The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has opened an investigation into Google’s practice of saving about $1 billion a year in federal income tax by funneling profits from its US and European business units into countries with lower tax rates, Bloomberg is reporting. The techniques Go... Read more...
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27/10/2011,
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Few subjects get people riled up like that of the “post-PC era”that Steve Jobs called the era ushered in by the iPad. Too many folks are in no hurry to give up real computers for the slate or gadgets of other forms, and they get downright testy if you tell them they must. I agree that PCs, o... Read more...
I'm still not exactly sure what to make of this. I dont know if this is some publicity stunt for his new Street King "1 like = 1 meal" venture (which I actually "like" d on facebook. Judge me if you want but if he's really gonna feed a child for one "like", its the least I can do) or if its legit...... Read more...
The Dutch government is to “basically [...] exclude” U.S. cloud providers from government IT contracts amid concerns of the reach of the Patriot Act in Europe. To prevent sensitive citizen data from being compromised by U.S. authorities, the move to bar U.S. companies from providing cloud-bas... Read more...
Salary Negotiation Tips: Thou Shalt Not Speak Too Soon There is one, and only one, time to discuss salary in any detail: when they say they’re ready to make you an offer. What if the employer asks about it before they’ve made you an employment offer? You’ll want to answer because ... Read more...
With a quick search of your name on any given “peoplefinder” website, you’ll see your name, date of birth, names of family members, current and past addresses, your phone number and gender. Some sites will also reveal your marital status, your hobbies, your online profiles, and maps or a p... Read more...
Today, a new top-level domain name, .xxx, comes online. That means you'll have websites ending with .xxx instead of just .com, .net or .org. Obviously this was intended for online porn which, like it or not, is a big part of the internet. Perhaps paradoxically, the porn industry isn't too happy a... Read more...
It is a fitting message for the day—the reality is viral hepatitis does, in fact, affect everyone, everywhere. Consider, for instance, that three percent of the world’s population is infected with the hepatitis C virus, a leading cause of liver disease. That’s 130 to 170 million people chr... Read more...
Institutions including Harvard and Vanderbilt reportedly use hedge funds to buy land in deals that may force farmers out US universities are reportedly using endowment funds to make deals that may force thousands from their land in Africa. Photograph: Boston Globe via Getty Images Harvard and ot... Read more...