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So the Hong Kong-listed baby-care product maker is overhauling its strategy, hoping to expand by vertically integrating its efforts across brands. It also is setting its sights on </p> <div class="date-area">May 30, 2016 07:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Nippon-Steel-moving-to-block-new-CEO-at-Brazil-s-Usiminas">Nippon Steel moving to block new CEO at Brazil's Usiminas</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal came out Thursday against a decision by Brazilian affiliate Usiminas to appoint a new CEO, suggesting renewed friction with Ternium over management of the steel producer.Nippon Steel and Ternium, a steel group </p> <div class="date-area">May 27, 2016 05:30 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/G-7-appears-split-on-solutions-to-tax-avoidance">G-7 appears split on solutions to tax avoidance</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a 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href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Crude-looks-tentative-on-new-perch-in-mid-40s"><img src="/web/20160602041709im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0510t/20160510_kuwait_strike1/4472215-1-eng-GB/20160510_Kuwait_strike1_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> Singapore -- Crude futures touched year-to-date highs in April and held on to most of their gains entering May, despite major OPEC and non-OPEC producers gathered in the Qatari capital of Doha April 17 failing to agree on a production freeze in a la</p> <div class="date-area">May 14, 2016 06:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Countries-pledge-to-fight-graft-by-revealing-who-owns-companies">Countries pledge to fight graft by revealing who owns companies</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a 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Prime Minister David C</p> <div class="date-area">May 13, 2016 10:35 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Brazil-s-Temer-calls-for-unity-confidence-for-Brazil-recovery">Brazil's Temer calls for unity, confidence for Brazil recovery</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Brazil-s-Temer-calls-for-unity-confidence-for-Brazil-recovery"><img src="/web/20160602041709im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0512t/0513-brazil-temeru/4492221-1-eng-GB/0513-Brazil-temeru_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> BRASILIA (Reuters) -- Brazil's interim President Michel Temer called on his country to rally behind his government of "national salvation," hours after the Senate voted to suspend and put on trial his leftist predecessor, Dilma Rousseff, for breakin</p> <div class="date-area">May 13, 2016 09:40 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Brazil-s-Senate-impeaches-President-Rousseff">Brazil's Senate impeaches President Rousseff</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> BRASILIA (AP) -- Brazil's Senate has voted 55-22 to impeach the South American giant's first woman president.President Dilma Rousseff is accused of using accounting tricks to hide large budget deficits.Rousseff will be suspended and replaced for up </p> <div class="date-area">May 12, 2016 06:49 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Brazil-s-Senate-poised-to-suspend-Rousseff-pending-trial">Brazil's Senate poised to suspend Rousseff pending trial</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> BRASILIA (Reuters) -- A majority of Brazil's Senate indicated on Thursday it will vote to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial for breaking budget laws, signalling the end of 13 years of rule by the country's leftist Workers Party.In a marathon ses</p> <div class="date-area">May 12, 2016 04:57 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Saudi-Arabia-s-fight-to-keep-market-share-imperils-production-controls">Saudi Arabia's fight to keep market share imperils production controls</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Saudi-Arabia-s-fight-to-keep-market-share-imperils-production-controls"><img src="/web/20160602041709im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0511n/0511n-saudi-aramco/4482416-1-eng-GB/0511N-Saudi-Aramco_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> DUBAI/LONDON -- Saudi Arabia is digging in its heels on using oil production hikes to protect its global market share, threatening to derail measures to stabilize petroleum prices up for discussion at OPEC's June meeting.State-owned petroleum giant </p> <div class="date-area">May 12, 2016 01:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Resource-poor-nations-thrive-as-tax-havens">Resource-poor nations thrive as tax havens</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Resource-poor-nations-thrive-as-tax-havens"><img src="/web/20160602041709im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0510n/0510n-icij-website/4474311-1-eng-GB/0510N-ICIJ-website_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- Many of the tax havens put under the spotlight by the Panama Papers furor are Caribbean islands with few resources and little industry that rely on this business for income, or countries such as Switzerland or Singapore that have made their</p> <div class="date-area">May 11, 2016 02:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Tough-challenges-ahead-for-Chinese-dream">Tough challenges ahead for 'Chinese dream'</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- President Xi Jinping's much-touted "Chinese dream" of becoming a global power matching the U.S. faces tough challenges ahead, as the country struggles to avoid slipping into a prolonged period of economic stagnation. China weathered the</p> <div class="date-area">May 11, 2016 01:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Japan-looks-to-more-than-double-investment-treaty-partners-by-2020">Japan looks to more than double investment treaty partners by 2020</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- The government here aims to sign investment treaties with a total of 100 countries and regions by 2020 to help Japanese businesses expand their global presence.Beginning with an agreement with Egypt in 1978, Tokyo has so far signed investme</p> <div class="date-area">May 11, 2016 02:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Chinese-dominate-Panama-Papers">Chinese dominate 'Panama Papers'</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Chinese-dominate-Panama-Papers"><img src="/web/20160602041709im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0510t/20160510_panama-papers/4470168-1-eng-GB/20160510_panama-papers_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- Information on some 210,000 companies mentioned in the "Panama Papers" was revealed by The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The information shows that the number of businesses and individuals in China involved in setti</p> <div class="date-area">May 10, 2016 01:46 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Further-data-on-Panama-Papers-tax-evasion-released-online">Further data on 'Panama Papers' tax evasion released online</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A group of journalists released online on Tuesday Japan time further information on leaked documents dubbed the "Panama Papers," which rocked the world by implicating key politicians and business leaders in massive tax evasion.The I</p> <div class="date-area">May 10, 2016 03:30 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041709/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Panama-Papers-shell-companies-to-be-revealed-Tuesday">Panama Papers shell companies to be revealed Tuesday</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- The names of 210,000 offshore companies appearing in the files known as the Panama Papers will be released soon by the group of journalists who analyzed and broke the news on the use of tax havens by prominent figures. 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