Swaddled: consumer protection
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The European Court set a precedent for attacking Germany's restrictive laws about advertising and price mark-downs in a case involving French cosmetics maker Yves Rocher. The court ruled Germany's prohibitions on advertising sale prices block European trade.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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Full of western promise: advertising in Asia
Article Abstract:
Advertising is one industry that Western nations have always led the world in, and Western agencies operating in Asia are doing great business advertising Asian products. A big advantage for these firms is the Asian interest in the Western lifestyle.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Division of labour: why only some of east Germany is working
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The reunification of Germany took place six years ago, but disparity continues between the two previously divided sections of the country. The economy and production in the east has not reached the level of the west, and subsidies remain a necessity
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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