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P&G fined $34,000 over worker death

  Bloomberg Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) was fined more than $34,000 following an employee’s death at a North Carolina facility. A 49-year-old worker at a plant in Greensboro died in May after being struck by a stainless steel tote. The state’s Department of Labour cited the company over three alleged serious violations of North Carolina occupational safety laws over ...

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Xi’s common prosperity roars back in JD executive pay cuts

Bloomberg JD.com Inc. is slashing salaries for about 2,000 managers by 10% to 20% and diverting some of those savings toward a $1.4 billion employee benefits fund, aligning China’s No. 2 online retailer with Xi Jinping’s “common prosperity” campaign to share the wealth. Billionaire JD.com founder Richard Liu will donate 100 million yuan ($14 million) of his own money toward ...

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Paytm dips on risk from Ambani financial foray

  Bloomberg Shares of One 97 Communications Ltd., the parent of India’s leading digital payments brand Paytm, plunged to a record low on Tuesday after Macquarie Group Ltd. analysts flagged risks from billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s foray into the financial services business. Reliance Industries Ltd.’s Jio Financial Services Ltd. “can pose a significant growth and market-share risk” for players such as ...

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