Show Notes
Paramount Skydance is tackling a huge pile of debt following its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, oil tanker captains are being paid rates equivalent to $100,000 a month for travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, and the UK’s tax authorities probed Manchester City in 2018. Plus, the battle for control of the $265bn Tata Group hinges on India’s motorbike billionaire, and Brussels is considering taxing big US tech companies through a broad levy on large corporations.
Mentioned in this podcast: Debt in the spotlight as Paramount closes $111bn deal for Warner Bros Ships’ captains paid $100,000 a month to transit Strait of Hormuz HMRC opened probe into Man City’s tax affairs in 2018 India’s motorbike billionaire steering tussle at Tata Brussels looks to capture Big Tech through tax on large corporations Want to get in touch? Email us at [email protected]
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