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Etiopia
Record Bids for Holiday Bazaars
Eyoha Promotion Plc has listed a 31.2 million Br bid to host the upcoming Ethiopian Christmas and Easter Holiday bazaars at the Addis Abeba Exhibition Centre & Market Development Enterprise…
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USA Vietnam
Vietnam to delay vote on US-led Pacific trade pact
HANOI - Vietnam is set to delay ratifying a major US-led Pacific trade pact until next year, as anxiety rises over the fate of the deal with America’s presidential election campaign exacerbating an anti-free trade mood.
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Thailandia
SET falls 2.85 to 1,489.88 at opening
Thai stocks opened down 0.19% at the start of trade this morning.
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Giappone
Tokyo Metro to launch left-luggage service aimed at foreign visitors
Tokyo Metro Co. said Tuesday that it will launch a left-luggage service on a trial basis at Ginza Station in Tokyo for tourists from overseas. With the service, the subway operator hopes tourists will enjoy shopping without having to carry around heavy luggage. Tokyo Metro will open a service counter ...
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Giappone
Japan’s convenience store sales up in August for third straight month
Sales of convenience stores in increased by 0.6 percent in August from a year earlier, up for the third straight month, backed by brisk sales of cold noodles, beverages and other summer items amid relatively hot weather. Same store sales of nine major chains totaled ¥869.4 billion ($8.53 billion), the ...
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Giappone
Dollar falls to ¥101.70 as BOJ reviews policy
The dollar moved weakly around ¥101.70 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, dampened by stocks and dumping by investors in Europe. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥101.68-69, down from ¥101.91-91 at the same time Friday. The euro was at $1.1202-1202, down from $1.1234-1235, at ¥113.91-92, down from ¥114.49-50. The ...
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Giappone
Land prices cease falling in Japan amid demand for tourist infrastructure
Average commercial land prices in Japan were almost flat in July, an improvement from eight straight years of decline, thanks partly to robust demand for city hotel and shop construction to meet foreign tourist demand, the government said Tuesday. Prices across the country were up 0.005 percent on July 1 ...
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Giappone
As BOJ begins two-day meeting, all eyes on review of monetary policy
The Bank of Japan kicked off a two-day policy meeting Tuesday amid growing speculation that the BOJ may further loosen its monetary grip after carrying out a “comprehensive assessment” of the aggressive easing steps it has implemented over the past three years. BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said in a Sept. ...
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Giappone
Nikkei dips on Fast Retailing sale, strong yen
The Nikkei average fell slightly on Tuesday, dragged down by heavyweight component Fast Retailing and the strong yen. The Nikkei lost 27.14 points, or 0.16 percent, to end at 16,492.15. On Friday, it climbed 114.28 points. But the Topix closed up 5.47 points, or 0.42 percent, at 1,316.97, after rising ...
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Giappone
In hot water, bathroom fittings firm Lixil hires outsider to fix pipes
Early last year, big bets started to go wrong for a Japanese giant of toilets and faucets. Founded in a five-firm merger, fattened by a spree of global acquisitions, Lixil Group Corp. was suddenly rocked by a Chinese accounting scandal. After a ¥66.2 billion writedown, Lixil turned to an outsider ...