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Giappone
Dollar sheds gains to ¥103.90 in Tokyo on Tottori quake
The dollar shed early gains to trade around ¥103.90 in Tokyo trading late Friday, as the yen attracted purchases from risk-averse players following a strong earthquake in Tottori Prefecture. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.84-84, up from ¥103.72-72 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.0881-0881, ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks snap five-session winning streak
The key stock market gauges snapped their five-session winning streak on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, pressured by profit-taking after the recent gains and position-adjustment selling ahead of the weekend. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 50.91 points, or 0.30 percent, to end at 17,184.59. On Thursday, the benchmark index surged ...
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Giappone
U.S. officials say they cannot enforce fishing contracts to protect foreign crews in Hawaii
Federal officials cannot enforce a contract being proposed by the commercial fishing industry as a solution to concerns about foreign fishing crews in Hawaii, leaving the industry responsible for enforcing its own rules. Federal and state officials met with vessel owners, captains and representatives from the fleet Thursday at a ...
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Giappone
Japanese utility urges all-electric homes to sell expected excess of electricity
The first Japanese utility to restart a nuclear reactor under post-Fukushima rules has resumed a campaign urging users to increase power consumption. The campaign had been discontinued after the unprecedented triple meltdown in March 2011. Kyushu Electric Power Co., which expects at least two nuclear reactors to be online next ...
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Giappone
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone found smoking at Kansai airport
A Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Note 7 smartphone belonging to a departing passenger emitted smoke at Kansai International Airport in Osaka earlier this week, a transport ministry official said Friday. It is believed to be the first such incident involving the troubled smartphones of the South Korean electronics giant at ...
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Giappone
BOJ chief suggests new time frame in store for inflation target
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday suggested the central bank may delay the timing for hitting its 2 percent inflation target by a year to in, or after, fiscal 2018. That means it may not be achieved during his term, which ends in April 2018. “I personally think ...
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Giappone
Belgian region’s rejection imperils EU-Canada trade deal
The Belgian region of Wallonia rejected new amendments to a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement on Thursday, reaffirming its opposition and so threatening the entire deal, a flagship of European Union trade policy. All 28 EU governments support the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), but Belgium cannot give assent ...
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USA Giappone
NHTSA confirms 11th U.S. death blamed on Takata air bags
A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.’s defective air bag inflators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed the woman’s death on Thursday but didn’t release her name. Up to five people also may have been ...
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Giappone
Bicker over liquor: Overworked Jim Beam ranks offered new contract
Striking Jim Beam workers upset over extended work hours to keep up with demand for the brand’s whiskeys were presented a new contract offer Thursday that includes a company pledge to hire more employees, a union official said. About 250 union workers are scheduled to vote on the latest contract ...
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Kenya
Interpol issues arrest warrants for brothers in ivory trade
Interpol helped Kenyan police in the arrest of Mombasa businessman Feisal Mohamed Ali in Tanzania after months of being on the run.