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                                <title><![CDATA[ Govt approves 7,500 foreign worker hires for 3 business sub-sectors ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Adidas has around 100 stores left to get rid of in Russia, CEO says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Adidas decided in October to permanently halt business in Russia, having closed all its stores and suspended online sales there in March last year after Russia invaded Ukraine. ]]></description>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 03:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Jack Ma returns to China as govt tries to quell private sector fears ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The return of China's best-known entrepreneur may help to quell the concerns of the country’s private-sector businesses after a bruising two-year regulatory crackdown. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Most big Japanese firms heed prime minister's call to raise wages this year ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 03:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Kishida's administration has repeatedly urged companies to make maximum efforts to lift employee pay, which has failed to keep up with the fastest inflation in 40 years. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ QatarEnergy boss says World Cup tension will not impact German business ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Nissan takes US$687 million loss as it sells Russian business for 1 euro ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The sale to Nami will include Nissan's production and research facilities in St Petersburg as well as its sales and marketing centre in Moscow, the ministry says. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ European business group warns of loss of confidence in China ]]></title>
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