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USA Giappone
Japanese convenience stores are storming into Asia, where demand is strong for nation’s service culture
Japan’s convenience store chains are expanding into Asia as a shrinking domestic market hints at saturation. In 2015, Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Lawson Inc., FamilyMart Co. and Ministop Co. had a total of more than 37,000 stores overseas in Asian. The expansion began when Southland Corp. of the United States, the ...
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Giappone
Japan’s top maker of matches to halt production after 77 years
Strike a light! It’s the end of the household match for Kanematsu-NNK Corp., which will cease production at the end of this fiscal year. The nation’s leading maker of household matches said Tuesday that its sole remaining manufacturing line at a plant in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, is now aging and ...
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Giappone
Saudis, GCC can hit back at 9/11 lawsuit bill financially, against U.S. war on terror
Saudi Arabia and its allies are warning that U.S. legislation allowing the kingdom to be sued for the 9/11 attacks will have negative repercussions. The kingdom maintains an arsenal of tools to retaliate with, including curtailing official contacts, pulling billions of dollars from the U.S. economy, and persuading its close ...
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Giappone
Reported air rage incidents on rise as carriers try to squeeze in more passengers
Incidents of unruly passengers on planes are increasing, and more effective deterrents are needed to tackle the problem, a global airline trade group said Wednesday. There were 10,854 air rage incidents reported by airlines worldwide last year, up from 9,316 incidents in 2014, according to the International Air Transport Association. ...
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Giappone
Hitachi, Toshiba, MHI eye uniting their struggling nuclear fuel businesses
Hitachi Ltd., Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. are considering integrating their nuclear fuel businesses next spring, sources said Thursday. The three companies’ nuclear businesses have been in the doldrums since the 2011 meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 atomic power plant. The integration of their fuel businesses would ...
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USA Giappone
California freezes business with Wells Fargo over massive client fraud
California State Treasurer John Chiang on Wednesday announced a sweeping suspension of business relationships with Wells Fargo & Co. as punishment for the company’s defrauding of customers. In addition, Chiang vowed to work with the state’s two giant public pension funds to change the management structure at the bank, which ...
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Brasile Argentina Nigeria
Brasil entra com processo na OMC contra subsídios dos EUA a exportação de aço
O governo brasileiro dará início a um processo na Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) para questionar medidas tributárias que vêm sendo aplicadas pelos Estados Unidos na exportação de produtos siderúrgicos nacionais. O objetivo da ação é eliminar taxas que estão sendo cobradas pelo governo norte-americano e, diferentemente da interpretação brasileira, ...
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Brasile
PEC dos gastos públicos será votada em primeiro turno até dia 11, diz relator
O relatório da proposta de emenda à Constituição (PEC) 241/2016, que limita os gastos públicos nos próximos 20 anos, será lido na terça-feira (4) na comissão especial da Câmara, disse hoje (28) o relator do texto, deputado Darcísio Perondi (PMDB-RS). Segundo ele, a ideia é aprovar o texto na quinta-feira ...
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Brasile
Temer diz que Brasil viveu "isolamento externo" nos últimos anos
O presidente Michel Temer disse hoje (28) que o Brasil precisa acabar com o “relativo isolamento” da política exterior dos últimos anos e criticou acordos comerciais classificados por ele de “insuficientes”. Temer também comentou a situação do Mercosul, que, segundo ele, está retomando o “caminho da normalidade”, mas precisa ser ...
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Nigeria
We’re already walking out of recession, says finance minister
Finance Minister Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, yesterday said Nigeria was already walking out of the economic recession following some positive measures the Federal Government had taken. Mrs. Adeosun added that the recovery plan was to invest more in infrastructure and stop wastage in governance. The Minister, in an interview with reporters ...