[SOUTH KOREA] KFTC Begins to Enforce the Amended Consumer Dispute Resolution Standard
KFTC Begins to Enforce the Amended Consumer Dispute Resolution Standard to Reinforce Consumer Protection On October 26, 2016, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (the “KFTC”) announced that it would enforce its amendment to the Consumer Dispute Resolution Standard (the “Standard” or such amendment the “Amendment”).
24 January 2017: Sharp Corporation and Skytec Group Limited enter into strategic business alliance
Japan-based Sharp Corporation, part of Taiwan’s Foxconn Group, enters into a strategic business alliance with Skytec Group Limited (“Skytec”) regarding the manufacture and sale of Sharp branded products and services in Europe. For that purpose, Sharp acquires a majority stake of 56.7% in the newly incorporated joint venture Skytec UMC Ltd.
25 January 2017: Zug Estates CHF 100 mio. Bond
Zug Estates Holding AG (SIX: ZUGN) has successfully issued its first CHF 100 mio. fixed-interest bond with a 0.7% coupon and a 5-year maturity.
26 January 2017: Migros acquires majority interest in Sushi Mania
Bischofszell Nahrungsmittel AG, a company of the Migros Group, has acquired a majority interest in Sushi Mania SA, a company incorporated in the canton of Fribourg. Sushi Mania specialises in Japanese cuisine and Asian gastronomy.
Using the tax system to reduce inequality is a work in progress
24 Jan 2017 at 04:00 Newspaper section: Business Using the tax system to reduce inequality is a work in progress The seriousness of economic inequality was portrayed dramatically by Oxfam International last week, when it reported that the eight richest people in the world own as much wealth as the 3.6 billion who make up …
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The Malta Individual Investor Programme (MIIP)
A. INTRODUCTION The whole process to obtain a Malta passport via the Malta Individual Investor Program (MIIP) is divided into a number of stages. With each stage, different documentation, forms and fees need to be submitted and paid accordingly.
The Malta Individual Investor Programme (MIIP)
A. INTRODUCTION The whole process to obtain a Malta passport via the Malta Individual Investor Program (MIIP) is divided into a number of stages. With each stage, different documentation, forms and fees need to be submitted and paid accordingly.
Austria: Court rules on rights in environmental impact assessment
If there are two or more conflicting water use projects (eg, hydroelectric power stations), the Water Act provides for a special conflict procedure. A pending conflict procedure suspends decisions in all underlying approval procedures. As a result of the conflict procedure, the project which serves public interests best will take priority over the inferior project. …
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European Commission Proposal Strengthens Privacy Rules for Electronic Communications
Following a leak in early December, the European Commission has officially published the finalised proposed new legislation which aims to strengthen privacy in electronic communications. The Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (“Proposal”) aims to repeal the ePrivacy Directive. These rules will be updating existing laws and bringing them in line with the new General …
5 January 2017: Takeover of Pax Anlage AG by Baloîse
Baloîse (SIX: BALN) is to acquire a majority stake in publicly listed real-estate company Pax Anlage AG (SIX: PAXN). By entering into agreements with majority shareholders Pax Holding (Genossenschaft), Pax, Schweizerische Lebensversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG and Nürnberger Lebensversicherung AG, Baloîse Life Ltd will acquire around 70 per cent of the share capital and voting rights. Today, Baloîse …
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