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IBM faces EU antitrust complaint over ‘tying’ claims

Antitrust problems for IBM mounted yesterday when a fresh complaint about its business practices was filed with Europe's top competition regulator. The new complaint comes from TurboHercules, a French company, which is accusing the US group of refusing to allow…

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U.S. alleges Daimler paid bribes

Daimler AG was charged on Tuesday with violating U.S. bribery laws for a decade by showering foreign officials with millions of dollars in payments and gifts of luxury cars in hopes of winning lucrative business deals. Daimler plans to pay…

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A new approach to China: an update

On January 12, we announced on this blog that Google and more than twenty other U.S. companies had been the victims of a sophisticated cyber attack originating from China, and that during our investigation into these attacks we had uncovered…

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Kraft to cut salt levels in many products

Kraft Foods Inc. plans to reduce sodium by an average of 10 percent over the next two years for North American brands, including Oscar Mayer and Velveeta.Kraft’s move follows similar efforts by Campbell Soup Co. and ConAgra Foods Inc. Susan…

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Kit Kat spat goes viral despite Nestlé’s efforts

Now you see it, now you don't. Wait: Now you do. A global game of Whack-a-Mole broke out Wednesday on the Internet when YouTube removed a gruesome anti-Nestlé commercial by Greenpeace after the multinational food giant complained, only to have…

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Walmart, Marks & Spencer, Nike: Harbingers of Change?

A few years ago, a book entitled Change or Die made the case that despite the exhortations of management hipsters and hyperbolic CEOs, companies seldom change the way they operate and people rarely modify their behavior. That in fact, even…

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Deutsche Telekom introduces a “women’s quota”

Deutsche Telekom, the company behind T-Mobile, has announced plans to introduce a “women’s quota” — ensuring 30% of its management positions are filled by women by the end of 2015. The move will make Deutsche Telekom the first Dax 30…

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