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After struggling to maintain business levels at its brand names Karstadt and KaDeWe, Arcandor sought help from the German government, and then filed for insolvency. Hypo Real Estate: Germany: 5 October 2009: Banking: Depfa, one of the companies subsidiaries ran into liquidity problems in 2008 as a result of the financial crisis.
The Trump Organization, convicted of tax fraud, scheming to defraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business records. [9] Tyson Foods; Volkswagen, pleaded guilty to 3 criminal felonies related to its emissions scandal. [10] Waste Management, Inc; The Boeing Company, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. This charge ...
Ridesharing companies are regulated in many jurisdictions and the Uber platform is not available in several countries where the company is not able or willing to comply with local regulations. Other controversies involving Uber include various unethical practices such as aggressive lobbying and ignoring and evading local regulations.
The company has been criticized for its alleged use of patents as a competitive hindrance; its "1-Click patent" [2] may be the best-known example. Amazon's use of the 1-click patent against competitor Barnes & Noble 's website led the Free Software Foundation to announce a boycott of Amazon in December 1999, [ 3 ] which ended in September 2002 ...
A Grubhub spokesperson said on Tuesday that, "while we categorically deny the allegations made by the FTC, many of which are wrong, misleading or no longer applicable to our business, we believe ...
The course instructed employees to "be less white", which the course equated with being less "arrogant" and "oppressive." [ 73 ] Coca-Cola responded with a statement in March 2021, both clarifying that the leaked documents were not an official part of their training curriculum and apologizing for the incident, claiming "We would never encourage ...
In particular, the size of proposed IKEA stores and a perceived negative effect on other local businesses has often seen significant opposition from members of such communities. Some examples include: In 2004, there was controversy about an Irish law restricting the maximum size of a retail outlet to 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft).
Multiple TikTokers have accused Target of potentially underpaying employees after discovering the department store was selling a crochet sweater for $35. Crochet, the TikTokers argued, can only be ...