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...Meanwhile, shareholder meeting season has rolled around again, giving a window into how investors are — or are not — putting pressure on major corporations over their environmental and social impacts....
...In addition, the commission lost a similar case over the Netherlands’ tax deals with Starbucks but has not filed an appeal....
...days after Roe v....
...Thus we have an index purporting to respect organised labour in which Amazon and Starbucks, which are laying pipe night and day to crush union drives, are included, while companies supplying arms to Ukraine...
...Apple Store workers said they were galvanised by successful efforts at Starbucks, where staff at dozens of stores in at least 19 states have taken steps to form unions....
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...Chenault told CNBC: “What we have heard from corporations is general statements about their support for voting rights and against voter suppression....
...It lost a similar but much smaller case against Starbucks and the Netherlands last year....
...“Once again a large multinational corporation has gotten away with exploiting tax laws to pay far less than it should,” he said. Additional reporting by Aime Williams...
...The EU lost last year on its ruling to order Starbucks to pay back €30m in taxes to the Netherlands on the grounds that officials were unable to provide enough evidence that showed the tax arrangements were...
...Although its parent company, Interpublic Group Cos Inc, installed female leadership at the Martin Agency, IPG’s board remained the same....
...The Big Three are on course to control 40 per cent of the votes in American corporations in a couple of decades....
...“With public market values falling so much, a buyer needs to determine whether the valuation represents the new normal or whether there is going to be a V-shaped recovery in terms of earnings or valuation...
...The company was valued at $2.2bn in a December in a funding round which included Singapore’s Government Investment Corporation....
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...Conservative Nestlé, which owns Nespresso and Nescafé, has eschewed big acquisitions — although chief executive Mark Schneider has struck a licensing deal with Starbucks and acquired Blue Bottle, a Californian...
...Just about everyone has hurt China’s feelings at some point or another: Nike, Starbucks, Apple and Dolce & Gabbana are all offenders....
...Dunkin’ is following the example of its rival Starbucks, which until 2011 was called Starbucks Coffee. The aim is a catchy identity that sets no limits. One motive is an urge to globalise....
...The lawsuit is a stark example of the use of non-competes by large corporations, even against low-level hourly wage workers....
...Qubits v bytes: how quantum computing works Quantum computing taps into the quirky behaviour of sub-atomic particles, which bend our normal understanding of physics....
...This is as true for traditional businesses such as Fiat and Starbucks as it is for Amazon and Airbnb....
...Decisions have been taken against Apple in Ireland, Starbucks in the Netherlands, and Amazon and Fiat in Luxembourg....
...The ability to share personal stories globally has handed new power to employees and customers in their battles with big corporations....
...While it builds on similar commission tax decisions recently served against deals for Starbucks in the Netherlands and Fiat in Luxembourg, the Apple case is by far the biggest and most significant....
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