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Giappone
Ruling coalition clinches deal on food tax rate
The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito finalized plans to apply a lower sales tax rate to food purchases, a measure that will cost ¥1 trillion in revenue. The post Ruling coalition clinches deal on food tax rate appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Investors see big returns as Airbnb takes off in Japan
While many see Airbnb as a possible fix for two seious problems in Japan — the shortage of hotel rooms and a steady increase in vacant buildings — others see an investment opportunity. The post Investors see big returns as Airbnb takes off in Japan appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Dow, DuPont agree on $130 billion merger
Chemical titans DuPont and Dow Chemical Co. have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger valued at $130 billion in a first step toward breaking up into three businesses, a move that pleased activist investors and could trigger more consolidation. The “deal of three centuries,” as Wells Fargo analyst Frank ...
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Giappone
Top IT executives pour $1 billion into artificial intelligence startup
Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and other prominent tech executives are pouring $1 billion into a nonprofit aimed at creating artificial intelligence that augments humans’ capabilities, rather than making them obsolete. The effort announced Friday, called OpenAI, joins significant investments from companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google, ...
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Giappone
Nissan reaches deal with Renault to counter French government influence
Nissan Motor Co. said Friday that its French alliance partner Renault S.A. has agreed not to interfere in the Japanese automaker’s governance. The post Nissan reaches deal with Renault to counter French government influence appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Influential U.S. senator says TPP vote unlikely before election: report
A U.S. congressional leader expects the legislature will be unlikely to take a vote on the Pacific free trade pact before the November 2016 presidential election, The Washington Post reported Friday. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, expressed his view on the fate of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement ...
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Cina Giappone
Internet giant Alibaba’s deal to buy South China Morning Post raises press freedom concerns
Chinese Internet giant Alibaba said Friday it would buy Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, pledging to maintain the newspaper’s objectivity in the face of fears it will lose its independent voice. The acquisition follows weeks of speculation over the future of the English-language newspaper and worry that it will ...
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El Salvador
El Salvador juramenta a organismo que trabajará por aumentar las inversiones
Este día fue juramentado el Consejo del Organismo de Mejora Regulatoria (OMR), entidad que revisará y sugerirá mejoras en los procedimientos y marcos legales relacionados a la apertura y operaciones de empresas para aumentar la inversión en el país. El organismo, creado mediante un decreto ejecutivo, es parte de las plataformas ...
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Argentina
Gobierno de Macri abre puerta para aclarar caso Nisman
El Gobierno argentino desistirá el lunes por escrito de la apelación a la inconstitucionalidad del pacto con Irán que había planteado la administración de Cristina Kirchner y así definitivamente se caerá ese tratado internacional que dio un giro de 180 grados a la política exterior, informó el diario argentino Clarín.El ...
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El Salvador
Dudas sobre proyecto de reinserción de pandillas
Los diputados de la Comisión de Seguridad y Combate a la Narcoactividad del FMLN han propuesto una ley que saque a los jóvenes de las pandillas, los rehabilite y los reinserte a la sociedad.Basados en experiencias de otros países como Estados Unidos, consideran que en El Salvador es viable que ...