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EU ‘Link Tax’ May Shutter Google News Abroad

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A “link tax” might mean the end of Google News in the EU. Richard Gingras, the search engine’s vice-president of news, said while “it’s not desirable to shut down services” the company isn’t happy with Brussels’ current proposal to charge a link tax for using news stories.

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EU Wants US Tech Giants To Pay Revenue Tax

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Germany, France, Italy and Spain’s finance ministers have announced plans to tax tech multinationals, such as Amazon and Alphabet Inc./ This news is just the latest sign that European politicians and regulators are uncomfortable with the growing strength of U.S. politicians, especially because of the amount of taxes in play.

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CMA Chair Says Regulation On Big Digital Mergers Has Been Lax

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Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a competition regulator in the U.K., said his fellow regulators have been too soft on digital mergers, and consumers have suffered as a result, according to the Financial Times. Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014.

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China To Increase Regulation Of Financial Holding Companies

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China is reportedly looking at new regulations that would impact Alibaba and Ant Financial in an effort to boost oversight of financial holding companies. This comes as Ant Financial, the Chinese FinTech giant and an affiliate of Alibaba Group, posted an earnings pre-tax loss of 2.4 Reuters cited two sources at the time.

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Bitcoin Daily: Lukka Launches TurboTax For Crypto, Crypto Exchange Bottle Pay Shuts Down

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Cryptocurrency accounting firm Lukka has released a new service that will figure out the taxes on crypto assets, according to a report by CoinDesk. The new service comes on the heels of an announcement by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that it was changing the guidelines for how taxes were calculated.

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Colorado’s Marijuana Industry Tops $6B

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The Colorado Department of Revenue has revealed that the state’s regulated marijuana industry sales have topped $6 billion since sales began in 2014. In addition, taxes generated by the industry grew by nearly 8 percent last year. Last year, regulated marijuana sales in Colorado were nearly $1.55

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Ensuring AML Programs Minimize Personal Liability

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The bank’s Chief Compliance Officer also raised concerns, and in May 2014, the AML Officer ultimately bypassed LaFontaine and sent an email to the then-Chief Risk Officer regarding the cap on alerts, according to the enforcement action. The regulators don’t care what your budget is,” Luttrell says. BSA Rules and Regulation.

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