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Denmark eyes EU workers hit by Brexit

Bloomberg If the UK can’t guarantee European citizens now working there that their lives will be unaffected by Brexit, then those people should look for jobs in Denmark. The Confederation of Danish Industry, which represents about 10,000 corporations, says now is the time to try to attract that demographic to the Scandinavian country and help deal with a severe labour ...

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P&G’s fight against Peltz leaves investors polarised

Bloomberg Procter & Gamble Co. may have prevailed in its proxy fight against activist investor Nelson Peltz, but the contentious showdown has left its investors as divided as ever. The world’s largest consumer-products company said that Peltz fell short of the votes needed to be elected to the board, based on preliminary results. But the investor isn’t going quietly: His ...

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Uber pushed the limits of the law

Bloomberg Shortly after taking over Uber Technologies Inc. in September, Dara Khosrowshahi told employees to brace for a painful six months. US officials are looking into possible bribes, illicit software, questionable pricing schemes and theft of a competitor’s intellectual property. The very attributes that, for years, set the company on a rocket-ship trajectory—a tendency to ignore rules, to compete with ...

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