Factbox: International tax faces biggest shake-up in decades under OECD plan
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OECD) has proposed overhauling rules for taxing cross-border corporate income to bring them into line with the digital age....
Russian lawmakers look to ban e-mail users who share illegal content
A group of pro-Kremlin lawmakers has drafted legislation that would allow authorities to block individual e-mail or online messenger users who circulate banned content....
High-tech jacket allows deaf people to feel the music
Twin sisters Hermon and Heroda Berhane love dancing but can’t hear the music because they’re both deaf, so the invention of a jacket with sensors...
Air quality app back online in Vietnam after attacks over smog ranking
Independent online air quality index monitor AirVisual said on Wednesday its air quality monitoring app is available for download again in Vietnam after it suspended...
Nordic banks agree to fund common payment service
Six of the Nordic region’s biggest banks have agreed to invest in pan-Nordic instant payment system P27, aiming to integrate payment services in the region...
Multinationals face heftier tax bills under OECD proposals
Governments will get more power to tax big multinationals doing business in their countries under a major overhaul of decades-old cross-border tax rules outlined on...
Mail.Ru and partners team up with Alipay for Russian payment JV
Russian internet company Mail.Ru said on Wednesday it had agreed a joint venture with Alipay, the mobile payments arm of Alibaba Group, along with the...
Australia’s Afterpay names ex-Treasury Secretary Summers to U.S. advisory board
Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay Touch Group said on Wednesday that ex-U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers will join its U.S. advisory board, along with former Reebok...
Bank of England sets out rules of engagement for Facebook’s Libra
The Bank of England set out the rules of engagement that Facebook’s Libra crypto-currency and other new digital payments providers would have to meet before...
NBA fans in China seek refund from Tencent as streaming suspended
Some Chinese National Basketball Association (NBA) fans have asked for streaming subscription refunds from exclusive service provider Tencent amid a deepening free speech row, a...