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India
AirAsia names Amar Abrol as India CEO
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India
Firms raise Rs 46,000-cr via preferential allotment
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India
Maharashtra finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar to present state budget on Friday
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India
Sensex surges over 100 points on global cues
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Giappone
Nintendo finds a hit with its new social app, Miitomo
Nintendo Co.’s foray into smartphones is off to a good start. Miitomo, a free messaging-based application, reached No. 1 among social-networking apps in Japan on Apple Inc.’s iOS devices on the day of its release, market researcher App Annie said Friday. Line, the country’s most popular instant messenger, fell to ...
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Giappone
Driverless cars are not perfect, but just how safe must they be before being set loose?
As autonomous car technology rapidly progresses, makers of the cars face the difficult question of how safe they must be before they’re ready to move people on highways and city streets. Right now, companies such as Google, Audi and Mercedes-Benz are testing the cars in a small number of cities ...
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Giappone
Negative rates have helped global economy: IMF’s Lagarde
The world economy would be worse off without negative interest rates, according to International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde. Negative rates in Europe and Japan have helped support global growth and price gains, she said in an interview in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday. The finance sector may ...
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Giappone
Toshiba sees finances improving after narrowing its business
Toshiba Corp. said its profitability will improve in the next fiscal year as it scales back on products such as personal computers and home appliances. Operating profit will be ¥120 billion ($1.1 billion) and revenue ¥4.9 trillion in fiscal 2016, the electronics maker said on Friday, in a presentation titled ...
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Cina Giappone
Chinese nuclear plant moves closer to start, Westinghouse says
Westinghouse Electric Co. expects to put fuel into its first nuclear plant in China this year as it moves closer to start up and vies for a share of a market that may see $1 trillion in spending to boost production through 2050. Westinghouse, the Pennsylvania-based unit of Japan’s Toshiba ...
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Giappone
Dollar weaker below ¥111.50 in Tokyo
The dollar was weaker below ¥111.50 in Tokyo trading on Friday, with its topside capped by speculation about a slower-than-expected pace of interest rate hikes in the United States. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥111.33-34, down from ¥111.74-76 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1282-1283, ...