practices

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate panel investigating Boeing (NYSE:)’s safety culture on Wednesday faulted the planemaker’s quality practices and oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration citing documents obtained in an ongoing investigation. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which is holding a hearing Wednesday with FAA…

SHANGHAI/BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Zhongzhi Enterprise Group, a former leader of China’s shadow banking sector that declared insolvency last year, used aggressive and potentially illegal sales practices to sustain its operations as it lurched toward collapse, according to records reviewed by Reuters and eight people with direct knowledge of the…

By Waylon Cunningham (Reuters) – A U.S. trade regulator on Friday announced a suite of actions taking aim at “unfair and deceptive practices” it said are illegally imposed on U.S. franchisees by their brand owners, such as requiring new fees not outlined in franchise contracts, or using contract provisions to…

By Aditya Kalra and Praveen Paramasivam NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s opposition Congress urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Saturday to question Foxconn about its hiring practices after Reuters reported that the Apple (NASDAQ:) supplier rejects married women from iPhone assembly jobs in the country. The government has sought…