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Business Series

Google takes on Apple and Samsung with its new smart phone

Google has launched a new line in smartphones along with other gadgets designed to take on electronic giants like Apple and Samsung.

05/10/2016

Business Series

Sanofi and Verily pair up to improve diabetes treatment

French drugmaker Sanofi and the US firm Verily are to invest around $500 million (445 million euros) in a joint venture to help people with diabetes.

12/09/2016

Europe News

EU regulators hit Google with more anti-trust charges

EU regulators have hit Google with another competition charge, accusing it of blocking rivals in the online search advertising market.

14/07/2016

Spain

Tax inspectors raid Google's Spanish offices

Spanish tax inspectors have raided Google’s offices in Madrid as part of an ongoing investigation into possible tax evasion.

01/07/2016

Business Line

Brexit fears and the future according to Google

With the Brexit referendum less than a month away, Business Line examines the latest economic arguments from both sides, and our IT focus is Google I/O.

25/05/2016

Business Series

Google Paris HQ raided by French investigators over tax payments

French investigators carried out a dawn raid on the Paris headquarters of US internet giant Google in a probe over tax payments.

24/05/2016

USA

Google and Fiat to team up on self drive cars

Google which has been testing self-driving cars since 2009 is going one step further in the development of the technology. It is has agreed with car

04/05/2016

Europe News

Google hit with EU anti-trust charge over Android 'dominance'

The European Commission accused Google on Wednesday of unfairly trying to crush rivals to its Android smartphone operating system. Marghete Vestager

20/04/2016

World News

EU charges Google with abusing Android dominance

The charge comes after a year-long investigation.

20/04/2016

World News

Who discovered the UK? And other questions Europeans are asking Google ahead of the Brexit referendum

Having asked Google to let us know what the UK is wondering about the EU and the Brexit referendum, we now present you with the top questions being

14/04/2016

Business Series

New smaller and cheaper Apple iPhone

Apple has launched a cheaper iPhone with a smaller screen. It’s aimed at developing countries and possibly China, the world’s biggest smartphone

21/03/2016

Business Line

Migrants in Germany and Google in Russia

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her party had a ‘hard day’ after the anti-immigrant party AfD made big gains in state elections, campaigning

16/03/2016

Korea

No match for mere mortals: Google's AlphaGo wins Go series

Machine has triumphed over man in the complicated board game Go. The man in question, South Korean professional Lee Sedol, is one of the world’s top

12/03/2016

Business Series

Alphabet spells out big profit, overtakes Apple as most valuable company

Alphabet has overtaken Apple in market value after Google's parent company reported strong results, but the question is how long will that last?

02/02/2016

Business Series

Pressure mounts on Google over controversial UK tax deal

British cabinet minister Patrick McLoughlin is the latest politician to join the chorus of concern over Google's controversial tax payments agreement with the UK tax authorities.

29/01/2016

Business Series

Google UK tax deal sparks anger

Some UK politicians have spoken out against a back tax deal under which it will pay what has been called a "derisory" sum to settle claims covering a 10-year period.

25/01/2016

United Kingdom

UK: Google pays back tax millions but critics lash out

Internet giant Google has agreed to pay a decade’s worth of back taxes in Britain, amid claims that it and other multinationals have been avoiding

23/01/2016

Economy

Blackberry aims to regain market share with first Android phone

After years of relying on its own software, Blackberry is to break with tradition and use Google’s Android operating system. The Canadian group’s

06/11/2015

Economy

Amazon to stop selling Apple and Google streaming devices

Amazon is to stop selling streaming devices from Apple and Google that aren’t easily compatible with its own video service. It has told its sales

02/10/2015

Economy

Google and Microsoft call lawsuit truce over patents

Google and Microsoft have agreed to bury the hatchet and end their long-running patent feud, dropping up to 20 legal cases in the United States and

01/10/2015