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Heres the latest news from Big Tech firms, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators and politicians from the U.S. to Europe.TaxesGerman Finance Minister: More Than 130 Nations Agree to Corporate Tax FrameworkGerman Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said Friday stanley cup Oct. 9 that over 130 nations have consented to a framework to bring forward international business taxation rules for d stanley cup iscourse by the G20 finance ministers this week, Reuters reported.The primary aim of any deal would be to make sure that Big Tech firms like Facebook, Google and Amazon were forced to pay their fair share when it comes to tax, according to Scholz. With a unanimous agreement on a blueprint for reforming the global corporate tax code we have taken a major step forward, Scholz said, according to Reuters. This is a positive signal and Im sure that by the summer of next year we will be able to reach a final agreement on this reform plan. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD has been creating regulations to force digital firms to pay tax where they conduct operations instead of the registered location of subsidiaries.Ukraine Mulls VAT for Digital PlatformsVerkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, is mulling a law taxing digital communication platforms from abroad.The move would have platforms such as stanley cup Amazon, Netflix and Facebook pay a 20 percent value-added tax VAT , Broadband TV News reported.Foreign advertising will not be subject to tax under the terms of the Mdti Connecting B2B SMBs To Financing When Traditional Lenders Pull Back

Bolstering a relationship between two Amazon rivals, Walmart has reportedly inked a deal with Microsoft聽to leverage the tech company cloud capabilities. The idea is to make th stanley deutschland e shopping experience easier and faster for consumers, CNBC reported.In a statement on Tuesday July 17 , Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said, Walmarts commitment to technology is centered around creating incredibly convenient ways for customers t stanley usa o shop and empowering associates to do their best work. With the partnership, engineers from both Microsoft and Walmart will collaborate in order to bring a large portion of Samsclub and Walmart to Microsoft Azure. And, on Tuesday July 17 , Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella聽remarked that the worlds leading companies run on our cloud, and Im thrilled to partner with Walmart to accelerate their digital transformation with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365. The news comes as聽Britains聽Marks Spencer Group聽 MS is collaborating with聽Microsoft. Through their strategic partnership, the companies will experiment with the integration of Microsoft AI technologies into MS stores, as well as the retailers broader operations, retail news source聽Chain Store Age聽reported. We want to be at the forefront of driving value into the cust stanley fr omer experience using the power of technology, Marks Spencer CEO Steve Rowe has said in a聽statement. Working together with Microsoft to understand the full potential of how technology and artificial intelligence can improve th