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Giappone
Sharp considers downsizing struggling LCD business
Electronics maker Sharp Corp. is considering shrinking its struggling liquid crystal display business to prepare for possible partnership with government- and private-sector funded Japan Display Inc., sources have said. Sharp is mulling downsizing production of 32-inch TV panels at its mainstay Kameyama plant and gradually transferring panel production at its ...
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Cina Giappone
Slowdown in emerging economies is biggest risk to Japan’s inflation goal: BOJ deputy chief
Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Kikuo Iwata said Wednesday that a further slowdown in China and other emerging economies is the “most significant risk” to achieving the central bank’s 2 percent inflation target. “The bank will make adjustments without hesitation” if the slowdown has negative effects on the Japanese economy, ...
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Giappone
U.S. agency lowers safety rating of Thai aviation
The Federal Aviation Administration has downgraded the safety rating of Thailand’s aviation industry in a move that could hamper operations of Thai airlines worldwide. The U.S. agency’s announcement Tuesday comes after the International Civil Aviation Organization flagged significant concerns about Thailand’s aviation safety in March. The FAA says it lowered ...
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Giappone
Oil distributors JX, TonenGeneral to merge amid pressure for industry consolidation
JX Holdings Inc., the nation’s largest oil distributor, has agreed to merge with rival TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K., sources said Wednesday, in a further push for refinery consolidation amid falling demand for oil products. The move comes after Idemitsu Kosan Co., the No. 2 player in the sector, agreed last month ...
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Giappone
New dad Zuckerberg to give away Facebook fortune
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that he has become a father, simultaneously pledging to give away nearly all his fortune to make the world a “better place” for baby daughter Maxima and others. In a letter to Maxima posted on his Facebook page, Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan said ...
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Giappone
Japan, EU chair Luxembourg agree on efforts to step up free trade talks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel agreed in their talks on Tuesday to seek an early conclusion of a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union, a senior Japanese official said. Luxembourg currently holds the rotating presidency of the 28-nation EU, which is negotiating ...
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Giappone
Euglena-based biofuel plant to be built In Yokohama
Euglena Co. said Tuesday that it will construct the world’s first plant to produce biojet and biodiesel fuel from euglena, a kind of alga, in Yokohama, in mid-2018. By 2020, the company will start supplying the biojet fuel for cargo aircraft of All Nippon Airways. The euglena-based fuel will be ...
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Giappone
Gurunavi to link with TripAdvisor
Japanese online restaurant information provider Gurunavi Inc. said Tuesday it has signed a partnership deal with U.S. travel website TripAdvisor Inc. to attract foreign tourists to restaurants listed on Gurunavi pages. From spring 2016, TripAdvisor users will be able to search more than 500,000 restaurants in Japan listed on Gurunavi ...
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Cina
Build infra, FDI will follow: Ex-CAG Vinod Rai
Former-Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Vinod Rai has underlined the need for developing quality infrastructure like China to attract foreign direct investment (FDI).
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Italia
CEAT inks distribution pact with Italy's Pirelli
For RPG Enterprises' flagship CEAT, life's come full circle, with the second largest two-wheeler tyre company in the country forging an exclusive distribution partnership with premium Italian tyre maker, Pirelli.