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Scaling a Company in a Post-Pandemic Environment
Date: November 9, 2022
Interview with Kavan Choksi How has the current environment (i.e., inflation, recession, supply chain issues, and lingering COVID restrictions) impacted our economy and businesses? Businesses entered this current environment from a position of balance sheet strength. Revenue growth was strong, and margins were at record highs, owing in part to a period of low interest...
Taiwan’s President Looks Forward to Britain Supporting Its Cptpp Bid
Date: November 9, 2022
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen told visiting British minister of state for trade Greg Hands on Wednesday that she looks forward to Britain joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and supporting Taiwan’s membership. Tsai said she hopes relations with Britain will continue to improve under new Prime Minister Rishi...
Russia’s Sberbank Sues Glencore for $116 Million Over Oil Supplies
Date: November 7, 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s largest lender, Sberbank, is suing global commodities trader Glencore for around 117 million euros ($116 million) over unpaid oil supplies, the database of Moscow’s Arbitration Court showed on Monday. The database showed Sberbank was seeking to recover debt and penalties from Glencore Energy UK Ltd over two agreements, worth roughly 58...
Mickey Mouse, Spider-Man, Super Mario Added to Russia’s Parallel Imports Scheme
Date: November 3, 2022
(Reuters) – Moscow on Wednesday added Walt Disney, Marvel and DC Comics to a list of brands that can be imported without permission, ensuring sanctions will not hit Russians’ ability to snap up authentic Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man memorabilia. In response to tough punitive measures imposed after the Ukraine invasion, Russia has been pushing a...
EU Asks U.S. For Same Treatment as Canada and Mexico in Electric Vehicles Sales
Date: October 31, 2022
By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) -The European Union asked the United States on Monday to treat EU electric vehicles, batteries and sustainable energy equipment sold in the United States the same as those from Canada and Mexico, Czech trade minister Jozef Sikela said. The 27-nation EU has been complaining the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act effectively...
British PM Sunak Discussed Channel Migration With France’s Macron, Downing Street Says
Date: October 28, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) -Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the issue of clandestine migration across the English Channel in their first telephone conversation since Sunak took office, the British government said. However, while both sides sought in comments after the conversation to smooth over recent bilateral tensions, the French government...