Us Lobbyist

Lobbyist Mark MacGann has come out as the Uber whistleblower who leaked documents on US ride-hailing firm to British newspaper The Guardian. MacGann led Uber's lobbying efforts in Europe, Africa and the Middle East between 2014 and 2016. Meanwhile, Uber added that MacGann only blew the whistle after he received EUR 585,000 (roughly Rs. 4 crore) fol...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken a swipe at Bezos' Blue Origin for hiring a high-profile strategic advisory firm after it lost a $2.9 billion (roughly Rs. 21,540 crores) NASA lunar lander contract to SpaceX. Without naming Bezos, Musk said the billionaire should “consider spending some money” on actual lunar lander hardware, instead of “shady l...

Lobbyists for Facebook and Google threw their weight against new US legislation that seeks to aid struggling news publishers by allowing them to negotiate collectively against the tech companies over revenue sharing and other deals.

Facebook and Google lobbyists threw their weight against new US legislation that seeks to aid struggling news publishers by allowing them to negotiate collectively against the tech companies over revenue sharing and other deals.

The political row over Facebook today sprouted new allegations with a BJP leader accusing Congress MP Manish Tewari of using US lobbyists based on a letter he wrote to the social networking giant on Tuesday. In response, Manish Tewari said the fact that his letter was accessed and tweeted by the BJP's Amit Malviya proved collusion between "certain ...

In an embarrassment to Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistani dictator was seen in a series of video clips, seeking covert US support to regain power and telling American lawmakers that he was "ashamed" of Pakistan's spy agency ISI for being negligent about Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts.

Former US Representative Susan Molinari, who has run Google's Washington office and its Americas Policy team for nearly seven years, will move to a new job as senior advisor in January.

Facebook is on a hiring spree in Washington as the social network bulks up its ranks of lobbyists in the midst of a privacy scandal that cuts to the heart of its business model.

A leader of the Iowa Senate is stepping down after a video posted online showed him kissing a female lobbyist in a Des Moines bar.

Google parent Alphabet broke its own record by allocating more than $18 million to lobby Congress, federal agencies and the White House.

India's attempt to buy a nuclear attack submarine from Rajasthan has hit a major problem. Yesterday, Russian news portal Kommersant reported that the Indian Navy had permitted a US technical crew into top secret compartments of India's existing Russian-built nuclear submarine, the INS Chakra, in clear violation of the terms of the contract between ...

US President Donald Trump's recent anti-Iran speech was under the influence of lobbyists from Israel and Saudi Arabia, Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said.

The European Parliament has been asked by its political leaders to deny access to executives and lobbyists for US agro-chemicals giant Monsanto, a parliament spokesman said Friday. The leaders of the parliament's political groups issued the appeal after the firm turned down an invitation to a hearing over claims Monsanto influenced scientific resea...

India has cut expenses toward lobbying in the US with a total payment of $120,000 to its registered lobbyist firm in the second quarter of 2017 - the first cut in nearly seven years

US President Donald Trump has attacked The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, alleging that the daily is being used against Congress for mounting pressure on politicians so that they do not look into the e-commerce giant's alleged tax-monopoly.

Lobbyist Mark MacGann has come out as the Uber whistleblower who leaked documents on US ride-hailing firm to British newspaper The Guardian. MacGann led Uber's lobbying efforts in Europe, Africa and the Middle East between 2014 and 2016. Meanwhile, Uber added that MacGann only blew the whistle after he received EUR 585,000 (roughly Rs. 4 crore) fol...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken a swipe at Bezos' Blue Origin for hiring a high-profile strategic advisory firm after it lost a $2.9 billion (roughly Rs. 21,540 crores) NASA lunar lander contract to SpaceX. Without naming Bezos, Musk said the billionaire should “consider spending some money” on actual lunar lander hardware, instead of “shady l...

Lobbyists for Facebook and Google threw their weight against new US legislation that seeks to aid struggling news publishers by allowing them to negotiate collectively against the tech companies over revenue sharing and other deals.

Facebook and Google lobbyists threw their weight against new US legislation that seeks to aid struggling news publishers by allowing them to negotiate collectively against the tech companies over revenue sharing and other deals.

The political row over Facebook today sprouted new allegations with a BJP leader accusing Congress MP Manish Tewari of using US lobbyists based on a letter he wrote to the social networking giant on Tuesday. In response, Manish Tewari said the fact that his letter was accessed and tweeted by the BJP's Amit Malviya proved collusion between "certain ...

In an embarrassment to Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistani dictator was seen in a series of video clips, seeking covert US support to regain power and telling American lawmakers that he was "ashamed" of Pakistan's spy agency ISI for being negligent about Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts.

Former US Representative Susan Molinari, who has run Google's Washington office and its Americas Policy team for nearly seven years, will move to a new job as senior advisor in January.

Facebook is on a hiring spree in Washington as the social network bulks up its ranks of lobbyists in the midst of a privacy scandal that cuts to the heart of its business model.

A leader of the Iowa Senate is stepping down after a video posted online showed him kissing a female lobbyist in a Des Moines bar.

Google parent Alphabet broke its own record by allocating more than $18 million to lobby Congress, federal agencies and the White House.

India's attempt to buy a nuclear attack submarine from Rajasthan has hit a major problem. Yesterday, Russian news portal Kommersant reported that the Indian Navy had permitted a US technical crew into top secret compartments of India's existing Russian-built nuclear submarine, the INS Chakra, in clear violation of the terms of the contract between ...

US President Donald Trump's recent anti-Iran speech was under the influence of lobbyists from Israel and Saudi Arabia, Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said.

The European Parliament has been asked by its political leaders to deny access to executives and lobbyists for US agro-chemicals giant Monsanto, a parliament spokesman said Friday. The leaders of the parliament's political groups issued the appeal after the firm turned down an invitation to a hearing over claims Monsanto influenced scientific resea...

India has cut expenses toward lobbying in the US with a total payment of $120,000 to its registered lobbyist firm in the second quarter of 2017 - the first cut in nearly seven years

US President Donald Trump has attacked The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, alleging that the daily is being used against Congress for mounting pressure on politicians so that they do not look into the e-commerce giant's alleged tax-monopoly.