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Back to 80s for Brexit-hit broadcasters sans deal

Bloomberg For UK-based international broadcasters like Discovery Communications Inc. and Walt Disney Co. concerned about the consequences of Brexit, the European Union has some rather unhelpful advice: look to the 1980s. If broadcasting isn’t covered by a negotiated free-trade deal between Britain and the EU, the fallback is the 1989 European Convention on Transfrontier Television, the European Commission said in ...

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McDonald’s in legal tangle in India

Bloomberg McDonald’s Corp. has a problem in India and its rivals are loving it. Even as the world’s largest restaurant chain tries to woo Indian stomachs with such menu items as the McAloo Tikki (a potato and pea patty on a bun), a legal dispute with a key franchisee partner has hampered its expansion. Shares of India’s Domino’s Pizza operator ...

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Sri Lanka to ‘redouble’ efforts on China, India free trade agreements

Bloomberg Sri Lanka will “redouble” efforts to strike a free trade deal with China and conclude and expanded trade pact with India as part of the island nation’s strategy of becoming an Indian Ocean hub for investors and multinationals, the country’s top diplomat says. Colombo inked a comprehensive free trade deal with Singapore in January and now has the bandwidth ...

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