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...By classifying drivers as independent contractors, Uber does not have to pay costs for benefits such as health insurance and sick leave that they must offer employees....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on July 4 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...We also need the tech companies to acknowledge the disruption they cause and do far more to benefit all aspects of our lives. john.thornhill@ft.com...
...In addition to the pork and steel sales, Cargill has largely exited its hedge fund business and sold a US crop insurance agency....
...In addition to the pork and steel sales, it sold a US crop insurance agency and has largely exited its hedge fund business....
...As a result, a growing number of companies have needed to reassure consumers that their supply chains are free of conflict minerals, tropical deforestation or abusive labour practices....
...and agricultural mutual Cera....
...“There’s a pretty severe downturn that’s coming soon, and the [agricultural equipment] companies are starting to see it,” says Lawrence De Maria, analyst at William Blair....
...Insect-specific regulations have traditionally focused on prescribing limits for insect fragments accidentally included in foods....
...(Financial Times) In response to regulation, Goldman ditching less profitable clients and changing rules for hedge funds (WSJ) Argentina v holdouts: plus ça change (Financial Times) Espírito Santo: the...
...In the next two to three decades, western digital networks would end up performing functions equal to the size of the “real” US economy....
...“It could be in retail banking, consumer lending, for securities services, or insurance.”...
...Equipment makers, including Caterpillar, support the loan to the $10bn Roy Hill mining project in Western Australia, because the resulting orders for trucks and bulldozers would help an industry that has...
...Awkward (Financial Times) Moscow’s ‘political technologists’ specialise in creating pure spectacle (Financial Times) Sleaze v spin in Mexico’s race for reform (Financial Times) The SEC is turning into...
...Investment strategy: A value investor and a disciple of Ben Graham, Mr Watsa invests via his insurance company Fairfax Financial Holdings....
...(Financial Times) Singapore trading house Noble has confirmed a long-awaited plan to sell 51 per cent of its agricultural unit to Cofco, the Chinese state-owned company....
...and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance are among the companies shortlisted to buy a minority stake in Indonesia’s Panin Life for about $200 million, sources said. http://reut.rs/UqGs3l China snubs Norway in...
...Dhanin’s father, Ek Chor, emigrated to Thailand with his brother, Siew Whooy, and established CP in 1921 as an agricultural seed shop....
..., which owns 7.5 per cent of the company....
...(Reuters live blog)(Financial Times) “Asian stocks swung between gains and losses after mixed earnings at companies from Honda Motor Co. to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and LG Display Co....
...Alternative energy company First Solar also slid 0.8 per cent to $21.03. Caterpillar shares closed 0.9 per cent lower at $90.87 but fell more than 2 per cent in after-hours trading....
...(Financial Times) - The Google v Oracle case could have big implications for the software industry....
...(Financial Times) The insurance sector faces its biggest ever agricultural losses as the worst drought in more than 50 years devastates US crops....
...This is the line taken in a WSJ story on Monday, which looks at the recent rash of disappointing Chinese revenues for several big foreign companies in Q1: Caterpillar, ABB and Vale....
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