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Fact Check
Warren Buffett Said 'Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share, You Won't Have to Pay Taxes Again'?
Rating: Misattributed - but read the whole article . . .
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/billionaires-taxes-warren-buffett/

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Toshiba said on Thursday it will cut up to 4,000 jobs domestically as the industrial conglomerate accelerates its restructuring under new ownership. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/16/companies/toshiba-job-cuts/

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The chunks of "mystery meat" in Nissin Food Products' cup noodles are now available, and selling out, as their own product. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/16/companies/cup-noodle-mystery-meat/

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Amazon is the second-largest private-sector employer in the U.S. behind Walmart. As such, the company plays a leading role in setting pay and working conditions for a sector transformed by e-commerce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/16/companies/amazon-workers-struggle-food-rent/

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Mystays Hotel Management in Japan has decided the only way to deal with the country's severe labor shortage is to double salaries to unprecedented levels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/15/companies/a-japan-hotel-doubles-pay-to-fight-labor-shortage/ #business #companies #hotels #wages #mystayshotelmanagement #tourism

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According to the Swedish Games Industry, every fourth person in the world has played a game made in Sweden. With hits like "Minecraft", "Valheim", and "Raft" the country is producing many hits with small or one-man teams. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/15/companies/sweden-small-game-studios/

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SpaceX is building launch facilities, office buildings and even a shopping center in rural Texas, but the state's property records show the space venture and its contractors can be far slower to pay builders and suppliers than they are to break ground. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/14/companies/musk-spacex-texas-bills/ #x

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A Japanese startup says it aims to use artificial intelligence to help translate manga comics into English five times faster and 90% cheaper than at present. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/08/companies/startup-to-use-ai-to-translate-manga/

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The Wall Street Journal will shift its Asia headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore, it said on Thursday in a letter to staff members. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/03/companies/wsj-asia-hq-hong-kong-singapore/

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Starbucks' sales fell for the first time since 2020 as half-off deals and new lavender lattes weren’t enough to entice increasingly budget-conscious consumers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/01/companies/starbucks-sales-drop-global-pullback/

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Tesla eliminated almost its entire Supercharger organization, which has built a vast network of public charging stations that virtually every major automaker is in the process of tapping into in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/01/companies/tesla-supercharger-team-automakers/ #business #companies #tesla #electricvehicles #jobs

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European Union food imports to the U.K. are about to get more expensive and complicated as the British government implements the Brexit deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/27/companies/brexit-border-checks-begin/

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China can withstand any new tariffs the world throws at it — even the punitive ones Donald Trump is planning if he wins a second presidential term — because its prices are simply too competitive to resist. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/24/companies/china-cheap-price-irresistible/ #business #companies #china #trade #us #globaleconomy #tariffs

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Japan’s biggest utility, Jera, is considering an initial public offering (IPO) to help fund a massive rollout of renewables. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/15/companies/jera-considers-ipo-to-fund-green-push/

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A coalition of climate groups filed shareholder proposals with Japan's top three banks, calling for stricter board oversight of climate-related risks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/15/companies/climate-investors-target-japanese-megabanks/

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A new landmark complex will make its debut in Harajuku next week, with the aim of becoming a new creative and cultural hub for individuals in the iconic fashion town. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/09/companies/harakado-preview/

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Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/02/companies/microsoft-teams-office-antitrust-scrutiny/

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CrowdTangle, a digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year — a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to detect an expected firehose of political misinformation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/01/companies/meta-monitoring-tool-election/ #business #companies #crowdtangle #meta #facebook #us #socialmedia #whatsapp #instagram #fakenews #misinformation

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Yokohama-based Nissan plans to introduce its e-Power hybrid technology car in Tunisia, its Africa head said Tuesday, as part of plans to test demand in the African market for EVs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/27/companies/nissan-hybrid-car-tunisia/ #business #companies #nissan #africa #hybrid #carmakers #cars #tunisia #southafrica #electricvehicles

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I’ve said this before and I say it again: Companies are not the absolute evil when it comes to open source, standards and e. g. the Fediverse.

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JERA, Japan's top power generator, said it has agreed with Exxon Mobil to jointly explore the development of a low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia production project in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/25/companies/jera-exxon-hydrogen-ammonia-project/ #business #companies #jera #exxonmobil #carbon #emissions #hydrogen #ammonia

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Low pay, few labor rights and dangerous working conditions — for millions of European gig workers, it can be a rough job. But a deal thrashed out by EU ministers this week aims to address one of their biggest headaches: management by algorithm. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/19/companies/eu-gig-worker-rules-algorithm/ #business #companies #eu #ai #jobs

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Tajima Forest, which manages about 1,200 hectares of forests in Hita, Oita Prefecture, has concluded a contract to trade credit for carbon dioxide emissions absorbed through forest conservation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/18/companies/japan-forest-based-emissions-trade/ #business #companies #oita #kyushu #carbon #emissions #tech

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Samsung Electronics plans to use a chipmaking technology championed by rival SK Hynix, five people have said, as the world's top memory chipmaker seeks to catch up in the race to produce high-end chips used to power artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/13/companies/samsung-chip-nagase/

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