-
Cina USA Giappone
Vegas firm seeking high-speed LA rail link breaks with China company amid made-in-USA challenge
A Nevada company that wants to build a multibillion-dollar high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and Southern California has broken ties with a Chinese firm that it had said would help. XpressWest in Las Vegas said Wednesday that it terminated a joint venture with China Railway International, a company ...
-
Giappone
Toyota mulls legal action over Brexit camp’s use of its logo
Japanese automotive giant Toyota said Thursday it was considering legal action against the official campaign for Britain to leave the EU in the June 23 referendum for using its logo and implying it backs a Brexit. In a statement, the company said the use of the Toyota logo in Vote ...
-
Giappone Vietnam
Duskin to buy Malaysian doughnut chain Big Apple
Duskin Co., operator of the U.S.-founded Mister Donut chain, said Thursday it will acquire Malaysian doughnut chain Big Apple Worldwide Holdings Sdn. Bhd. in December to expand its business in Southeast Asia. Duskin said it will buy a 90 percent stake in BAWH, which was established in 2006 and operates ...
-
Giappone
Steering system flaw, screw hole woes prompt 240,966-car Nissan recall in Japan
Nissan Motor Co. is recalling a total of 240,966 vehicles in Japan due to flaws in the steering system and defective screw holes that could stop the cars from running, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said Thursday. Note compact cars manufactured between July 2012 and November 2015 ...
-
Ghana
Blame Kufuor for power crisis, not Mahama – Spio
Ghana’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Ekow Spio Garbrah, has blamed erstwhile Kufuor administration for the country’s unending power challenges. According to him, former President John Agyekum Kufuor’s administration failed to significantly improve the available power thereby complicating the problem as demand increased over time. “I’ve said we’ve had challenges for instance ...
-
Ghana
Govt urged to engage local consultancy firms
The Director of the Ghana Institute of Consulting, Mr. Richard Torkornoo has appealed to government to engage the services of local consultants with the requisite expertise before inviting foreign firms to undertake projects that could be handled by local consultancy firms. According to him, most of the projects undertaken by ...
-
Serbia Turchia Romania Bulgaria
Turkish hospital group keen on expanding abroad through acquisitions
Turkey’s Acıbadem Hospitals Group, which recently bought Bulgaria’s largest health groups for 125 million euros, is now considering investments in Serbia and Romania in a bid to double growth figures over the next five years, group chair Mehmet Ali Aydınlar has said
-
Regno Unito
Brexit could see half of Poles in UK lose their jobs: report
If the UK were to leave the European Union, hundreds of thousands of Poles would be left unemployed while Polish exports could drop significantly, says credit insurance company Euler Hermes in a recent report.
-
USA
Common Sense: How Keeping Up Appearances Ruined a Former Dallas Banker
S.E.C. and criminal complaints paint Thomas C. Davis, considered a pillar of the business community, as a man in “desperate” financial straits.
-
USA
U.S. Wholesale Inventories Rose in April
Stockpiles held by wholesale companies in the United States rose in April at the fastest pace in 10 months, while sales climbed by the largest amount in a year.