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Colombia
Colombia defiende arancel a importaciones de textiles y calzado de Panamá
La ministra colombiana de Comercio, Industria y Turismo, María Claudia Lacouture,dijo que Colombia prorrogó hasta el de 1 noviembre de este año el arancel que aplica a textiles y calzado y que ahora se trabaja con el sector para buscar "la medida adecuada a la cual nosotros tenemos que migrar ...
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Giappone
Dollar drops to ¥101 in Tokyo as stimulus hopes run out
The dollar slid to levels around ¥101 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday as the Japanese government’s new stimulus package adopted the previous day apparently failed to meet market expectations. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥101.04-06, down from ¥101.66-66 at the same time on Tuesday. The euro was ...
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Giappone
The Tinder for Japan’s aging CEOs posts a 1,170% stock gain
When Masao Takeuchi signed away the company he’d spent 25 years building from scratch, one of his biggest feelings was relief. Takeuchi quit a plush job at Hitachi Ltd. when he was 35 to start a firm that writes computer programs for Japan’s blue-chips. In the beginning he did everything ...
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Giappone
ANA’s net profit falls 20.7% in April-June amid quakes, stronger yen
ANA Holdings Inc. reported Wednesday a 20.7 percent year-on-year drop in group net profit in the April-June quarter, as powerful quakes in southwestern Japan and terrorist attacks in Europe curbed air travel demand. Also hurt by the yen’s advance against other currencies, its group net profit stood at ¥6.65 billion ...
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Giappone
Mercari mulls additional funding after clinching U.S. foothold
Japan’s first startup unicorn is considering a new fundraising round to maintain momentum after a spike in U.S. downloads for e-commerce company Mercari Inc. The company’s free mobile app, which matches individual buyers and sellers, jumped to No. 3 in the U.S. download rankings last week, according to researcher App ...
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Giappone
Bitcoin sinks after hackers steal $65 million from exchange
Bitcoin plunged after one of the largest exchanges halted trading because hackers stole about $65 million (¥6.6 billion) of the digital currency. Bitcoin slumped 5.3 percent against the dollar as of 10:17 a.m. on Wednesday in Tokyo, bringing its two-day drop to 13 percent. Prices also sank 6.2 percent on ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks tumble on firmer yen
Stocks lost further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, pressured by heavy selling due chiefly to the yen’s appreciation against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average dived 308.34 points, or 1.88 percent, to end at 16,083.11. On Tuesday, the key market gauge fell 244.32 points. The Topix index of ...
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Giappone
Toyota delays launch of new Prius plug-in hybrid to this winter
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has delayed the domestic launch of a new plug-in hybrid model of its popular Prius eco-friendly cars from the fall until this winter, as it needs more time to produce enough vehicles for the debut. “We decided to reduce initial production from our original ...
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Giappone
Mitsubishi Motors missed opportunities to prevent mileage data manipulation: panel
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. missed at least two opportunities to detect mileage data falsification by its workers before the misconduct came to light this year, a special inquiry panel has found. The panel, comprising three outside lawyers and a former senior Toyota Motor Corp. engineer, was set up by Mitsubishi Motors ...
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USA Giappone Singapore
U.S. failure to ratify TPP will make Japan rethink security, hurt U.S. credibility in region, Singapore’s Lee tells Obama
Relations between the United States and Japan will suffer if U.S. President Barack Obama fails to win Congress approval of a Pacific free trade agreement before leaving office in January, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Tuesday. Speaking at a joint news conference with Obama after they met at ...