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• Google faces new pressure over tax claims May 20, 2013
  Revenue and Customs is investigating fresh lines of inquiry after interviewing whistleblower who gave evidence to WhitehallHM Revenue and Customs is investigating fresh lines of inquiry into Google's tax affairs after interviewing a former executive at the company who gave anonymous evidence to parliament, the Guardian can disclose.Barney Jones, 34, who […]
• Yahoo announces Tumblr acquisition deal – as it happened May 20, 2013
  Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer announces deal to buy blogging platform for $1.1bn – and gives Flickr a revamp, tooAmanda Holpuch     […]
• Apple accused of 'highly questionable' billion-dollar tax avoidance scheme May 20, 2013
  Senators claim Apple has avoided paying billions in US tax by creating offshore entities that are not tax resident anywhereApple uses a "highly questionable" web of offshore entities to avoid paying billions in US income taxes, a Senate committee alleged on Monday.The complex arrangement includes three subsidiaries, based ostensibly in Ireland, whi […]
• Yahoo-Tumblr acquisition announcement: live stream May 20, 2013
  Yahoo is giving more details of its $1.1bn acquisition of the picture-sharing social network Tumblr at a press event in New York starting at 4pm ET     […]
• Now that Tumblr's hit it big, who's next in line on the New York tech scene? | Heidi Moore May 20, 2013
  The high price Yahoo paid for Tumblr acts as validation – and encouragement – for New York's burgeoning tech companiesBarely had the ink dried on Yahoo's announcement of its $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr – "we won't screw it up," the acquirer promised – than the New York tech world erupted in gossip and speculation about which company […]