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India
Day after Budget, Sensex surges over 500 points
A day after suffering losses following the presentation of the Union Budget, the benchmark Sensex bounced back by over 450 points on Tuesday, bolstered by renewed hopes of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank amid positive Asian cues.
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Giappone
Foreign visitor stays surged to 66.37 million in 2015
Hotel stays by foreign visitors to Japan rose 48.1 percent in 2015 to a record 66.37 million, government has shown, in the wake of a weak yen and measures such as tax-free shopping and the easing of visa rules. Visitor stays are estimated by multiplying the number of visitors by ...
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Cina Giappone
Index shows Chinese manufacturing activity in February shrunk at fastest pace in four years
Manufacturing activity in China shrank at its fastest rate in four years in February, government data showed Tuesday, a fresh sign of sustained weakness in the world’s second-largest economy. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index, which tracks activity in factories and workshops, fell to 49.0 last month, figures from the National ...
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Giappone
Total Takata recall won’t make cars safer but will up uncertainty: NHTSA head
The nation’s top auto safety regulator says an immediate recall of all Takata air bags wouldn’t provide significant safety benefits and could exceed the government’s legal authority. A recall of all Takata air bag inflators also would strain the network for replacement parts and increase uncertainty for consumers, Mark Rosekind, ...
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Giappone
U.S. cannot force Apple to provide iPhone data in Brooklyn drug case: N.Y. court
A New York judge says the U.S. Justice Department cannot force Apple to provide the FBI with access to locked iPhone data in a routine Brooklyn drug case. U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein ruled Monday. The decision follows a California magistrate judge’s order requiring Apple to create software to help ...
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Giappone
Fujisawa field tests start for Robot Taxi’s driverless cabs
Japan’s Robot Taxi Inc. has started a field test for driverless taxis in Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture. In the test, 10 groups of participants will be transported between their homes and the Fujisawa outlet of major Japanese retailer Aeon Co. The unit of mobile video game service operator DeNA Co. ...
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Giappone
Buffett still bullish on U.S. economy despite weak spots
Billionaire Warren Buffett said the U.S. economy appears weaker than he thought it would be as recently as last fall, but that doesn’t change his optimistic long-term view of the country’s prospects. Buffett appeared on CNBC Monday and addressed a variety of topics after releasing his annual letter to Berkshire ...
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Giappone
Oil, gold gains help Dow end February on high note
U.S. stocks were edging higher in midday trading on corporate earnings news and rising oil prices. Utilities made the biggest gains. Mining companies rose with the price of gold. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average gained 46 points, or 0.3 percent, to 16,686 as of 12:28 p.m. Eastern time. ...
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Regno Unito
Keller says US economy on firm foundation
UK ground engineering group says construction spending rose again
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Regno Unito
Foreign investors shun UK gilts
Brexit and current account deficit raise fear of failed auction