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Giappone
Stocks slump on profit-taking in Tokyo trade
Stocks turned lower on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, pressured by selling to lock in gains after recent surges. The Nikkei lost 114.55 points, or 0.64 percent, to close at 17,750.68. On Monday, it rose 346.93 points. The Topix ended down 10.63 points, or 0.73 percent, at 1,452.04, after ...
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Giappone
JAL named world’s most punctual airline for fifth time
Japan Airlines has been recognized as the world’s most punctual major international airline, in a rating by U.S. flight data services firm FlightStats. JAL achieved a on-time arrival rate of 89.44 percent in FlightStats’ seventh annual survey, a lead of 0.47 point over second-ranked Iberia of Spain and 0.56 point ...
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Giappone
FSA to monitor effects of negative interest rate on banks, Aso says
Finance Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday the government will monitor what the effects of the Bank of Japan’s negative interest rate policy on financial institutions. The Financial Services Agency “needs to carefully monitor financial institutions,” said Aso, who also doubles as state minister for financial services. Bank shares fell sharply ...
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Giappone
Japan’s carmakers, airlines believe negative rates will help demand
It will not show up in time for this week’s earnings release, but Toyota Motor Corp. may have gotten a gift from the Bank of Japan’s unconventional policy choices. The central bank’s surprise move on Friday to negative interest rates could boost domestic demand, while the weaker currency that is ...
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Giappone
Skymark’s rehabilitation on track a year after bankruptcy
A year after its bankruptcy, Skymark Airlines, the nation’s third-largest carrier, is seeing an improvement in fortunes as rehabilitation gains pace. It has withdrawn from unprofitable routes since it filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 28 last year, and it now flies only small aircraft. ...
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Giappone
Japan’s trading houses face $13 billion hit on commodities misfire
A handful of companies that have dominated almost every kind of raw material business in Japan for decades may take as much as $13 billion in charges during the current fiscal year. The global commodity slump is squeezing the sogo shosha, or general trading houses like Mitsubishi Corp., which supply ...
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Giappone
Alphabet comes before Apple as world’s most valuable company
Alphabet now comes before Apple atop the list of the world’s most valuable companies. The shift occurred in Monday’s extended trading after Alphabet, Google’s new parent company, released a fourth-quarter earnings report that highlighted the robust growth of the digital ad market. Apple Inc.’s iPhone, meanwhile, is suffering its first ...
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Giappone
Kyoto-based firm to debut world’s first robot-run indoor farm
A Japanese firm said Monday it would open the world’s first fully automated farm with robots handling almost every step of the process, from watering seedlings to harvesting crops. Kyoto-based Spread said the indoor grow house will start operating by the middle of 2017 and produce 30,000 heads of lettuce ...
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Angola
BNA injecta mais dólares no mercado
O Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA) realizou vendas de divisas aos bancos comerciais, no período compreendido entre 25 e 29 de Janeiro, no montante de 243,1 milhões de dólares, indica uma nota divulgada ontem no site da instituição
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Italia
Borsa: Milano -1,1% con Mps, Eni, Saipem
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