The Week: Media News - Google faces French taxes
15 Jan 2010
Google is under threat of being taxed on its advertising revenue in France as part of president Nicolas Sarkozy's ambition to regulate the internet.
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Google is under threat of being taxed on its advertising revenue in France as part of president Nicolas Sarkozy's ambition to regulate the internet.
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