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EU working on digital tax to stem outflow of ‘bags of money’

­­­­­­­­­­­Bloomberg European Union finance ministers are developing a new way to tax digital companies such as Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc. to raise money from an industry that they say provides less than it should to public coffers. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told colleagues at a meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, that the bloc should agree to a tax ...

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Murdoch makes Brexit appeal for Sky deal approval

Bloomberg James Murdoch played to concerns about the post-Brexit UK economy in advocating for the approval of 21st Century Fox Inc.’s bid for pay-TV company Sky Plc, as the government committed the deal to months of additional scrutiny. The Fox CEO and son of billionaire Rupert Murdoch, speaking to an audience of broadcast industry top brass, responded to a decision hours ...

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Facebook informs Mueller more on Russia ad spending

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. has given special counsel Robert Mueller extra details on political ad spending from a Russian group that tried to sow discord online ahead of last year’s US presidential election, according to a person familiar with the matter. The social network provided copies of ads and explained how they were targeted and who bought them, said the person, ...

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