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INSIGHT-China Pays High Price To Spare State Firm From Bankruptcy - Reuters - 5/20/2012 11:01am
INSIGHT-China pays high price to spare state firm from bankruptcyReutersThe bailout averted what would have been China's first ever bond default and was good news for domestic bond investors, who were reassured that in China even mid-sized state-owned firms can count on "too-big-to-fail" treatment. But for the long term, ...and more »
Firms Shifting From Suburbs To Downtown - Minneapolis Star Tribune - 5/19/2012 4:20pm
Minneapolis Star TribuneFirms shifting from suburbs to downtownMinneapolis Star TribuneA number of smaller firms see networking opportunities among the benefits of the urban core. The allure of the big city is pulling at businesses that previously called suburban office parks home. Firms that provide accounting, tax, legal and other ...and more »
US Firms Want Piece Of Myanmar Pie Amid Suspended Sanctions - China Post - 5/20/2012 11:15am
BBC NewsUS firms want piece of Myanmar pie amid suspended sanctionsChina PostWASHINGTON/HONG KONG -- The suspension of US sanctions barring investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor Southeast Asian state opens the door to US firms queuing to scout for business in one of the last frontier markets.US firms eye Myanmar as sanctions suspendedReutersall 152 news articles »
Smaller Sports Firms Rely On Informal Endorsements To Compete At Olympics - Chicago Daily Herald - 5/20/2012 6:50am
Smaller sports firms rely on informal endorsements to compete at OlympicsChicago Daily HeraldBy Bloomberg News LONDON — Provexis, vying for a sliver of the $42 billion sports-drink market, is counting on a lift from unsolicited athlete endorsements on the eve of the Summer Olympics. Olympian Rebecca Romero, who in 2008 posed nude on her ...
US Firms Put Social Values Before Big Profits - BBC News - 5/20/2012 11:33am
BBC NewsUS firms put social values before big profitsBBC News"Benefit corporations are brilliant because they allow companies to pursue profit - for which no-one should apologise - and at the same time have a positive impact on society," says corporate legal expert Laura Jordan of The Capital Law Firm in ...