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bojan
9 months ago
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Apple and Meta fined millions for breaching EU law
Booking.com was European, is not any more. It is now a subsidiary of Booking Holding (formerly Priceline), based in Connecticut.
chgs
9 months ago
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That’s of course the reason these types of companies are American - Americans are rich and can buy out foreign companies which are successful.
nickff
9 months ago
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There are plenty of EU companies that buy into new markets or opportunities, they just fall outside of these laws; Siemens is a good example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens
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