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What companies can learn from Apple
Apple tax tactic that came in for denunciation at Senate subcommittee hearing was not particularly difficult to carry out, and it seems to have been something known to some tax experts - but not to many of those whose job it is to write tax laws. "What impresses me is the effortlessness of Apple's international planning," said Edward Kleinbard, a tax law professor at the ...
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Sony cuts sales target for cameras smartphones for 2014-15
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp lowered its sales target for digital cameras to 1.3 trillion yen (8.3 billion pounds) for the fiscal year to end-March 2015, from a previous estimate of 1.5 trillion yen. Sony also cut its sales target ...
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LoJack for Samsung Galaxy S4 goes hardcore on thieves
(Credit: TechRepublic) LAS VEGAS -- There are apps and settings to locate a lost or stolen smartphone, and to remotely wipe the contents, but those will only get you so far if you're phone's actually been nabbed. On Tuesday, LoJack makers Absolue Software announced the imminent release ...
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SAP touts service that sells customer data from phone firms
The European maker of enterprise software would serve as a kind of middleman, analyzing data gathered by various wireless operators, selling results to marketers, and sharing the profits with the wireless ...
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All about sacked iGate CEO Murthy
scandal , it's hard to see a second comeback for Phaneesh Murthy. Popularly known as the 'other Murthy' at Infosys, 48-year-old Phaneesh had a meteoric career at India's second largest IT services firm, donning many roles and credited with taking the Infosys brand global as the company's global sales head along with company founders N R Narayana Murthy and Nandan ...
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Movie Review
Go
"Things didn't go exactly as planned," says Ronna near the end of Doug Liman's "Go," essentially summarizing the movie's theme. If "Go"--a "Pulp Fiction"-like triad of stories that take place more or less simultaneously in one 24-hour period--has any thematic coherence, it is precisely summed up in that statement. A botched drug deal, a failed drug bust, and a crisis in Las Vegas--nothing in "Go" ... ...
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Why iGate is right on sacking CEO Phaneesh Murthy
Nasdaq-listed iGate has sacked Phaneesh Murthy, its president and CEO, after investigating charges of sexual harassment levelled against him by a subordinate ...
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Apple CEO We will pay all the taxes we owe
iPad maker saving billions of dollars in US taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it may end up paying more. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found that Apple in 2012 alone avoided paying $9 billion in US taxes, using a strategy involving three offshore units with no discernible tax home, or ...
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Goa girl develops touch-free phone technology
PANAJI: The next 'in' feature for your smart phone might very well be gesture-recognition and it is a young Goan who is behind the innovation. The creation is set to make touchscreen technology passe and would allow users to interact with their devices through thin air. Native of South Goa's ...
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Microsoft touts Xbox One as future of entertainment
Xbox One, a next-generation entertainment console that promises to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment.It will go on sale later this year.Don Mattrick, president of its interactive entertainment business, said the company has spent the past four years working on the "all-in-one home entertainment system".The console was ...
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First Look New Xbox elegant but much unknown
REDMOND, Wash. — Will gamers want One? After four years of development, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One entertainment console and touted it as an all-in-one solution for playing games, watching TV and doing everything in between. Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be central to your living room and packed the new Xbox with such features as the ability to change TV channels through voice ...
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Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.
David Beckham
The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.
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Hilton Belfast
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