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The American technology companies are looking increasingly vulnerable especially internationally. Tech companies are the new wave of American mega corporations.
by rajivjain 4y ago
The American technology companies are looking increasingly vulnerable especially internationally. Tech companies are the new wave of American mega corporations. I wonder how the mega corporation of past managed to navigate these challenges? Did US government play any role in protecting the US companies? If so, what drove it, more business friendly Washington, more effective lobbying, or something else?
- klabb3 4y agoIt's $160M in a country with 600M phones, where 97% of those are Android. Obviously Google doesn't want fines to be public (to avoid encouraging others), but it's not that much money in the greater context.
- whimsicalism 4y ago1% of profit, that is pretty big.
- sa1 4y agoEast India Company took over the country when needed.
- weberer 4y agoFollow the money https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/alphabet-inc/summary?id=d000067823 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/alphabet-inc/summary?id=d00...