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Giappone
Top Abe adviser urges coordinated stimulus while playing down ‘helicopter money’
A key economic adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said boosting fiscal and monetary stimulus at the same time would be a good strategy, while playing down the likelihood of employing so-called helicopter money. Japan needs to keep various policy options open, including coordinated action by the government and ...
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Giappone
Japan business chieftains urge Abe to push for early TPP ratification
The nation’s top business leaders urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday to seek ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact during an extraordinary Diet session expected to be held in September. Business leaders submitting the written request to Abe at the Prime Minister’s Office included Japan Business Federation ...
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Giappone
Dollar cuts gains to move around ¥104.30
The dollar gave up some of its early gains to trade narrowly around ¥104.30 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, hit by profit-taking. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥104.22-22, up from ¥103.01-01 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.1046-1047, down from $1.1109-1110, and at ¥115.12-13, up ...
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Giappone
Nissan debuts new minivan with self-driving technology
Nissan Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled its new Serena model minivan featuring self-driving technology. The van, which goes on sale next month, includes some autonomous capabilities that allow it to control steering, gas and brakes on single-lane highways, regardless of traffic conditions, Nissan said. The technology is called Propilot, which ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rise on U.S. gains, weaker yen
Stocks rose for the third straight day on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, supported by an overnight advance on Wall Street and weakening yen. The Nikkei average gained 135.78 points, or 0.84 percent, to close at 16,231.43. On Tuesday, it jumped 386.83 points. The Topix ended up 14.53 points, ...
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USA Giappone
Kawasaki Heavy looking to buy U.S. train maintenance firm
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of New York City subway trains, is seeking to buy a train maintenance company in the U.S. to help increase its services lineup and boost profit margins. “The costs for maintenance are largely fixed,” Yoshinori Kanehana, president of the company, said in an interview ...
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Giappone
Japan to slash inflation forecast after repeated failure to kick-start growth: report
The government is expected to cut its consumer inflation forecast for the current fiscal year and produce an estimate for fiscal 2017 that is much lower than the central bank’s 2 percent target, government sources said. The gloomy assessment may add to market doubts over the Bank of Japan’s optimistic ...
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Giappone
Sen. Franken wants ‘Pokemon Go’ maker to clarify user data privacy protections
A Democratic U.S. senator on Tuesday asked the software developer behind Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s “Pokemon Go” to clarify the mobile game’s data privacy protections, amid concerns the augmented reality hit was unnecessarily collecting vast swaths of sensitive user data. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota sent a letter to Niantic Chief ...
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Brasile
Survey shows 81% of Brazilians oppose increase in taxes
The government has been collecting too much money in taxes and needs no extra increase to improve public services, said 81% of Brazilians heard in a survey published today (Jul. 12) by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI). The percentage of respondents who believe that taxes in Brazil are too ...
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Cina
China crescerá 6,7% no 2º trimestre, igual ao 1º trimestre, diz premiê
Li Keqiang afirma que a segunda maior economia do mundo está "basicamente estável