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Vai alla Scheda Paese »There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
— John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Digital future for SMEs
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, consumers were already shifting their spending to online platforms. The prolonged pandemic has supercharged this trend. In Thailand, 68% growth in e-commerce drove an estimated 51% year-on-year jump in the value of the digital economy to US$30 billion in 2021, according to the e-Conomy SEA 2021 ...
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ExxonMobil, Apple, Boeing latest US giants to cut ties with Moscow
NEW YORK: Apple, ExxonMobil and Boeing announced Tuesday in rapid succession steps to withdraw or freeze business in Russia as more US corporate giants take action after the Ukraine invasion.
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Ucraina ultime notizie. Rinviato secondo round negoziati tra le delegazioni
Secondo una fonte interpellata dall’agenzia di stampa Interfax è “improbabile” che un secondo round di colloqui tra una delegazione russa e una ucraina si svolga oggi. Il presidente ucraino Zelensky ha fatto appello agli ebrei di tutto il mondo perché non restino in silenzio di fronte all’attacco russo all’Ucraina. Almeno ...
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Food & Beverage
Specialty Food negli Stati Uniti: i Trend del 2022
La pandemia ha accelerato alcune tendenze nel mondo dello Specialty Food, ovvero del cibo di nicchia, che negli USA è particolarmente apprezzato, aprendo nuovi ed interessanti scenari per i produttori di eccellenze Made in Italy. Scopriamo insieme i principali trend del 2022. Con il termine “Specialty Food” si intendono quegli alimenti ...
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Apple says 'paused' all product sales in Russia
WASHINGTON: Tech giant Apple announced on Tuesday a halt in all product sales in Russia, the latest fallout over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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Hyundai, Kia's US sales rise 6.4% in Feb.
Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Wednesday their combined sales in the United States rose 6.4 percent in February from a year earlier despite the prolonged pandemic and chip shortages. The corporate duo sold a total of 105,088 vehic
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China’s incursion into Argentine Patagonia and the repercussions for Chile
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In Chile, the US$17 million ransom decreed in August 2021 by the Argentine federal government to guarantee the Néstor Kirchner and Jorge Cepernic dams project (formerly La Barrancosa and Cóndor Cliff), to be built by a Chinese company on the Santa Cruz River for an ...
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Bank deposits in Uruguay reach record figures in 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bank deposits set a record figure in Uruguay during 2021 by increasing by more than US$3 billion, according to a report prepared by the Technical Advisory Committee of the Uruguayan Bankers Association (AEBU). The document points out that half of the money reached the accounts ...
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While the West stands up to Putin, Israel is fighting Ben & Jerry's
Sitting on the fence about Ukraine is not a serious form of foreign policy, but Israel has apparently forgotten that the United States is a much greater ally than Russia
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Schwierige Partner der USA im Nahen Osten beim Thema Ukraine
In der Uno-Generalversammlung stimmt Israel bei der Russland-kritischen Resolution mit Ja. Wie die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate war es Anfangs um Äquidistanz bemüht
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Brazil’s inflation could end lower than that of the US
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's inflation is slowing and could end the year below that of the United States after the Latin American nation withdrew monetary and fiscal stimulus last year, said Economy Minister Paulo Guedes. By the end of 2022, consumer price gains will slow from their current ...
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How do small states like New Zealand respond in an increasingly lawless world?
OPINION: New Zealand could go further in its response to Russian aggression and violations of international law.
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Paraguay suffers from Russia sanctions as it has to suspend meat exports to this country
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The United States, the European Union (EU), Canada, and the United Kingdom have decided to suspend Russia's access to the Swift system in retaliation for the war in Ukraine. The Paraguayan meat production and export sector expressed concern and is considering new market alternatives to ...
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Argentina, the IMF’s largest debtor, seeks new agreement after many failures
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina, the largest debtor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is seeking a new agreement with the financial organization, dragging behind it a history of failed programs that have played a major role in the troubled evolution of South America's second largest economy over the ...
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Rublo in caduta libera, tassi di interesse raddoppiati: cosa succede all'economia russa dopo le sanzioni (e le conseguenze per l'Italia)
Una guerra sul campo con tutte le armi convezionali possibili: dai carrarmati alle bombe fino ai missili lanciarazzi. L'Unione Europea e gli Stati Uniti però su questo versante possono...
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Backing Russia in its invasion of Ukraine will be “costly” for Ortega
Russian foreign policy expert, Ivan Ulises Kentros believes that Nicaragua’s role in the current tense situation between Moscow and Washington,[...]
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US offshore wind power lease sale nets record $4.3 billion
Energy companies bid a record $4.37 billion on Feb. 25 for leases to develop wind power off the U.S. east coast, authorities said, after sales key to America’s renewable electricity ambitions.
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Thailand’s 2021 investment pledges up 59% to US$19.5 billion on FDI and BCG boost – BOI
The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) announced on February 3 that the combined value of foreign and local applications for investment promotion in 2021 totalled 642.7 billion baht (ca. US$19.5 billion), an increase of 59%, boosted mainly by foreign direct investments (FDI) in tech sectors and a continued increase in ...
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Religion Should Unite, Not Divide Us – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that there are 54 ethnic groups in Kaduna state and his main duty is to unite the people to collaborate and move the state in the right direction. The governor also said that his administration does not promote any sectional or religious agenda as widely ...
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Guerra entre Rússia e Ucrânia pode impactar inflação e PIB no Brasil
A invasão da Ucrânia por tropas russas pode produzir impactos econômicos a mais de 10 mil quilômetros de distância. O Brasil pode sentir os efeitos do conflito por meio de pelo menos três canais: combustíveis, alimentos e câmbio. A instabilidade no Leste europeu pode não apenas impactar a inflação como ...
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7 Years After, Federal Govt, States Yet To Implement Tobacco Control Act
Seven years after the ban on tobacco smoking in public places was signed into law by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the federal and state governments vested with the enforcement and implementation powers are yet to do so. Sadly, the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Act which was signed into law ...