Quack remedy
20 December 2018

The state-owned postal group will buy 7 pct of $34 bln U.S. insurer Aflac. It will get no direct say in the business, though, no board seat, and only limited voting rights. The dubious idea that minority stakes buy commitment to mutual gain, common in Asia, has reached its limit.
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