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Cina Giappone
Investigators of fake goods in China alleged to have participated in large-scale fraud
The woman called herself Flaming Lee, an English name she picked when she was 10 years old, long before she got into the dirty business of counterfeit goods. Her job as a private investigator sometimes took her to client meetings at Dubai’s seven-star Burj Al Arab hotel. Otherwise, she lived ...
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Cina Giappone
Perils of being honest illustrated in fake shampoo case
On paper, the reports were perfect, brilliant parries in the fight against fakes in China. There were phone numbers, dates, official agencies, photographs and a nice haul: over 120,000 packages of counterfeit anti-dandruff shampoo, plus seven vats of ingredients. There was one problem: None of it was true. The reality ...
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‘Internet economy’ is 6% of U.S. GDP: study
The Internet’s economic impact has doubled since 2007 and now fuels at least 6 percent of the overall U.S. economy, a study showed Thursday. The study for the Internet Association — which includes major companies such as Facebook and Amazon — found the online sector accounted for $966 billion in ...
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Tokyo stocks rebound on buying on dips
Stocks turned higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday thanks to buying on dips after recent falls. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 183.93 points, or 0.97 percent, to finish at 19,230.48. On Thursday, the key market gauge retreated 254.52 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues ended up 9.16 ...
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Hedge fund founder says Abe’s activist army ‘doing it wrong’
Jamie Rosenwald, who’s been buying Japanese shares since 1972, says short-sighted activists are failing to make the most of one of the biggest opportunities for investors in decades. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s governance overhaul is about getting executives to invest excess capital, not just give it back to shareholders, says ...
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Japan to launch corporate version of tax-free donation system aimed at boosting regional economies
The ruling bloc decides to introduce a corporate version of the furusato nozei (hometown donation) system for revitalizing regional economies that reduces taxes on such donations. The post Japan to launch corporate version of tax-free donation system aimed at boosting regional economies appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Cina Giappone
‘China’s Warren Buffett’ goes missing
The Chinese conglomerate that owns Club Med suspended trading of its shares Friday following a news report that its chairman, one of China’s most prominent business leaders, is missing. Fosun International employees were unable to contact Guo Guangchang beginning at midday Thursday, the magazine Caixin said on its website. It ...
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Paging owners of abandoned jets: Malaysia wants them out
Attention owners of three jumbo jets parked at Malaysia’s main airport: If you do not remove your aircraft immediately, the airport will. Malaysia’s airport operator took the unusual step of posting photos in two major newspapers of the three Boeing 747-200s that have been sitting idle for more than a ...
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Japanese cars do best in insurance industry safety rankings
Japanese brands dominate the insurance industry’s rankings of the safest vehicles for the 2016 model year. The U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Thursday that 48 vehicles earned its highest rating of “Top Safety Pick Plus.” That’s up from 33 a year ago. Toyota, Honda and Subaru had the ...
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Magazine claims Australian entrepreneur is man behind bitcoin
Craig Steven Wright, an Australian, is the latest in a line of men alleged to be the mysterious creator of bitcoin, a digital currency that has attracted the interest of banks, speculators, criminals and regulators. Wired magazine, which along with fellow U.S. publication Gizmodo published a story outing Wright based ...