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Giappone
New think tank in Japan offers tips on LGBT awareness, market potential
As the nation slowly turns its eye to the concerns and needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, more companies are starting to respect sexual minorities as employees as well as consumers. Given such changes, advertising giant Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc. launched in June a think tank, Japan LGBT ...
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Giappone
Uber set to test self-driving cars for passengers in Pittsburgh, with human backup
In a few weeks, Uber will start using self-driving cars to carry passengers in Pittsburgh, raising the stakes in an intensifying race to deploy autonomous vehicles. The ride-hailing company said Thursday that customers will be able to opt into the test program, which will use autonomous Ford Fusions summoned through ...
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USA Giappone
Alleged false Rio robbery claim may cut Ryan Lochte’s commercial victory lap short
The week after winning his sixth career Olympic gold in Rio, U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte should have been doing a victory lap, cashing in on his performance with fresh sponsorship deals. Instead, one of America’s most decorated swimmers is accused by Brazilian police of inventing a story about an armed ...
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Giappone
Obama administration to phase out private prisons; operators’ stock dives
The Obama administration said Thursday it will phase out its contracts with private prisons, affecting thousands of federal inmates. The decision announced by the Justice Department comes after an audit this month found that private facilities have more safety and security problems than the government-run prisons. The federal prison population ...
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USA Giappone
Twitter reports suspending 360,000 accounts over ‘violent extremism’
Twitter said Thursday it has suspended 360,000 accounts since mid-2015 for violating its policies banning the promotion of terrorism and violent extremism. The San Francisco-based company said in a blog post that it has also made progress in preventing users who were suspended from immediately returning to the platform using ...
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Brasile
Alison e Bruno batem italianos e conquistam ouro no vôlei de praia
Última vez que o Brasil conquistou um ouro olímpico na modalidade foi em Atenas, em 2004, com Emanuel e Ricardo
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Turchia
Syria policy a ‘source of many sufferings’ for Turkey
Deputy Foreign Minister Numan Kurtulmuş on Aug. 17 described Ankara’s Syria policy as “a source of many sufferings for Turkey today”
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Spagna
Economía/Bolsa.- El Ibex 35 rebota un 0,74% y rompe una racha bajista de dos sesiones, por encima de los 8.500 puntos
MADRID, 18 (EUROPA PRESS) El Ibex 35 ha rebotado un 0,74% al cierre de mercado y ha frenado una racha bajista de dos sesiones consecutivas a la baja, con lo que el selectivo se ha aupado por encima de los 8.500 puntos.
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USA
Gene Marks: NY Fed finds employers are cutting jobs because of Obamacare
This has not been a good week for the nation's public health insurance market.
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USA
How Uber plans to put its own drivers out of business
'The goal is to wean us off of having drivers in the car,' the company's co-founder told Businessweek.