• Giappone

    Government gearing up to sell another tranche of Japan Post shares

    The government will start preparations to sell an additional parcel of Japan Post Holdings Co. shares, with the transaction expected to take place in July or later. The post Government gearing up to sell another tranche of Japan Post shares appeared first on The Japan Times.

  • Giappone

    Dollar falls to ¥114 in Tokyo on renewed British exit woes

    The dollar slid to levels around ¥114 in Tokyo trading on Monday, with the Japanese currency attracting risk-averse purchases amid fresh concerns over Britain’s upcoming exit from the European Union. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥114.06-06, down from ¥114.70-70 the same time Friday. The euro was at $1.0612-0613, ...

  • Giappone

    Nikkei falls as yen makes upward push

    Stocks turned lower on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, weighed down by the yen’s ascent. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 192.04 points, or 1.00 percent, to close at 19,095.24. On Friday, the key market gauge gained 152.58 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues finished down 14.25 points, ...

  • Giappone

    BOJ lifts assessment of three regional economies

    The Bank of Japan on Monday lifted its economic assessment of three of the country’s nine regions, citing a pickup in consumer spending. “The effects of the decline in stock prices after early 2016 and of the irregular weather seen that summer has waned,” the central bank said in its ...

  • Cina Giappone

    Wholesale prices logged 3.4% drop in 2016

    Wholesale prices in 2016 fell 3.4 percent to log their second consecutive annual decline as the yen advanced and crude oil prices sank on the back of slowdowns in China and other emerging economies, the Bank of Japan said Monday. The data cast a pall over the outlook for the ...

  • Giappone

    Core machinery orders fell 5.1% in November

    Seasonally adjusted core machinery orders fell 5.1 percent in November to log the first decline in two months, the Cabinet Office said Monday. Private-sector orders, excluding those for ships and power equipment, are closely watched as a leading indicator of corporate capital spending and totaled ¥833.7 billion in November. While ...

  • Giappone

    Inpex, ADNOC agree to extend joint oil field development in Abu Dhabi

    Energy developer Inpex Corp. said Monday it has reached an agreement in principle with Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) to extend the development of two oil fields off Abu Dhabi. The development of the Satah and Umma Al Dalkh fields, which together produce about 35,000 barrels of oil per ...

  • USA

    UN rights chief highlights continuing impunity in South Sudan

    Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Mission in South Sudan Country: South SudanA UN report details the grave human rights violations and abuses, as well as serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Juba during and after the fighting that occurred between 8 and 12 ...

  • Etiopia

    Are we selling the nation out

    Can someone explain to me why this government is selling the Ethiopian Shipping Lines (ESL) S.C (a minority sake, for now). Is the government so short of money to run its business and service its loans that it has to look for such a short cut? Or is this a ...

  • Etiopia

    New campaign sheds light on first 1,000 days of a child’s life

    Nearly 250 million children in developing countries are at risk of poor development due to stunting and poverty. In Ethiopia, lack of nutrition in children can cost up to 16.5 percent of the country’s GDP. These are some of the key figures that are included in the State of World’s ...