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India
Jewellers pan-India go on strike against excise duty
Over 300 associations, which include three lakh manufacturers, retainers and artisans among others, are participating in the stir across the country.
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India
India services sector growth cools sharply in February as prices rise
India's Nikkei/Markit services PMI falls to 51.4 in February from 54.3 in January
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India
Drop in global oil prices a windfall for Indian economy: IMF
In its latest report, the IMF projected India's GDP growth from 7.3% in this fiscal year to 7.5% next year
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Giappone
Skymark may fly international routes after restructuring, chairman says
Bankrupt carrier Skymark Airlines Inc. is weighing the possibility of starting overseas flights and is set to unveil a business plan by April as part of its turnaround, Chairman Nobuo Sayama said. The plan will cover as many as five years starting April 1 and includes a consideration for an ...
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Giappone
Kuroda’s deputy calls for faster reforms
Now that the central bank has added negative rates to its record monetary stimulus program, it’s time for the Abe government to double down on reform efforts, said Deputy Gov. Hiroshi Nakaso. “The Bank of Japan has taken monetary easing one step further,” Nakaso said in a speech in Okinawa ...
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Giappone
U.S. slaps duties on cold-rolled steel from Japan, other nations
The U.S. Department of Commerce has preliminarily decided to impose antidumping duties on imports of cold-rolled steel products from Japan and six other countries after determining that several companies sold the products at less than fair value, the department said in a statement. The products are used in a range ...
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Giappone
Margin-starved Japanese banks following carmakers to Mexico
In a quest to reduce their reliance on one of the world’s least profitable banking markets, Japanese lenders are setting their sights on a much more lucrative one: Mexico. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. are among so-called megabanks expanding in Mexico, riding the coattails of ...
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Giappone
Toyota taps non-Japanese to help oversee structural overhaul
Toyota Motor Corp. is handing non-Japanese executives major promotions in the third overhaul of its complex business structure in six years, as President Akio Toyoda seeks ways to make the world’s largest automaker more nimble. Didier Leroy, appointed to the highest rank for a non-Japanese executive a year ago, adds ...
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Giappone
Toyota adds 331,200 more vehicles to recalls over Takata air bags
Toyota Motor Corp said Wednesday it is expanding by 331,200 cars worldwide its recall involving potentially defective Takata Corp. air bag parts. Toyota earlier on Wednesday said the new recalls totaled 356,000 globally but later lowered the figure. An estimated 29 million Takata air bag inflators have been recalled in ...
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Giappone
U.S. defense secretary favors strong encryption, not ‘back doors’
Declaring that strong encryption is essential to the nation’s security, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told a tech industry audience Wednesday that he’s “not a believer in back doors,” or encryption programs that leave openings for outsiders to read coded files. Carter said he wasn’t commenting on the FBI’s legal battle ...