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‘Collective failure’ at Mitsubishi led to fuel fraud

  Bloomberg An investigation of practices at Mitsubishi Motors Corp. found a corporate culture where workers couldn’t push back against management demands and infighting between departments contributed to a fuel-economy manipulation scandal that’s led to a rescue from Nissan Motor Co. It was a systemic failure that led to the cheating and blame can’t be pinned on any one department, ...

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Philippine telephone profit drops 33% in Q2

  Bloomberg Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. profit fell 33 percent in the second quarter as the nation’s largest phone carrier booked losses for its investment in Germany-based Rocket Internet SE and as earnings from its mobile-phone, data and landline businesses were little changed. Net income was 6.25 billion pesos ($133 million) in the three months ended June, compared with ...

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India prods top LNG buyers to recast deals amid global glut

  Bloomberg India’s liquefied natural gas buyers are being encouraged to renegotiate long-term contracts after spot prices tumbled amid a global glut. “We have asked the companies to renegotiate the LNG deals wherever there is a possibility,” Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in an interview Monday in New Delhi. “I am hopeful our companies will successfully steer the negotiations.” India ...

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