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...Corporate results: Japan’s Nidec Corporation, which manufactures the electric motors used in hard-disk drives, China Tourism Group and Ping An Insurance Group announce quarterly results....
...We pay our corporation tax in the UK. We’ve paid £250mn in tax since we started....
...Ping An did not reply to an immediate request for comment....
...Investors have piled back into oil and gas companies despite pressures from environmental advocates to shun the sector....
...Activist calls to shun Starbucks’ products spread after the company sued its workers’ union over a social media post last October....
...though, as the masters of the universe continue to enjoy a close-knit relationship with deep-pocketed Chinese state-backed investors such as the State Administration of Foreign Assets and China Investment Corporation...
...In August, Kao Ching-ping, deputy director of the FSC’s Securities and Futures Bureau, said the regulator would like ETFs to go “back to basics”, and that dividend payouts should be based on the dividends...
...Chris Hayward, policy chair at the City of London Corporation, said the FCA’s proposals were “significant” but further changes were needed, which he would outline later this year....
...The results were announced a day after the collapse of First Republic, the second-biggest bank failure in US history and the third time in less than two months that the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...
...The bigger question is how far nostalgia for the “good old days” of social media, repackaged and resold by a huge corporation, can take Threads....
...We also suspect that Ping An received quiet Chinese Communist party approval for its high-profile campaign....
...The rise of multinational corporations, larger workforces and remote working have meant cultivating personal relationships is tougher....
...Thoma avoided taking on more than $2bn in debt when it invested in cyber security companies Ping Identity and ForgeRock because those higher interest expenses meant the leverage didn’t meaningfully increase...
...As a financial expression of globalisation, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has had a long history stretching back to its founding by a Scot in 1865....
...Still not budging on the break-up front — Quinn said Ping An’s demands aren’t backed by the bank’s other large shareholders and customers — he did say he agreed with some of Ping An’s criticisms on high...
...In other banking news: HSBC is to buy back $2bn of its own shares to shore up support against its biggest shareholder Ping An after reporting a jump in profits. 2....
...That flexibility might alarm those who fear that corporations are using offsets as a substitute for emissions cuts....
Uptick in ‘hybrid’ financings comes as other investors shun riskier debt amid market volatility
...What West’s case really shows is just how high the stakes have become for corporations in the brand-building game....
...It’s an important development and we want to hear your opinions — ping us at moralmoneyreply@ft.com, or just reply to this email....
...Ever since the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was founded in 1865, its managers have turned adversity into profit....
...India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Indian Oil Corporation and Nayara Energy did not respond to requests for comment....
...Rather than take down any one corporation or raise the cost of capital for targeted companies, the idea is to stigmatise them, putting pressure on policymakers to introduce restrictive legislation, says...
...Others reject that Ping An, which is not state-owned, is privy to Beijing’s agenda....
...Some may choose to shun the incumbent or adopt a hybrid approach, hosting their own website and restricting the lines to which a third-party distributor has access....
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