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Giappone
Tokyo stocks jump on Wall Street rally, yen’s drop
Stocks surged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, backed by a strong rally on Wall Street overnight and the yen’s drop against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 661.04 points, or 4.11 percent, to close at 16,746.55. On Tuesday, the key market gauge gained 58.75 points. The Topix index ...
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Giappone
Fast Retailing holds ceremony for new recruits
Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual wear chain stores, welcomed about 400 new recruits with an initiation ceremony at its Tokyo office Wednesday morning, holding the event about a month ahead of the April 1 date common for most major Japanese firms. As a whole, a record high ...
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Francia Giappone
JR East begins sales of ‘ekiben’ boxed meals at Paris station
East Japan Railway Co. has opened a pop-up shop for ekiben (train boxed meals) at Paris station Gare de Lyon in an effort to promote Japanese food culture globally from one of the world’s gourmet capitals. The shop is slated to remain open until the end of April. It is ...
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Giappone
Japanese automakers set sales records in U.S.
An energetic market for sports utility vehicles and pickups drove record sales in the U.S. for Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. in February, while Honda Motor Co. notched up double-digit percentage growth in passenger car sales, data showed Tuesday. Drawn by low gas prices and interest rates, U.S. ...
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Giappone
In apparent shift, FBI chief tells Congress that request for iPhone data may be ‘precedential’
FBI Director James Comey told a congressional panel on Tuesday that a final court ruling forcing Apple Inc to give the FBI data from an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters would be “potentially precedential” in other cases where the agency might request similar cooperation from technology ...
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Cina Giappone
China to lay off millions in biggest retrenchment program in nearly 20 years, sources say
China aims to lay off 5 million-6 million state workers over the next two to three years as part of efforts to curb industrial overcapacity and pollution, two sources said, Beijing’s boldest retrenchment program in almost two decades. China’s leadership, obsessed with maintaining stability and making sure redundancies do not ...
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Giappone
Olympus U.S. unit agrees to pay $646 million for bribing hospitals, doctors
The U.S. unit of Japan’s camera and hospital equipment maker Olympus agreed to pay $646 million Tuesday to settle charges it gave hospitals and doctors kickbacks to buy its endoscopes. To boost its sales, Olympus Corp. of the Americas gave free trips to Japan to doctors who got their hospital ...
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Brasile
BHP in deal on dam disaster
The BHP/Vale-owned Samarco joint venture was due overnight to sign a deal on the cost of the dam collapse in Brazil.
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Main Street Morning: Meet Souq, Dubai’s $1 billion e-commerce startup
Welcome to Main Street Morning, The Washington Post’s daily collection of news affecting entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses with a special focus on policy and government.Here’s what’s affecting my small business, my clients and other entrepreneurs today.Read full article >>
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Cina Regno Unito
El problema de los nuevos estímulos de China
En el momento álgido de la crisis financiera de Estados Unidos, las autoridades iban de crisis en crisis como un escuadrón de bomberos intentando controlar un incendio que se extendía rápidamente. Leer