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Seattle levied an annual tax of about $50 million on big companies last week to help solve the city’s homeless problem. The tax was watered down from the original proposal but it was controversial and pitted the city against its most powerful corporate resident, Amazon.com Inc.

The vote comes after weeks of intense debate over what responsibility large companies have for the growing number of people living on the streets.

Firms can use the new blueprints to create blockchain networks of their own design using the company's Web Services tools.

U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they are divided about whether to let states start collecting billions of dollars in sales taxes from internet retailers that don’t currently charge tax to their customers.

States and traditional retailers are asking the justices to overturn a 26-year-old ruling that exempts many internet merchants.

Amazon.com Inc. fell Monday after a fresh round of critical comments from President Donald Trump and a Republican senator.

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The European Union published proposals Wednesday for a 3 percent Digital Turnover Tax on the European B2B revenues of digital giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon (termed GAFA in Europe), Uber and Airbnb.

The Solicitor General urged the justices to let state and local governments collect billions of dollars from online retailers.

President Donald Trump “feels strongly” that the U.S. should permit collection of state and local sales taxes on purchases made over the internet, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday.