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Giappone
Fungus prompts Nisshin Oillio to recall coconut oil products
Nisshin Oillio Group Ltd. is recalling 1.6 million coconut oil products after aspergillus, a type of fungus, has been found in some of them. It seems that the products become susceptible to the fungus as the oil melts and hardens with changes in its temperature, company officials said. Subject to ...
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Giappone
Dollar rises above ¥113.50 on strong stocks
The dollar rose above ¥113.50 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, aided by gains on the stock market. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.57-59, up from ¥112.50-50 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.0967-0968, down from $1.0983-0984, and at ¥124.56-59, up from ¥123.58-58. In early trading, ...
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Giappone
Japanese investors binge on debt abroad amid negative yields at home
Japanese investors are scooping up bonds overseas to flee negative yields at home, driving a global debt-market rally. Money managers purchased a net ¥4.45 trillion of debt abroad from Feb. 12 to March 4, the biggest three-week outflow since the third quarter of 2010, based on Finance Ministry data. Nippon ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks snap three-day slide on overseas gains
Stocks snapped their three-session losing streak on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, backed by rises in equities overseas and an easing of the yen. The Nikkei climbed 210.15 points, or 1.26 percent, to end at 16,852.35. On Wednesday, it fell 140.95 points. The Topix rose 19.84 points, or 1.49 ...
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Giappone
BOJ should ease further, says Abe adviser Honda
The Bank of Japan should use a combination of a more-negative benchmark rate and enlarged asset purchases “sometime, before long” to help the economy, according to Etsuro Honda, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “But maybe not next week,” when the BOJ next meets to decide policy, Honda, 61, ...
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Giappone
Japanese wholesale prices fell 3.4% in February
Wholesale prices fell 3.4 percent in February from a year earlier on cheap oil and a firmer yen, the Bank of Japan said Thursday. It was the 11th straight month of decline. The index of corporate goods prices stood at 99.8 against the 2010 base of 100, the central bank ...
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Giappone
Japan’s cash-rich firms buying back shares, but tight on wages
Japanese firms sitting on more than ¥340 trillion of cash are buying back their own shares at a record rate, while turning a deaf ear to calls from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step up spending on wages and investment to support the economy. In February alone, taking advantage of ...
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Giappone
Obama ‘committed to Pacific trade deal,’ even as opposition spreads
U.S. President Barack Obama is fully committed to pushing for Congress to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal despite anti-trade sentiment gaining steam on the presidential election campaign trail, National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Wednesday. Voter anxiety and anger over international trade and the 12-nation Pacific trade pact have ...
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Australia Nuova Zelanda
Banks warned over NZ exposure
A worsening of New Zealand’s economy is likely to have a “material impact” on Australia’s Big Four, says Moody’s.
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Regno Unito
La Policía quiere renovar su himno y propone un concurso con 10.000 euros para el ganador
El actual, que data de 1948, tiene, "un tono militar" que ha quedado "obsoleto y alejado" de la actual identidad civil del Cuerpo, afirma la Policía. Leer