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Oracle’s Catz draws $57mn, becomes top-paid female boss

  Bloomberg Safra Catz emerged as the highest-paid U.S. female executive in fiscal 2015 when she became co-chief executive officer of Oracle Corp. Catz was awarded a $56.9 million pay package last year, placing her first among women on the Bloomberg Pay Index, a ranking of the 200 best-paid executives at companies that trade on U.S. exchanges. Her pay included ...

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Gap in US law helps Chinese firms, for now

  Foreign governments can’t be sued in U.S. courts. Foreign companies can. What happens when China’s state-owned companies claim to be part of the government? Nobody knows because the law is confusing, but some U.S. courts are taking the Chinese claim seriously. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act isn’t well drawn to address the complex situation of Chinese companies and their ...

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Chinese property buying spree raises alarm

  When signs of world economic crisis began to show up, China was an exemplary business hub for western investors, especially from the US. Now, there seems to be a sort of role reversal as Chinese investors are flocking to the US, Canada and Australia, to buy properties. Chinese investors may be seeking to move money abroad amid abysmal look ...

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