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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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US blames corruption for slowing down foreign investments in Kenya
Investors warned that corruption remains deeply rooted in Kenya's society and economy.
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Japan and U.S. likely to hold trade talks later this month
Vice minister-level officials from Japan and the United States have agreed to make efforts to hold trade negotiations, chiefly on agricultural products and automobiles, later ...
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Gruppo per l'individuazione dei Direttori IIC
Si è svolta alla Farnesina la riunione di insediamento del Gruppo istruttorio per l’individuazione dei Direttori di quattro fra gli Istituti Italiani di Cultura all’estero che la legge prevede siano nominati per “chiara fama”. Le sedi sono: Berlino, Londra, Mosca e New York. Il Gruppo è incaricato...
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Facebook to pay over Sh500 billion fine for privacy violations
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a settlement involving about Sh514 billion (USD 5 billion) with Facebook
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Coffee Producers Discuss Global Fund to Finance Poor Farmers
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The solution to low coffee prices on global markets may be the creation of a fund which would invest US$10 billion per year in poorer coffee communities, helping increase efficiency and productivity and improve health care and basic social services, said Jeffrey Sachs this week in ...
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Harley-Davidson Plans to Release an Electric Motorcycle in Brazil in 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The famous sound of Harley-Davidson bikes will change from next month when the first electric model in its history, the LiveWire, will start to be sold in the United States. Brazil could be a future destination. “The plan is to release it in Brazil next ...
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Industrial Production Retreats in Seven States and in Brazil’s Northeast in May
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Industrial production retreated in eight of the fifteen locations surveyed by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in the transition from April to May of this year, following the 0.2 percent drop in the domestic industry in the period. According to the Monthly ...
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US yield curve steepens by most in three years
With a rate cut coming, investors are more confident the Fed will keep the economy growing
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22 States Considered Eliminating the ‘Tampon Tax’ This Year. Here’s What Happened.
Menstrual products are subject to sales taxes in 35 states, and lawmakers’ efforts to exempt them have floundered. Now supporters of ‘menstrual equity’ are considering legal action.
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US retaliates with investigation as France taxes digital giants
US trade authorities have initiated an investigation against France's decision to tax digital giants, which are mostly US based
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Cost of Lab-Grown Meat may Drop From US$280,000 to US$10
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Laboratory-grown meat, first introduced to the world six years ago in the form of a US$280,000 (R$1.1 million) hamburger, may reach supermarket shelves for US$10 a piece in two years, European companies told Reuters. Consumers concerned about climate change, animal welfare, and their own health ...
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Curitiba’s Startup ‘Pipefy’ Raises US$45 Million From the US
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Startup Pipefy, from Curitiba, announced on Thursday, July 11th, that it has raised a new round of contributions. Valued at US$45 million (R$180 million) and led by the U.S. Insight Partners fund, the investment will help the company expand internationally, with particular focus on the ...
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16 Lug Première Vision New York 2019
La fiera Première Vision New York 2019 si svolgerà a New York il 16 e 17 luglio 2019. Questa fiera rappresenta la più importante vetrina per il tessile per abbigliamento di alto livello organizzata negli Stati Uniti ed ha l’obiettivo di presentare agli operatori americani le pre-collezioni di tessuti per abbigliamento e accessori per ...
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22 Lug Texworld Usa 2019
La fiera Texworld USA 2019 si svolgerà a New York dal 22 al 24 luglio 2019. E' il più grande evento di sourcing nel Nord America riservato ad acquirenti di tessuti per abbigliamento, specialisti di ricerca e sviluppo dei prodotti, designers, merchandiser e professionisti di sourcing all'estero. Texworld USA rappresenta un appuntamento ...
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ANO chce smírné řešení vládní krize, Zeman by měl odvolat Staňka, řekl Faltýnek. Výměna ministerstev není v plánu
Prezident Miloš Zeman by měl akceptovat požadavek na odvolání ministra kultury Antonína Staňka (ČSSD) a následně jmenovat kandidáta, kterého sociální demokracie navrhne. Po jednání předsednictva hnutí ANO to řekl předseda poslaneckého klubu ANO Jaroslav Faltýnek. Podle něho „není na stole“ varianta výměny ministerstev mezi ČSSD a ANO.Další články k tématu:‚Nějak ...
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Five things to watch when China announces GDP data
Trade war with Washington looms large over the world’s second-biggest economy
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What is behind the US-France tech company tax fight?
Digital executives fear ratcheting up of transatlantic trade tensions
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KTBST seeks China market with Haitong partnership
KTB Securities Thailand (KTBST) is partnering with Hong Kong-based Haitong International Securities in a bid to break into the China market and profit from the potential rebound in the Chinese economy once the nation's trade conflict with the US eases.
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Supply chains are undergoing a dramatic transformation
TOM LINTON, chief procurement and supply-chain officer at Flex, an American contract-manufacturing giant, has his finger on The Pulse. That is the name of his firm’s whizzy command centre in California, which is evocative of a Pentagon war room. The kit allows him to monitor Flex’s 16,000 suppliers and 100-plus ...
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Companies must get ready for a riskier world
MULTINATIONAL FIRMS have come a long way in the decades since the emergence of supply-chain management. A sclerotic and retrospective set of disjointed processes has formalised into a proper discipline. Decisions based on gut instincts and relationships are increasingly made using data. As a result, supply chains are getting shorter, ...
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Reckitt to pay $1.4bn in US opioid penalty settlement
Deal over addiction treatment marketing is largest fine so far in painkiller epidemic