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Israele
Israeli AI startup Chorus.ai raises $6.3m
The Tel Aviv company combines AI, data analytics, and natural language processing to unite sales conversations into a single dashboard and help close deals.
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Giappone
Capsule hotels in Japan reach out to foreign tourists
TOKYO - Capsule hotels have long been offering tiny spaces to sleep in Japanese cities at rock-bottom prices, but are now looking to attract a wider range of customer than the typical male office worker who has missed his train after a night's drinking.
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Thailandia
SET down 5.78 points at opening
Thai stocks opened down 0.39% at the start of trade this morning.
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Cina
China GDP growth stable at 6.7% in third quarter: govt
BEIJING - China's growth was steady at 6.7% in the third quarter, government data showed Wednesday, a sign of stabilisation in the world's second-largest economy.
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Giappone
Dollar slides to ¥103.50 ahead of U.S. presidential debate
The dollar slid to levels around ¥103.50 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, dragged down by position-adjustment selling ahead of the third U.S. presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.52-52, down from ¥103.99-99 at the same time on Tuesday. The euro was ...
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Giappone
Terumo to buy U.S. vascular closure device businesses for $1.1 billion
Medical equipment maker Terumo Corp. has reached a basic agreement with U.S. competitors St. Jude Medical Inc. and Abbott Laboratories to acquire part of their businesses for blood vessel treatment devices for $1.1 billion. Through the deal, announced Tuesday, Terumo aims to bolster its business by enhancing the lineup of ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks advance for fourth straight session
Stocks rose for the fourth straight session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, due to purchases backed by hopes for better earnings at key Japanese companies. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 35.30 points, or 0.21 percent, to end at 16,998.91. On Tuesday, the key market gauge gained 63.49 points. The ...
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Giappone Taiwan
Sharp shares climb on improved prospects for full-year profits
Sharp Corp.’s shares rose in Tokyo on an improved outlook for full-year profit results, an early sign of turnaround under Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., its new owner. The stock climbed by 10.64 percent to ¥156 in Tokyo trading Wednesday. Sharp anticipates full-year operating profit and net income to ...
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Giappone
Mitsubishi Heavy to scale down shipbuilding business
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said it will scale down its shipbuilding operations by withdrawing from the money-losing large passenger ship business. The company said Tuesday it will concentrate on building small- and medium-size passenger vessels and passenger-cargo ferries, and is considering spinning off that business. It said it is already ...
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Giappone
Global money flees Japan stocks at fastest pace since 1987
International equity investors are giving up on Japan. After dumping their Tokyo stock holdings for four of the past five months, foreigners are on track for their biggest annual exodus since 1987. Back then, they were fleeing bubbly valuations and the Black Monday crash. This time, they’re fed up with ...