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Sears faces soft market in sale of Canadian assets
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Recent sale of store leases has weakened prospects for a quick sale, with no buyer in sight
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Rioters storm steel mill in Vietnam, killing 1 Chinese and injuring 90 amid anger over oil rig
– canadianbusiness.com
HANOI, Vietnam – A 1,000-strong mob stormed a Taiwanese steel mill in Vietnam overnight, killing at least one Chinese worker and injuring 90, Taiwan’s ambassador said Thursday, the first deadly incident in a wave of anti-China protests prompted by Beijing’s deployment of an oil rig in disputed seas.
The spreading unrest is emerging as a major challenge for Vietnam’s authoritarian and secretive leadership, and is damaging the country’s reputation as an investment destination. Companies from Taiwan, many of which employ significant numbers of Chinese nationals, are bearing the brunt of the protests and violence.
The overnight riot took place at a mill in Ha Tinh province in central Vietnam, 250 kilometres (155 miles) south of Hanoi, operated by the conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group, one of the biggest foreign investors in Vietnam, according to Ambassador Huang Chih-peng and local hospital officials.
Huang, who spoke to a member of the management team at the mill Thursday morning, said rioters lit fires at several buildings and hunted down the Chinese workers, but did not target the Taiwanese management…
The spreading unrest is emerging as a major challenge for Vietnam’s authoritarian and secretive leadership, and is damaging the country’s reputation as an investment destination. Companies from Taiwan, many of which employ significant numbers of Chinese nationals, are bearing the brunt of the protests and violence.
The overnight riot took place at a mill in Ha Tinh province in central Vietnam, 250 kilometres (155 miles) south of Hanoi, operated by the conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group, one of the biggest foreign investors in Vietnam, according to Ambassador Huang Chih-peng and local hospital officials.
Huang, who spoke to a member of the management team at the mill Thursday morning, said rioters lit fires at several buildings and hunted down the Chinese workers, but did not target the Taiwanese management…
