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...Nestlé revealed in its annual report for 2023 that 38 per cent of net sales, excluding products such as pet food, baby food, vitamins and medical nutrition, were rated higher than 3.5 under the HSR system...
...The overhaul of HSR, as it is often referred to, is the first in more than four decades and has been widely anticipated by dealmakers....
...HSR was originally developed by authorities in Australia and is now also used by investors and policymakers globally....
...There are some winners to the HSR revamp, though, depending on how you look at it....
...Yet the European Court of Auditors in 2018 described Europe’s HSR network as “an ineffective patchwork of poorly connected national lines”....
...Chris Stokes, chief executive of HSR, said the line would not take “a single penny of public investment”....
...Indeed, Beijing already has plans to expand its HSR network by 6,000 miles by 2025....
...The report said: “The HSR project is likely to accelerate the structural transformation of the Malaysian economy toward services.”...
...The construction of the relatively small high speed rail (HSR) network, by 2040, is hardly aspirational....
...by market value, to hand over “information and documents on the terms, scope, structure, and purpose” of transactions from the start of 2010 through to the end of 2019 that had not been reportable under HSR...
...Completion is expected in Q1 FY21 following shareholder and U.S. regulatory approvals (CFIUS and HSR)....
...The project was proposed and signed in 2015 when China was on a global HSR push, and questions always hung over its practicability (and indeed of other HSR projects around the world)....
...How do HSR lines compare?...
...Nine years after its first high-speed train travelled from Guangzhou to Wuhan, China has more HSR track than the rest of the world combined...
...“During the suspension period, Malaysia and Singapore will continue to discuss on the best way forward for the HSR Project with the aim of reducing costs,” the statement said....
...The fate of the HSR is also uncertain: Mr Mahathir is sceptical about the project. Spending cuts will also hit politically linked projects and programmes carried out by Mr Najib....
...The highest fine previously paid for an HSR violation was $5.67 million....
...HSR thresholds are usually significantly lower than 5 per cent of a company’s stock....
...Malaysia-Singapore ties to be tested The competition between China and Japan will be the focus of the HSR tender process, but political rivalry still lingers between Malaysia and Singapore and cooperation...
...Under the HSR, a company is required to file notification with antitrust agencies if its holdings reach more than $283.6m, the suit says....
...Proponents here say they will operate their system profitably at half what the European HSR systems operate at and charge passengers less than a third of what the Manhattan-to-Washington Acela HSR charges...
..., which could discourage people from traveling in the region; 2) smog and bird flu, which could discourage people from travelling to or within China; and 3) the continued ramping up of High-Speed Rail (HSR...
...Political will is the main barrier to HSR in the US. Neither political party has ever had a consistent commitment to rail transport, but both are enthusiastic at subsidising alternative modes....
...Meanwhile, China’s investment in HSR will probably slow, but not stop. It’s true that the HSR is costly, but given China’s population, the cost per capita is still low....
...Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council and campaign chair of HSR UK, said: “This is welcome news....
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