news reports said. Staff and managers at the exchanges are suspected of siphoning money from customer accounts and using it to purchase cryptocurrencies at...

Chinese Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain Is Expanding To The United States

WorldNews.com | 2018-03-15

Bitmain, the major China-based cryptocurrency miner, is looking to get its foot in the door in the United States, seeking to expand to the city of Walla Walla, Washington, according to local news source the Union-Bulletin. Although Bitcoin itself has not announced a US expansion, the report said,...

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Federer opens Indian Wells title defense with 2-day win

The Daily Journal | 2018-03-12

INDIAN WELLS — Roger Federer completed a rain-delayed debut match at the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) win over Federico Delbonis of Argentina. On Saturday, Federer led 6-3, 2-2 when the match was delayed by a heavy drizzle 56 minutes after it began. Federer, who earned his fifth...

Kvitova rallies for 14th straight match win at Indian Wells

Yahoo Daily News | 2018-03-10

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Petra Kvitova rallied to beat Yulia Putintseva 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Friday for her 14th consecutive match victory. The two-time Wimbledon champion overcame 78 unforced errors and 18 double...



Venus Williams reaches semifinals at Indian Wells

The Telegraph Macon | 2018-03-16

Venus Williams defeated Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3, 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open, where she first broke out as a 16-year-old qualifier in 1997. Williams has never reached the final of the desert tournament and to do she'll have to get by 20-year-old Russian Daria Kasatkina, who...

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Slovak Prime Minister Resigns In Wake Of Journalist's Murder

WorldNews.com | 2018-03-15

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his government resigned Thursday as a way out of the political crisis triggered by the slayings of an investigative...

2 Crew Members Dead In Crash Of U.S. Navy Fighter Jet

WorldNews.com | 2018-03-15

The Pentagon acknowledged Thursday that budget shortfalls have eroded military capabilities, including training and flight hours, but stopped short of blaming...

Stone Age Tools Discovered In Kenya Amaze Scientists

WorldNews.com | 2018-03-15

Our ancestors in Kenya's Southern Rift Valley made some pretty innovative tools, and they made them far earlier than previously thought — more than a million...

Peru's congress approves impeachment trial against president

Yahoo Daily News | 2018-03-15

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's congress has voted by a wide margin to reopen impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, thrusting the Andean...

Sister of Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Arrested For Having Weapons, Drugs At School

WorldNews.com | 2018-03-15

The sister of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was arrested on Wednesday after she brought weapons and drugs to her South Carolina high school and made...

Ugandans Outraged Over MP Saying Wife Beating is OK

Voa News | 2018-03-15

The issue of domestic violence has come to the fore in Uganda after a member of parliament argued in favor of wife beating.   In the words of the Ugandan...

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Financial Express | 2018-03-16

Why Google is within its rights to ban cryptocurrency ads

Google has moved to block cryptocurrency ads, including ones for initial coin offerings. It talks...

The Washington Post | 2018-03-16

Get ready. Republicans want to cut taxes again.

President Trump and the GOP liked last year’s tax bill so much, they’re coming back for round two....