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EU Wants US Tech Giants To Pay Revenue Tax

PYMNTS

Germany, France, Italy and Spain’s finance ministers have announced plans to tax tech multinationals, such as Amazon and Alphabet Inc./ billion in back taxes plus interest for “undue tax benefits” obtained from the Irish government from 2003 to 2014. That means a 10 percent tax would amount to $3.5

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KKR To Acquire German Digital Payments Firm Heidelpay

PYMNTS

Founded in 2003, Heidelpay enables its clients to accept online and mobile payments and is used by more than 30,000 merchants, including companies such as L’Oréal. million euros ($45 million) in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization this year, FT reported. Heidelpay expects to generate 40.5

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Yahoo! Is! For! Sale!: Why Banks Should Care

Celent Banking

The announcement in December came on the heels of a nearly 12-month project aimed at spinning its 15% interest (worth $30 billion) in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, to its shareholders, a transaction that has been abandoned over tax concerns. Today, Google’s market cap is more than $480 billion while the market cap of Yahoo!

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Addressing The Symptoms Of Pharmacies’ Cash Flow Ailments

PYMNTS

Taxes, minimum wage, global trade tariffs — there are a lot of regulatory changes weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. More so than the average SMB, independent pharmacies are particularly affected by the state of the healthcare market and its regulatory shifts. small business owners.

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The Final CFPB Prepaid Card Rule Is Here (Expect Controversy)

PYMNTS

The use of prepaid cards has exploded over the last decade or so — in 2003 consumers put less than $1 billion on prepaid cards annually, but by 2012 that figure had grown to $65 billion and by 2018 that figure is projected to reach as much as $121 billion. The user base of prepaid cards has grown significantly as well.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

In a deal that aimed to open the Chinese coal markets, US heavy-equipment behemoth Caterpillar paid $677M in 2012 to acquire ERA Mining Machinery Ltd. The Chinese coal market is one of the biggest in the world and this deal looked like easy money. Date: March 20, 2003. Google and Motorola. Date: August 15, 2011. Price: $6.3B.

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Top 21 Online Digital Accounting Services for Small Businesses (SMB): Jan 2022

Fintech Labs Insights

So the market has been ceded to the entrepreneurs, and wow, have they shown up! Market cap: $16.8B (25 Jan 2022). Founded: 2003. TaxBit (Crypto tax specialists) FAB Score = 181. – But so far I’ve been proven wrong. It’s been a popular startup category with 16 of the top 21 companies founded since 2012. Review Date.