Foreign Affairs
Japanese unnerved by Brexit
“For the Netherlands, Brexit is a dark cloud with a silver edge,” says Aart Jacobi, the Dutch ambassador in Japan. He sees many Japanese companies moving activities from…
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German company with Russian ties probed into bribery and defrauding a Ukrainian pharm manufacturer
A German pharm trader has been recently mentioned in the context of corporate embezzlement case in Ukraine. The Ukrainian media have brought to light a criminal case dealing…
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Industry feels better and better, ISM reports
Activity in industry of the United States in January is stronger and grown better than a month earlier. This is reported by ISM. The purchasing managers index for…
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Eight banks suspected in price fixing
The European Commission suspects eight banks of violation of competition rules in the trade in government bonds. Between 2007 and 2012, merchants of the non-listed financial groups in…
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Nissan got under SEC spotlight
The American stock market watchdog SEC has started an investigation into malpractice in the payment of the Nissan administration. The Japanese automaker may not have done enough to…
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China economy: Annual growth slowest since 1990
China’s economy grew at its slowest rate since 1990, stoking fears about the impact on the global economy. China expanded at 6.6% in 2018, official figures out Monday…
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China’s latest slang craze for ‘dirt-poor and ugly’ highlights growing income gap
A recently coined slang word for “dirt poor and ugly” has been labelled the word of the year in China, fast becoming an emblem of the growing socio-economic…
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