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Giappone
Toshiba loss outlook grows amid accounting scandal fallout
Toshiba Corp. widened its full-year loss forecast as the industrial group cuts jobs and sells businesses to deal with fallout from an accounting scandal. The post Toshiba loss outlook grows amid accounting scandal fallout appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Stocks fall further as yen climbs
Stocks lost further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, dragged down by the yen’s ascent against the dollar. The Nikkei average fell 146.26 points, or 0.85 percent, to close at 17,044.99. On Wednesday, it dived 559.43 points. The Topix ended down 17.46 points, or 1.24 percent, at 1,388.81, after ...
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Giappone
Bank of Japan probes leak after newspaper reported discussion of negative rates
The Bank of Japan is investigating how a leading newspaper got apparent word of its latest policy decision before the announcement was made. A report Friday on the website of the Nikkei business daily posted minutes before the decision’s announcement said the BOJ Policy Board was considering setting a negative ...
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Giappone
Meet the man who’s making virtual reality feel more real
As a student at the University of Bristol, Tom Carter became obsessed with a seemingly impossible notion: letting people feel and manipulate virtual objects. A professor turned him on to an esoteric concept — using ultrasound to simulate tactile sensations — that was floated and abandoned back in the 1970s. ...
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India Giappone
Carmakers say India’s sudden rule changes raise investment uncertainty
Behind the glitzy song-and-dance sequences at the biennial Delhi Auto Expo, executives from automakers including Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., Honda Motor Co., and Ford Motor Co. are expressing concern about sudden changes in regulation. In December, India’s top court banned the sale of diesel vehicles with 2-liter engines or larger ...
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Italia
Ue, limate stime crescita Italia: +1,4% nel 2016
Il Prodotto Interno Lordo dell'Italia dovrebbe?crescere, in termini reali, dell'1,4% nel 2016 e dell'1,3% nel 2017, dopo aver registrato nel 2015 un incremento stimato dello 0,8%....
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Grecia
European Commission: “0.7% GDP rate recession in Greece for 2016”
The European Commission has estimated that Greece has shown resilience in face of the capital controls that were introduced...
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Colombia
Gobierno pide a Venezuela retomar diálogo por deuda
La última reunión entre las partes se celebró en Nueva York el pasado mes de septiembre. La deuda se calcula en mil millones de dólares.
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Ghana
Financing SMEs still challenging in Ghana – Business sector
Access to finance and the high cost of credit continue to impact negatively on the operations of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) in the country. The situation has been attributed to the absence of adequately resourced institutions as well as some macro-economic policies that discourage granting of credit due to ...
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Brasile Portogallo
Bandeira tarifária de março será amarela com desligamento de termelétricas
Com a bandeira amarela, o acréscimo nas contas de luz cai de R$ 3 a cada 100 kWh consumidos para R$ 1,5 Arquivo/Agência Brasil O governo decidiu hoje (3) desligar as usinas térmicas com custo de geração acima de R$ 420 por megawatt-hora (MWh). A decisão vai permitir que, a ...