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Infosys founder clashes with board again amid CEO hunt

Bloomberg Infosys Ltd. co-founder Narayana Murthy publicly criticised the company’s board again, just as directors try to recruit a chief executive officer to replace one who resigned out of frustration with such clashes. Murthy said the board has still not addressed questions he raised in August about poor governance and excessive severance, according to a statement he released. CEO Vishal ...

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Toyota to reduce investment, targets for plant in Mexico

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp. cut planned investment by 30 percent for a factory it’s building in Mexico and halved its production target amid pressure from US President Donald Trump for manufacturers to keep more production in the US. Japan’s biggest automaker will reduce investment in the Guanajuato plant to $700 million and trim planned capacity to 100,000 units a year, ...

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Japan’s sharing economy limps behind China

Bloomberg Feel like sharing? Japan might not be your place.Once home to the world’s biggest technology drivers in the 1980s, Japan has missed the boat when it comes to expanding its sharing-economy sector. Miles behind the US and dwarfed by China by more than two thousand to one, Japan’s sharing economy is also smaller than that of other developed economies ...

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