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Amazon's Europe changes to boost tax bill, add secrecy

Amazon’s decision to change its tax-efficient European business structure could raise its tax bill by as much as $100 million a year but authorities will have to fight for additional money and any payments will be hidden from public view.


Fed rate hikes may trigger global volatility: Fischer

When the Federal Reserve raises U.S. interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, it should weigh the effects on global economies and can expect some bouts of financial market volatility, a top Fed official said on Tuesday.

Solid business spending plans offer ray of hope for factories

A gauge of U.S. business investment spending plans increased solidly for a second straight month in April, a hopeful sign for manufacturing activity after a long spell of weakness.

Wall St. drops on rate concerns, Greece

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 to its biggest decline in three weeks, weighed down by concerns about Greece and some upbeat data that fueled expectations that a U.S. rate hike could come sooner rather than later.


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George RR Martin announced that he will be reading a chapter from his sixth book, "The Winds of Winter" during the Conquest 46 event in Kansas, Missouri. Martin did not clarify whether or not he will be reading a previously released chapter from the book including the chapter about Sansa titled, "Alayne" or if he will be reading an entirely new chapter from the book.
"Outlander" season 2 will be taken from Diana Gabaldon's second book, "Dragonfly in Amber." Showrunner Ron Moore revealed that season 2 will have a completely different look, as most of the scenes will be filmed in Scotland despite the book's setting in Paris.
There have been reports that Harley Quinn and Oliver Queen's highly-anticipated battle wil no longer be featured on "Arrow" due to the former's participation in the upcoming film, "Suicide Squad."
Another Minecraft security patch to update the massively popular game to version 1.8.5 has been released by developer Mojang.The last Minecraft security update launched a month ago has brought the game to version 1.8.4 which was made to address vulnerability issues found that allowed users to remotely crash servers
Deadpool, played by Ryan Reynolds, helped make a kid's wish come true. He let little Tony, a Hodgkin's disease patient, roam around the set of Deadpool in Vancouver. He also let him wear the antihero's mask and gloves.
Ex-Machina’s Alicia Vikander is chosen to play Universal Studio’s Bourne 5 opposite Matt Damon. The fifth installment in the franchise is yet to have an official title. No plot has been released of the movie. The espionage franchise will be shown on cinemas on July 29, 2016.
The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams is taking extraordinary measures to make sure plots from the movie won’t leak. But recently there is a ploy synopsis that revealed some important parts of the story’s introduction, while Daisy Ridley gave a big hint about her character’s origin.
The statistics for FIFA 15 are up on Twitter showing the virtual race among leagues and players; meanwhile, rumors on FIFA 16 and the teams EA Sports are working to get are surfacing as it seeks to become a notch better than Konami's PES.
Despite controversial issues between Konami and Hideo Kojima, the Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain release date is very much right on track where it is scheduled to be launched on Sept. 1
Oil fell below $65 a barrel on Tuesday, pressured by the possibility that U.S. shale oil producers could increase drilling activity and by a stronger dollar.