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Giappone
Negative interest rates to hit Japan Post Bank hard as bond yields plunge
Japan Post Bank Co. stands to lose the most from the Bank of Japan’s decision to introduce negative interest rates as plummeting bond yields underscore its reliance on the country’s debt for income. The postal bank, one of the biggest holders of Japanese government bonds, gets more than 90 percent ...
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Giappone
McDonald’s Japan logged ¥34.70 billion loss in 2015
McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan) reported Tuesday a group net loss of ¥34.70 billion for 2015, the largest loss since it listed in Japan in 2001. It marked the second straight year of loss, hurt by slumping sales and the costs of closing loss-making restaurants. The figure was much bigger than ...
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Giappone
INCJ said to argue its ¥1 trillion bid for Sharp tops Foxconn’s
Innovation Network Corp. of Japan is making the case to Sharp Corp. that its rescue proposal for the electronics maker is worth more than an offer from Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., a sign the government fund is determined to keep fighting for victory in the takeover battle. The ...
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Giappone
Dollar dips below ¥114.50 on stock slump
The dollar briefly dived below ¥114.50 for the first time in about 15 months in Tokyo on Tuesday, dragged down by a plunge in stock prices at home and abroad amid intensified risk aversion. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥115.29-30, down from ¥117.31-31 at the same time Monday. ...
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Giappone
JAL starts trial run for humanoid robot guide at Haneda airport
Japan Airlines Co. started trials of a humanoid robot guide at Haneda airport on Tuesday. The machine offers information about flight schedules and the weather at flight destinations. The white, 60-centimeter-tall robot, made by a French company, will stand in Terminal 1 from Tuesday to Thursday. It will also be ...
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Giappone
Cabinet approves solar-power auctioning in shake-up of sector
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved changes to the country’s incentive program for clean energy, including the introduction of auctions for solar projects in an overhaul of the program that is almost four years old. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet agreed to amend the law on which the incentive program is ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks dive as yen soars, government bond yield dives
Stocks dived on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, hurt by massive sales reflecting overseas stock tumbles and the yen’s rapid ascent amid mounting risk-averse sentiment. The Nikkei plummeted 918.86 points, or 5.40 percent, to end at 16,085.44. It was the steepest point loss since May 23, 2013. On Monday, it ...
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Giappone
Panasonic to suspend solar cell assembly at one plant amid falling demand
Panasonic Corp. will suspend operations at one of its solar cell plants for several months amid falling demand for household solar panels, company officials said Tuesday. The company will stop production at the Nishikinohama solar cell factory in Kaizuka in Osaka Prefecture from the end of February to the end ...
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UAE expects to ratify federal debt law this year, official says
The seven individual emirates in the UAE issue bonds, but the federal government has not done so in the absence of such a law
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Iran
Fs: cooperazione con Iran per AV
Firmato memorandum, valore operazione export credit fino 5 mld