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Francia
Perché la moda islamica vende tanto nonostante le polemiche
Come devono vestirsi le musulmane? E chi deve deciderlo, se non loro? Mentre in Francia continuano le polemiche sul velo, alcune femministe propongono di boicottare i grandi marchi occidentali che lanciano collezioni di moda islamica. Ma il giro di affari del settore registra una crescita enorme. Leggi
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Venezuela
Il frigo vuoto delle famiglie venezuelane
La profonda crisi economica del Venezuela fa sì che sempre più persone facciano fatica a mettere in tavola tre pasti nutrienti al giorno. Il fotografo della Reuters Carlos García Rawlins lo ha raccontato entrando nelle loro case, aprendo dispense e frigoriferi. Leggi
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Francia Grecia Kenya Macedonia
Le foto del giorno
Dalle proteste in Francia contro la riforma della legge sul lavoro ai migranti bloccati a Idomeni, al confine tra la Grecia e la Macedonia: ventiquattr’ore in immagini. Leggi
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India
Rajeev Kher: A trade policy agenda for India-II
An essential element of India's trade policy agenda has to be a state-of-the-art technical regulatory system
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India
India has potential to clock 6-7% GDP growth: Goldman Sachs
Timothy Moe, chief Asia Pacific regional equity strategist at GS, said impact on reforms has so far been a mixed bag - 'a glass half-empty, half-full'
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Giappone
Les Waas, famed for Mister Softee jingle, Procrastinators Club, dies at 94
Les Waas, the advertising legend behind the Mister Softee jingle heard in hundreds of ice cream trucks for more than half a century, has died. He was 94. Waas died April 19 at Abington Hospice in Warminster, according to Goldsteins’ Rosenberg’s Raphael-Sacks funeral home. The Mister Softee song, originally written ...
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Giappone
Panasonic’s fiscal 2015 net profit up 7.7% on restructuring efforts
Panasonic Corp. said Thursday its group net profit rose 7.7 percent in fiscal 2015 from the previous year to ¥193.26 billion ($1.78 billion), helped by its restructuring. Operating profit increased 8.8 percent to ¥415.71 billion in the year through last month on sales of ¥7.55 trillion, down 2.1 percent, the ...
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Giappone
Surge in foreign visitors boosts profits of ANA, JAL in fiscal 2015
Robust demand from foreign travelers to Japan boosted profits of the country’s two major airlines in fiscal 2015, according to their earnings reports released Thursday. ANA Holdings Inc. reported a record group net profit of ¥78.17 billion ($723 million) for the year through March 31, roughly double the amount reported ...
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Giappone
Government to do its own tests on Mitsubishi vehicles as performance scandal widens
The transport ministry will begin collecting data on four models next week and announce the results in June. The post Government to do its own tests on Mitsubishi vehicles as performance scandal widens appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Dollar plunges to ¥108.40 as BOJ disappoints on easing
The dollar took a nose dive to around ¥108.40 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, amid disappointment over Bank of Japan’s decision not to release more easing. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥108.39-40, down from ¥111.20-20 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.1346-1347, up from $1.1329-1329, ...