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Brasile
Via Varejo faz acordo de cartões com Bradesco e recebe R$ 550 milhões
Até 2019, negócio inclui a oferta de cartões de crédito e produtos financeiros da marca Casas Bahia, além de serviços de correspondente bancário
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Argentina
Adiós al cepo: Forever 21 lidera el proceso de invasión de marcas que se preparan para llegar a la Argentina
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Giappone
Dollar firmer near ¥123.30 after overseas jump
The dollar was firmer near ¥123.30 in Tokyo trading late Monday, following a jump in overseas trading late last week on stronger than expected U.S. jobs data for November. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥123.28-28, up from ¥122.77-77 at the same time Friday. The euro was at $1.0857-0857, ...
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Giappone
Toshiba shareholders sue former executives over cooked books as firm fined record ¥7.37 billion
A group of Toshiba Corp. shareholders sued the embattled company and its former executives Monday, seeking roughly ¥300 million in damages for the losses incurred after the firm’s stock price plunged over illicit accounting practices. In the first group lawsuit filed against Toshiba, 50 shareholders from 15 prefectures filed for ...
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Giappone
BOJ trails ECB’s rates; experts see few options
Now that the European Central Bank has cut its deposit rate, while the Bank of Japan has held steady on policy for more than a year, concerns are growing that BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has little room to maneuver. The ECB lowered the rate it pays banks on their overnight ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rebound on higher U.S. market
Stocks rebounded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, encouraged by sharp gains in U.S. equities late last week after data showed the strength of the world’s largest economy. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 193.67 points, or 0.99 percent, to close at 19,698.15. On Friday, the key market gauge dived 435.42 ...
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Giappone
Brokerage encourages staff to eat, drink less and rest more to work longer
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. has a message for its staff this holiday season: Go easy on the sushi and sake. Japan’s second-biggest brokerage is encouraging its 13,600 domestic employees to eat and drink moderately for 30 days from Dec. 14. While most Japanese don’t celebrate Christmas in the traditional sense, ...
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Giappone
Outspoken Takata investor sold all stock after losing trust in management
Takata Corp. has lost the confidence of one of its biggest former shareholders, which said the company cut off access to management and downplayed risks as its air bags spurred a record auto-safety recall. Sawakami Asset Management, whose $2.6 billion stock fund beat the benchmark Topix index 12 of the ...
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Bolivia
Presidente critica a candidatos que expusieron en la CADE
Liz Ferrer Tacna El mandatario Ollanta Humala Tasso calificó de "populismo empresarial" la participación de los candidatos presidenciales en la Conferencia Anual de Ejecutivos (CADE) el último viernes. Dijo que en sus propuestas olvidaron tocar temas de interés para la población como "la problemática medio ambiental que afecta al país". "Hubo populismo empresarial. ...
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Argentina
"Para los que trabajaron sólo en la Argentina los últimos dos años seguramente fueron duros"
Hace más de un año Darío Straschnoy fundaba, junto a Carlos Baccetti, una nueva agencia independiente llamada "Carlos y Dario". Hoy, el hombre que dirigió durante 25 años a Y&R en el país armó un "ecosistema" en donde funciona la agencia, una empresa de asuntos públicos y comunicación, Ágora, y ...