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K-pop group NewJeans’s contract omitted rights to ‘sleep and free choice’ – report

New report finds that record label Ador stripped child protections from group’s contracts when they were minors The superstar K-pop group NewJeans signed restrictive record label contracts that waived their right to “sleep, rest and free choice”. A new report from the New York Times found that the contracts were signed when the members of the record-breaking girl group were aged 14 to 17.…

K-pop group NewJeans’s contract omitted rights to ‘sleep and free choice’ – report

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Parallel says HarvEast operations and commitments to remain unchanged after 75.1% stake acquisition

The change of ownership at agricultural holding HarvEast, in which Oleksandr Dubinin's Parallel plans to acquire a 75.1% stake from Rinat Akhmetov's SCM Group, will not affect its current operations…

  • Parallel to acquire 75.1% stake in HarvEast from SCM Group
  • Operations, commitments, and processes to remain unchanged
  • Acquisition expected to finalize post-legal procedures and approvals

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