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Bloomberg India is reviving attempts to overhaul its half-century-old direct tax laws as it looks to increase the share of collections from the lowest in a decade. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is working to ensure that tax payers don’t need to submit multiple returns and have quicker options of redress should a dispute arise, said people familiar with the ...

Bloomberg China’s biggest search engine, Baidu Inc., checks out 3 billion claims of fake news every year and works closely with government agencies to tackle an issue it calls a global challenge. The spread of rumors and false information is a problem faced by companies around the world that requires technology and cooperation with external organizations to fix, President Zhang ...

Bloomberg Google summoned about 200 policy staff from around the world last month for a debate on whether the company’s size has made it too attractive as a target for government regulators. The two-day retreat in Monterey, California, where employees from the $682 billion company plied Washington policy experts with questions about the pros and cons of its size, took ...

Bloomberg Year after year, as Puerto Rico’s government drew ever closer to ruin, it cut hundreds of millions of dollars from roads, schools and other public works. It neglected the electricity system, leaving it dilapidated and prone to prolonged outages. The water utility, which was leaking untreated sewage, put a $1.4 billion construction plan on hold. At least 5,800 police ...

Bloomberg Two European companies in the burgeoning business of fresh food are planning initial public offerings, underlining consumers’ quest for healthier diets as demand for packaged and processed foods wanes. HelloFresh SE, an unprofitable meal-kit startup controlled by Rocket Internet SE, plans to sell as much as $353 million of stock in Frankfurt even after US rival Blue Apron Holdings ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Federal Tax Authority (FTA), announced that online registration for Value Added Tax (VAT), is now open, through its website, as part of the Authority’s preparations for the 5 percent VAT, set to be introduced from January 1, 2018. This is part of the Authority’s commitment to facilitate the registration procedures for all businesses in ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, has on Monday launched its ‘Global Perspectives on the Islamic Creative Economy’ book, featuring interviews that present the opinions of experts from local and international experts about how to consolidate Dubai’s position as an international centre for the Islamic Culture ...

DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF), launched its new eCloud service technology for the financial and human resources (HR), systems of federal entities, in collaboration with the Federal Authority of Human Resources (FAHR), and Oracle International, during its participation in GITEX Technology Week 2017. The new technology will provide a secure IT infrastructure with minimal intervention from operators ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) in cooperation with Pixonal, a leading innovation design firm, is showcasing the largest flip-dot screen to ever be constructed in the Middle East at GITEX Technology Week. The six by two meter screen is set to showcase DLD’s latest news which includes live real-estate transactions and project progress updates. DLD recently announced ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump demanded that Congress deliver funding for his border wall and make dramatic changes to immigration policy in exchange for letting young people brought illegally to the US as children stay in the country. The administration’s proposal, outlined in a briefing by US officials and sent to lawmakers night, was swiftly rejected by top Democrats in Congress, ...