Google won’t have to pay $1.3 billion in back taxes to France

Back in February, France took Google to court demanding back taxes of $ 1.7 billion. But it wasn’t clear whether the search titan, whose European headquarters is based in Ireland, would be subject to continental taxes. A French court just decided in Google’s favor, sparing it from the $ 1.3 billion award for tax years […]

The chief market strategist at a $1.3 trillion investment firm breaks down Amazon’s ‘disruptive’ Whole Foods deal

Bloomberg TV Amazon’s blockbuster acquisition of Whole Foods was a $ 13.7 billion surprise. While research analysts across Wall Street quickly weighed in with takes on possible rationales and corporate synergies, there’s no denying the market found itself upended, at least temporarily. Investors quickly piled into shares of both the target and acquirer while hitting […]

5 alarming facts about America’s $1.3 trillion in student loan debt

democracynow.org The president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank sounded the alarm on Monday that the student debt crisis continues to mount. At a staggering $ 1.3 trillion, outstanding student loan debt is casting a financial pall on millions of Americans, according to a new study by the bank. A college degree generally gives […]