Schmidt ‘Very Proud’ of Google’s Tiny Tax Bill: ‘It’s Called Capitalism’
Ads giant branded 'morally bankrupt modern-day robber baron' Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has dismissed criticism over how little corporation tax his…
Dec 13, 2012Ads giant branded 'morally bankrupt modern-day robber baron' Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has dismissed criticism over how little corporation tax his…
Dec 13, 2012Google chairman Eric Schmidt has insisted that he is "very proud" of the company's tax structure, and said that measures to lower…
Dec 13, 2012The search giant paid £6m in tax – despite making sales of £2.6 billion -- Company’s chairman Eric Schmidt said the company…
Dec 12, 2012The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine board should be restructured to shore up the integrity of its grant process, an Institute of…
Dec 7, 2012Agency should split operations from policy, add more oversight committee members without conflicts California's $3 billion stem cell agency should reduce its…
Dec 6, 2012The California Institute of Regenerative Medicine received a mixture of praise and hard-to-enact recommendations from an august scientific body today. Last summer,…
Dec 6, 2012A review of California's stem cell research funding agency proposed changes to the agency's governing structure and commercial goals while praising its…
Dec 6, 2012It appears Facebook will be getting off virtually scot-free in the class action brought over its hijacking of users' Likes for Sponsored…
Dec 5, 2012Facebook wants to dump its current system of letting users vote on policy changes, arguing that it can be gamed by activists.…
Dec 5, 2012Wright Said He'd Recuse Himself From Google Case If the Senate clears his nomination for the Federal Trade Commission, Joshua Wright will…
Dec 4, 2012A Republican nominee to the Federal Trade Commission who has written articles and conducted research funded indirectly by Google and other corporate…
Dec 4, 2012A new report calls into question gasoline price spikes in California this year, arguing costs outpaced the traditional supply-and-demand model and insinuating…
Nov 18, 2012This op-ed commentary was published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday, November 14th, 2012.
Nov 14, 2012Unleash the lawyers. A class-action lawsuit was filed within 48 hours after South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors Corp.…
Nov 11, 2012What do Thomas Steyer and Chris Kelly know that fellow California high-rollers George Joseph, Molly Munger, her brother Charles T. Munger Jr.…
Nov 8, 2012Hyundai and Kia are facing a new lawsuit over inflated fuel economy claims. This case, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in…
Nov 8, 2012SACRAMENTO -- The consumer activists that defeated the Proposition 33 auto insurance initiative, despite their small budget, are crowing over their victory…
Nov 7, 2012The “B” word may have been the most lethal weapon against an automobile insurance portable persistency initiative put to Californians, the second such…
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