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Giappone
More than 200 firms apply to be power retailers ahead of industry shake-up in January
Over 200 firms have applied for registration as power retailers ahead of January, when those registered become able to accept applications for power contracts with households prior to the full liberalization of power retailing in April. Gunning to take a slice of the ¥8 trillion retail market, currently dominated by ...
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Giappone
Japan retail sales down 1% in November
Retail sales in November fell 1 percent from a year before to ¥11.5 trillion, the first drop in two months, the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said Monday. The drop reflected sluggish sales of winter clothing due to relatively warm weather in the reporting month and a drop in fuel ...
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Giappone
Bank of Mitsubishi-Tokyo UFJ to slash mortgage rate
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. plans to slash its lowest mortgage floating interest rate to 0.625 percent per annum from 0.775 percent as of Jan. 4. It will be the bank’s first reduction since August 2013 and will match the rate offered by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd., the lowest ...
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Giappone
Crucial week for the yen: A fourth annual loss or world’s top currency
Events this week will determine whether the yen has a record fourth annual decline in 2015, or is the year’s best-performing major currency. With just days left, the currency has slipped 0.5 percent versus the dollar this year. That makes it the second-best performer among 16 major currencies against the ...
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Brasile
Programa Brasilianas traz balanço da economia em 2015 e perspectivas para 2016
Um ano de guinada na política econômica que acabou marcado pela recessão, pela inflação alta e pela perda do grau de investimento (selo de bom pagador) do país. A economia brasileira em 2015 e as perspectivas para o país em 2016 são o tema do programa Brasilianas, da TV Brasil, ...
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Argentina
Argentina’s New President Moves Swiftly to Shake Up the Economy
Mauricio Macri’s economic changes are roiling Argentina, accentuating the divide he wanted to bridge and leading some Argentines to doubt whether he will be a change for the better.
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Cina
China Passes Antiterrorism Law That Critics Fear May Overreach
Opponents who had seen a draft version said it grants broad new powers that could be abused to monitor peaceful citizens and steal commercial secrets.
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Australia
Ikea’s tax bill dwindles despite big sales
Furniture giant’s poor profits in Australia have continued despite booming sales, growing network.
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Ecuador
Se agrava agonía del río Grande en Carazo - El Nuevo Diario
El río Grande de Carazo, que beneficia al menos a 118,000 personas, está muriendo lentamente a causa de la basura, el despale y una explotación indiscriminada, sin que hasta ahora exista una iniciativa que lo rescate, explican especialistas. Mercedes Castro, presidente del Desarrollo Comunitario (Adeca), dijo que “la tala indiscriminada de ...
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El Salvador
Yo no olvido el año viejo
En El Salvador nos podemos quejar de cualquier cosa, menos de aburrirnos con los sucesos políticos y jurídicos que acontecen a diario. Tal vez porque ya somos expertos en el “reír por no llorar”, 2015 no ha sido la excepción en la acumulación de historias en que, la falta de ...