Global giants including Apple and Google will be forced to reveal how much tax they pay the federal government, under a plan to name and shame firms seen to be dodging their responsibilities by using tax havens. The proposed crackdown,…
Google wants you to know you're being watched. Or rather, the company wants you to know how and when the police get to watch what you do online. For the first time, the company has posted its policies for when…
Si les performances du marché suisse se sont également légèrement affaiblies au cours du dernier mois de l’année, les investisseurs demeurent confiants sur le secteur face à la reprise conjoncturelle mondiale attendue pour 2013 : les indices traditionnels restent en…
It’s been a year since we’ve heard any news about the allegations of widespread no-hire “gentleman’s agreements” between Silicon Valley’s top companies. Twelve months and nearly 200 legal filings later, the case is moving forward, and Judge Lucy Koh is…
US sporting goods giant Nike said it was investigating claims by labour activists that its manufacturers in Indonesia were trying to evade paying its workers the minimum wage. “Nike takes these claims seriously and company representatives are investigating the claims,”…
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's visit to North Korea this week has been met with sharp criticism and low expectations, but the global Internet search giant indirectly is helping to make history by revealing one of the reclusive country's darkest…
UBS AG (UBSN) is in the process of rooting out “negative elements” of its corporate culture after Switzerland’s largest bank was fined $1.5 billion by regulators for trying to rig global interest rates, said Andrea Orcel, chief executive officer of…
Après une tablette en 2011, l'entrepreneur congolais Vérone Mankou met sur le marché un smartphone 100% africain. Bien que fabriqué en Chine, l'Elikia a été totalement développé en local pour moins de 100 000 euros. Il est vendu 130 euros…
The humbling of two global banks in recent weeks has been greeted very differently on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Still, from the perspective of either side, large fines for interest rate rigging by Swiss bank UBS, and money-laundering by…
Sustainability reporting is becoming more popular among publicly-traded companies, according to an analysis from New York-based Governance & Accountability Institute. In 2011, 53% of S&P 500 companies reported on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts, up from just 19%…
