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...Almost all of the largest Chinese groups that have gone public in the US, such as Alibaba, Pinduoduo and JD.com, operate as VIEs, despite it being a precarious legal structure that has not been officially...
...That’s just licence to make up the rules as you go along — a bad idea in football, or in politics. helen.thomas@ft.com@helentbiz...
...“Palani and his brother Ramu are good chaps who I would always be interested in doing business with in any way,” O'Sullivan wrote in an introductory email....
...After George Floyd’s death prompted chief executives to pledge to do more to tackle racial injustice, he notes: “Almost every CEO is doing a listening tour. But . . ....
...The difficulty of doing business in Israel and the Gulf at the same time has deterred other supermajors from investing in the prolific Israeli offshore....
...Now, Takeaway.com — the Dutch delivery business hoping to buy London-listed Just Eat — appears to be doing something similar....
...But it is also prompting ingenious solutions to the difficulties of doing business at a distance....
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...What is your approach to acquisitions? We’re interested in [deals] which mean we can combine the technology that we do not have . . . with our [own] technology to generate a new business....
...First, suitor Melrose Industries unveiled its 'final' offer, which valued the target at £8.1bn, and criticised a proposed combination of GKN's automotive business with US-based Dana Incorporated....
...The UK-based engineering group is in talks to sell its automotive division, a huge part of its business, to US rival Dana Incorporated. Full story here....
...If a line can finally be drawn under the past mismanagement of Italy’s banks, perhaps they can focus instead on doing their bit to boost the country’s anaemic economic growth. patrick.jenkins@ft.com...
...As lawyers are hamstrung, it is left up to vigilant shareholders more than ever to police companies. sujeet.indap@ft.com...
...This year, China’s foreign exchange reserves fell to below $3tn as ambitious companies made a series of large overseas acquisitions....
...“The tycoons would realise that their opaque business practices cannot work any more and they would have to think about new ways of doing business.”...
...For equity investors it should ring alarm bells too, as it is a modern version of the flawed “Fed model”....
...But they are doing it most publicly. Apple is taking a different approach....
...But that assumes officers are there to heed the alarm. Often, they are out on a call. With G4S in control, many new staff will be paid less than existing workers for doing the same job....
...As much as 25 per cent of the bank’s business is done in cash – a feature that regulators said raised red flags for money laundering....
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