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China toll-road operator uses hedge-fund tactic

Bloomberg If China is deleveraging, it seems someone forgot to tell the No. 2 toll-road operator of eastern Shandong province, which just bought a risky piece of debt in an effort to goose its returns. An offshore unit of Shandong Hi-Speed Group Co. subscribed for about $10 million of dollar-denominated leveraged notes linked to Future Land Development Holdings Ltd.’s notes, ...

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Amazon blasted for China factory ‘conditions’

Bloomberg A watchdog group is calling on Amazon.com Inc. to improve conditions for factory workers in China who make Echo speakers and Kindle e-readers, renewing criticisms that CEO Jeff Bezos became the world’s wealthiest man on the backs of low-paid labourers. The New York-based China Labor Watch released a report at the weekend following a nine-month investigation of working conditions ...

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Indian yoga guru, billionaire to launch app to rival WhatsApp

Bloomberg After hastily withdrawing their new messaging app amid glaring security flaws, an Indian billionaire and his penurious yoga guru partner are about to have another go at it. Acharya Balkrishna, who collaborated with celebrity yogi Baba Ramdev to build an Indian consumer goods empire, plans a formal release of the Kimbho messenger app within weeks as he tries to ...

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