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McDonald’s out of buns in Rio as truckers strike

Bloomberg It’s hard to serve a Big Mac without the bun. A truckers’ strike in Brazil over higher diesel prices has left at least one McDonald’s in Copacabana struggling to serve its customers. The last perishable food delivery received at the restaurant was May 18, manager Yladian Barbosa told O Globo newspaper. On Wednesday alone, that meant a loss of …

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Samsonite tumbles after short seller questions accounting

Bloomberg Samsonite International SA, the world’s largest branded-luggage maker, tumbled the most since 2012 after short-seller Blue Orca Capital questioned the company’s accounting and corporate governance. Samsonite concealed slowing growth with debt-funded acquisitions and inflated profit margins with dubious accounting linked to its takeovers, Blue Orca, founded by former Glaucus Research Group research director Soren Aandahl, alleged in a report. …

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US-China trade agreement too hard to get done, says Trump

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump said a trade agreement with China may be “too hard to get done” and that the world’s two largest economies may need to change their framework for a deal. “Our Trade Deal with China is moving along nicely, but in the end we will probably have to use a different structure in that this will …

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