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Ecuador
Oposición venezolana logra mayoría calificada con 112 diputados - El Nuevo Diario
El Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) de Venezuela anunció ayer oficialmente que la Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) obtuvo en las elecciones parlamentarias 112 diputados (incluyendo a 3 indígenas), justo la mayoría calificada de la Cámara, mientras que el gobernante PSUV consiguió 55 escaños. El CNE informó además que, con estos ...
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Brasile El Salvador
Mercado de seguros contra incendios sigue apagado - El Nuevo Diario
Una mala noticia prenavideña recibió Carlos Daniel Sandino Carvajal, de 33 años, cuando se encontraba junto a su esposa realizando compras en el populoso mercado Oriental, en tanto su cuarto y pertenecías se estaban quemando ante la impotencia de sus familiares y vecinos en el barrio Villa Venezuela. “Parece que fue ...
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Costa Rica
“Es importantísima la innovación en el turismo” - El Nuevo Diario
Lucy Valenti ha sido testigo del crecimiento del turismo en Nicaragua desde hace aproximadamente 25 años. En esta entrevista se muestra convencida de que el turismo seguirá creciendo y apela a seguir trabajando en una mayor diversificación de productos y servicios turísticos, así como en el desarrollo de la infraestructura hotelera. “Por ...
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Giappone
Low tax on food will hurt the poor, say economists
Political negotiations between the nation’s ruling coalition are approaching a showdown over the unpopular consumption tax, which is set to rise to 10 percent from 8 percent in April 2017. A sweetener being considered has drawn scathing criticism from many economists. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito are in ...
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Giappone
Open but not trading: Myanmar launches fledgling bourse
Myanmar officially launched its first modern stock exchange Wednesday, but without a single stock to trade, as the nation’s latest drive for economic revitalization struggles to take flight. Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party swept elections last month, boosting confidence in the former junta-run nation’s reforms. Myanmar’s launch of a ...
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Giappone
Dollar slides to ¥122.70 in Tokyo as Nikkei extends falls
The dollar slid to levels around ¥122.70 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday as the benchmark Nikkei stock average extended its fall amid growing risk aversion among investors due to oil price slumps. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥122.71-72, down from ¥123.10-10 at the same time Tuesday. The euro ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks drop further on falling oil prices
Stocks lost further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, pressured by slumping crude oil prices. The 225-issue Nikkei average fell 191.53 points, or 0.98 percent, to close at 19,301.07. On Tuesday, the key market gauge shed 205.55 points. The TOPIX index of all first-section issues ended down 13.15 points, ...
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Giappone Australia
Police raid Sydney home of alleged bitcoin mastermind
Australian police raided the Sydney home and office on Wednesday of a man named by Wired magazine as the probable creator of bitcoin and holder of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the cryptocurrency, witnesses said. More than a dozen federal police officers entered a house registered on the ...
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Giappone
South Korean-Japanese snack-maker Lotte to go public next year
Lotte Holdings Co. on Wednesday announced the public listing of its confectionery unit Lotte Co. as early as next year, as it seeks to improve management transparency amid a struggle for control by the sons of the group’s founder. It would be the largest listing of a confectionery company in ...
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Giappone
Japan to expand import quota for South Korean nori
Japan will more than double its quota for imports of South Korean nori to 2.7 billion sheets, the Fisheries Agency said Wednesday. The increase will take place in stages by fiscal 2025. It is the result of an agreement reached with the South Korean government aimed at ending a dispute ...