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India
AB InBev Pays $6M to Settle India Bribery Accusations
Anheuser-Busch InBev will pay $6 million to settle charges by U.S. regulators that a joint venture in India paid off government officials to boost sales and production, then tried to quiet an employee who raised the issue.
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Italia
S&P taglia le stime di crescita per l'Italia, PIL +0,9% nel 2016
(Teleborsa) - L'agenzia di rating S&P ha rivisto al ribasso la stima sulla crescita del Prodotto Interno Lordo italiano, nel giorno in cui il Governo Renzi ha limato...
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Giappone
Otsuka opens new medical-foods factory
A joint venture involving Japan's Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co opened a new factory in Thailand on Wednesday to produce medical foods, which are nutritional products developed specifically for the dietary management of disease.
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Corea del Sud
HDC Shilla, Shinsegae to vie for duty-free stores in Seoul
Shinsegae Group and a joint venture between Shilla Hotel and Hyundai Development said Wednesday that they will apply for
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Giappone
Auto output in Japan up 9.2% on year in August
Japan’s automobile production rose 9.2 percent in August from a year earlier to 621,349 vehicles, data released by eight major carmakers showed Wednesday, indicating many have fully recovered from disruptions caused by earthquakes this spring. Domestic production at Japan’s top three automakers — Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and ...
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Giappone
Japan’s private-sector wage average rises for third straight year
The average earnings of private-sector workers in Japan in 2015 increased ¥54,000 from the preceding year to ¥4,204,000, up for the third year in a row, the National Tax Agency said in a survey report Wednesday. The increase apparently reflected improvements in the employment situation, such as an increase in ...
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Giappone
Have a moving seat: Nissan applies autonomous vehicle tech to chairs
Hate standing in line at your favorite restaurant? Carmaker Nissan claims to have just the thing for those sore legs. A company video released Tuesday re-enacts a busy restaurant with patrons waiting outside. They’re all sitting in a row of chairs but they won’t have to stand when the next ...
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Giappone
Dollar firmer near ¥100.80 in Tokyo amid Euro selling
The dollar climbed to levels near ¥100.80 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, on the back of euro selling against the U.S. unit. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥100.74-76, up from ¥100.53-54 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.1191-1193, down from $1.1248-1248, and at ¥112.76-77, down ...
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Giappone
Environment minister urges Eurus to scale back Hokkaido wind project
Environment minister Koichi Yamamoto is urging the planners of a wind development project on the northern island of Hokkaido to scale back the operation out of concern for how the plan would affect rare birds found in the area. Tokyo-based Eurus Energy Holdings Corp., along with Wakkanai Green Factory Co., ...
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Giappone
Japan to tighten taxation rules on overseas dummy companies
The government will tighten taxation rules on dummy companies set up in foreign countries with low corporate tax rates in order to prevent tax avoidance, government sources said. The new taxation rules call for imposing the nation’s corporate tax rate on dummy corporations overseas regardless of tax rates adopted by ...