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29 April, 2020

Global lobbying groups ask India to delay new digital tax

Nine lobbying groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have urged India to delay a new digital tax that will ......

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24 April, 2020

Facebook-Jio deal portends a bruising time for SoftBank-backed Paytm

Facebook's $5.7 billion investment in Reliance promises to be the biggest headache yet for Paytm, a SoftBank-backed pioneer in India's ......

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22 April, 2020

One year of talks, Covid-19 hurdles and more backstory about Facebook-Jio deal

In 2008, Mark Zuckerberg made his first trip to India. The Facebook Inc founder, who became a billionaire at the ......

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22 April, 2020

Facebook to buy minority stake in Reliance's Jio Platforms for $5.7 bn

Facebook Inc. will invest Rs 43,574 crore ($5.7 billion) in the digital business of Reliance Industries Ltd, a deal that ......

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07 April, 2020

WhatsApp limits message forwarding to check coronavirus ‘infodemic'

Facebook Inc's WhatsApp tightened message forwarding limits on Tuesday, restricting users to sharing forwarded content one chat at a time ......

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31 March, 2020

Google, Facebook, other US tech giants seek to defer Indian digital tax

Big U.S. tech firms such as Google and Facebook plan to seek deferment of a new Indian digital tax, which ......

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20 March, 2020

Govt plans e-commerce regulator, tighter controls under new policy

India wants to set up an e-commerce regulator and force companies such as Amazon to swiftly turn over information sought ......

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19 February, 2020

Facebook, General Atlantic bet on ed-tech startup Unacademy

Unacademy, an ed-tech platform to prepare for competitive exams, has raised $110 million (Rs 787 crore) from social network Facebook ......

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24 December, 2019

Disruptive decade: Ten things the teen years brought world markets

The 21st century's teen years, bookended by a financial crisis at the start and the fintech revolution at the end, ......

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18 December, 2019

US-India business groups plan to lobby for dilution of India's privacy bill

Trade groups representing some of the world’s biggest firms plan to lobby U.S. officials and Indian lawmakers in a bid ......