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BUSINESS ETHICS

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BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2016
Nobel winner Stiglitz quits Panama Papers probe, citing lack of transparency
The committee to investigate the lack of transparency in Panama's financial system itself lacks transparency, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said on Friday after resigning from the Panama Papers commission.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 11, 2016
Online publishing pioneer Gawker Media files for bankruptcy after losing Hulk Hogan sex tape lawsuit
Gawker Media LLC, an online publishing pioneer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and put itself up for sale on Friday after a $140 million court judgment against it in a lawsuit brought by former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan over a sex tape.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 12, 2016
Australian Prime Minister Turnbull named in Panama Papers, denies wrongdoing
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday denied any wrongdoing after being been named in the Panama Papers as a former director of a British Virgin Islands company set up to exploit a Siberian gold prospect.
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JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 3, 2016
Death by overwork on rise among Japan's vulnerable workers
As the number of compensation claims related to death from 'karoshi' or overwork soars, more and more younger and female employees are being affected by the phenomenon.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 15, 2015
Trump's art of the deal: Dispute your bills
Donald Trump has a message for anyone who agrees to do a job for him: If I don't like your work or I think you're trying to rip me off, don't expect to be paid in full.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 13, 2015
Japan's place in the world
Once renowned for its economic success, recent business scandals have diminished Japan's influence and prestige on the world stage.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2015
Big U.S. firms hiding trillions abroad to avoid taxes: study
The 500 largest American companies hold more than $2.1 trillion in accumulated profits offshore to avoid U.S. taxes and would collectively owe an estimated $620 billion in taxes if they repatriated the funds, according to a study released Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2015
Reappearance of old faces on Toshiba board questions commitment to reform
Scandal-hit Toshiba Corp. appointed new board members at an extraordinary shareholders meeting, vowing to improve its corporate culture and governance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 23, 2015
Turing CEO will lower price of $750-a-pill antibiotic — but doesn't say how much
Martin Shkreli, chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, said he would lower the price of the drug Daraprim after being criticized for boosting it fifty-fold to $750 a pill.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2015
A portrait of 'Rain Man,' the convicted Libor-rigging trader and former Tokyo resident
He was so obsessed with the numbers that he did not see his downfall coming.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2015
Trump sought to import foreign workers
Donald Trump is staking his run for U.S. president in part on a vow to protect American jobs. But this month, one of his companies, the elite Mar-a-Lago Club resort in Florida, applied to import 70 foreign workers to serve as cooks, wait staff and cleaners.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2015
Subaru's hometown transformed by foreign workers
Afghan children studying at a madrassa, Catholic mass in seven languages, workers from over sixty countries.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jun 21, 2015
Governance guru pushes Japan Inc. to open up and diversify
Former trailblazing dean Christina Ahmadjian finds her balance between the classroom and boardroom.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2014
Putin allies channeled billions to Ukraine oligarch with sweetheart deals
In Russia, powerful friends helped him make a fortune. In the United States, officials want him extradited and put behind bars. In Austria, where he is currently free on bail of $155 million, authorities have yet to decide what to do with him.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 22, 2014
EU Parliament mulls breaking up Google to curb its dominance in search
The European Parliament is preparing a nonbinding resolution that proposes splitting Google Inc.'s search engine operations in Europe from the rest of its business as one option to rein in the Internet company's dominance in the search market.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2014
Redefining the concept of business confidence
Amid the constant stream of security and data breaches and allegations of financial manipulation, American business leaders are feeling the type of public disdain and lack of trust once reserved for politicians.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2014
Kookmin Bank's Japan branches suspended for making improper loans
Kookmin Bank, South Korea's largest lender, was suspended from conducting new transactions at its branches in Japan for improper lending.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2014
Documents suggest multinationals aided Brazil military regime
When Joao Paulo de Oliveira was fired in 1980 by Rapistan, a Michigan-based manufacturer of conveyor belts, his troubles were only beginning.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2014
U.S. expands probe into banks' hiring
U.S. government agencies that have been probing banks' hiring of the children of powerful Chinese officials are expanding existing investigations in other industries across Asia to include hiring practices, four people familiar with the matter said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 12, 2014
Documents show GM knew of defects
General Motors engineers were well aware of serious problems with ignition switches in GM small cars, but rejected several opportunities to make fixes, dozens of confidential documents released Friday by a congressional committee showed.

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