Google’s European mea culpa
Google’s European chief executive acknowledges that the company has mishandled its messaging in Europe and is offering an olive branch to the European Commission. Matt Brittin, who oversees Google’s...
View ArticleGoogle’s latest product: Google Politics
After years of playing hardball in Europe, Google is turning on the charm. From parties at Brussels hot spots to face time with politicians and millions spent on lobbying, the U.S. tech giant is trying...
View ArticleGoogle cuts £130 million tax deal with UK
Google will pay 10 years worth of back taxes, totaling £130 million, and higher taxes in future in the U.K. after an agreement with the country’s revenue service. “We will now pay tax based on revenue...
View ArticleGoogle tells British MPs it pays ‘fair’ taxes
Google executives were unrepentant Thursday about the company’s tax settlement in the face of harsh questions from a U.K. parliamentary committee. Members of parliament summoned Google before the...
View ArticleSundar Pichai’s big European adventure
Google’s new chief executive is about to receive what has become the traditional Brussels welcome for American tech giants: a sit-down with Margrethe Vestager and her phalanx of enforcers. Sundar...
View ArticleGoogle’s New Growth Promise: Digital Skills Training for Two Million
In recent years, Europe’s economy has been growing in new, and different ways. One factor in this has been the online expansion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Google partnered with...
View ArticleGoogle goes on the offensive against EU platform rules
Europe’s upcoming rulebook for tech giants could lead to less choice for EU businesses and consumers, a senior Google executive told POLITICO as the company ramps up efforts to weigh in on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US eyes breakthrough on data dispute with EU as Biden visits Brussels
The United States thinks it has a trump card to resolve a long-running dispute over data protection with the European Union: the war in Ukraine. Political pressure from senior political leaders on...
View Article