Find it legitimate that these Companies Pay their taxes. European markets trade mostly lower as a surge in cases in oklahoma and beijings flight ban fear a second wave of the virus. Wire card shares trade near the bottom the publication of the german groups numbers are delayed three times. The bank of england is expected to expand its bond buying plans now saying they are, quote, under active review. A warm welcome to street signs. French finance minister has hit back at a u. S. Decision to walk away from digital tax talks. The mayor called the u. S. Decision a provocation and said the tax itself was a form of justice. Translator we have received with my spanish, italian and british counterparts, a letter from Steven Mnuchin stating that they dont want to continue negative oceanition at the oacd on digital tax this is a provocation to all the partners we were just a bit away from reaching an agreement on a tax a provocation against all at the oacd and all citizens in the world that fin
The ride hailing firm uber has been in last ditch talks to extend its licence in london, after months of turmoil over its position in its largest european market. The companys full london licence was suspended in 2018, after concerns were raised about ubers policy on passenger protection and driver vetting. It also comes as uber battles huge losses and growing competition. In the us its biggest rival is lyft, though both firms are losing money. Latest results for lyft showed losses of 1i63m, compared to 1. 3 billion for uber. Thatis that is supposed to be 1 billion there at the bottom instead of1 million, so we will fix that graphic. Uber has also been investing in food delivery and autonomous cars, while lyft is concentrating on ride hailing. Meanwhile, French Company kapten was acquired by german car makers daimler and bmw. It now operates in the uk, france, portugal and switzerland, and plans to expand to 15 european cities by 2020. Estonian company bolt also has uber in its sights,
Fanatics along this historic 3 line in im not. Im british babaji welcome to do the news asia its good to have you with us for 4 months now the streets of hong kong have regularly looked like this battle zones that see repeated arrests and injuries and there doesnt appear to be a visible way out of the crisis but what if its chief executive could hold the key a member of parliament the Legislative Council thinks so michael t. M. Is seen as a pro establishment voice of hong kong and hes also a member of. Parliament the National Peoples congress he spoke to correspondent in hong kong. I contend are you think that the government can find a way out of this crisis yes from day one because what the majority of the public peaceful demonstrators and the radicals all they want is to settle the skull and their perceived. Grievances against the police and nobody is trashed nobody is trusting either side they dont believe in the complaint against these Commission Investigation so everybody is cryin
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A failed merger and a boardroom bust up are the backdrop for renaults annual Shareholders Meeting which takes place in paris later today. The carmaker is in a race with its rivals to develop the technology of tomorrow that will bring in the profits those shareholders want to see. Less than a week ago renaults future seemed to involved a 39 billion merger with american italian rival Fiat Chrysler but it swiftly fell apart amid an acrimonious blame game. Last year renault brands sold 3. 88 million cars globally but it would be catapulted up from number eleven to the worlds third biggest if the Fiat Chrysler merger goes ahead, with the latest reports suggesting it may yet be resurrected. That would mean overcoming resistance from the french government which is renaults biggest shareholder at just over 15 . Japanese carmaker nissan is the number two shareholder and crucially is in alliance with renault. But relations between the two companies are strained and have been since the alliances