Chinese authorities have fined Procter & Gamble Co's Crest toothpaste division nearly $1 million for what regulators say is false advertising, a Shanghai watchdog said on Tuesday.
The leader of a truth commission investigating abuses during Brazil's 1964-85 military dictatorship lambasted German automaker Volkswagen AG (VOWG.DE) at a hearing on Friday for providing what he called "unsatisfactory" testimony regarding its alleged ties with the regime.
France said on Friday it had agreed to put $60 million into a fund managed by the United States to compensate Holocaust victims deported by French state rail firm SNCF to Nazi death camps, a deal that protects it from future U.S. litigation.
Porsche SE (PSHG_p.DE) has warned shareholders it could be forced to return "economic benefits" from a failed takeover of Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) if former board members are convicted, the company's quarterly report said.
