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Giappone
Japan ex-finance vice minister: Trump’s lack of reference to yen ‘amazing’
Donald Trump has repeatedly made waves with emphatic tweets and striking statements, but Japan’s former currency chief is more surprised about what the president-elect isn’t talking about: the yen. “What’s amazing is that he hasn’t said anything about the yen,” Tatsuo Yamasaki, a former vice finance minister for international affairs, ...
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Giappone
Nowhere left to run away to as Ringling Bros. closes ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ after 146 years
Goodbye to death-defying feats — daring young men (and women) on the flying trapeze, whip-wielding lion tamers, human cannonballs. Goodbye to the scent of peanuts and popcorn, the thrill of three rings, the jaunty bum-bum-dadadada of circus music. Send out the clowns. The Big Top is coming down — for ...
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Portogallo
Marques Mendes: José Eduardo Moniz foi convidado para ser o candidato do PSD a Lisboa mas recusou
O comentador falou de outros temas: criticou o PSD por causa da decisão de votar contra a descida da TSU que resultou do acordo de concertação social; criticou o Governo por não ter falado com os partidos quando fez este acordo; criticou o Governo por causa da trajectória dos juros ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Wellington business confidence drops, with earthquake and flooding to blame
Business confidence has plummeted in Wellington following back-to-back natural disasters.
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Kenya
Business News: Why Kenya may have got short end of the stick in SGR locomotives deal
Last week's arrival of the first batch of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) locomotives has done little to quell public debate on whether Kenya really got value for money.
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Kenya
Business: Why Kenya may have got short end of the stick in SGR locomotives deal
Last week's arrival of the first batch of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) locomotives has done little to quell public debate on whether Kenya really got value for money.
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Nigeria
Why Nigerians will become poorer with rising oil prices
Henry Boyo Crude oil price has steadily increased beyond $50/barrel after OPEC agreed to cut output by about 1.2 million barrels/day in November 2016. Nigeria’s export revenue prospects will consequently be boosted, if this price trend is sustained, particularly if restiveness is minimised in the Niger Delta. However, much against ...
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Nigeria
Leveraging the oil price rally
A thin ray of light has pierced Nigeria’s gloomy skies. International crude oil prices held steady above the $55 per barrel threshold on Friday while, two days before, the World Bank reaffirmed its forecast of a return to positive growth for Africa’s largest economy. The prospects present two classic challenges: ...
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USA Canada Francia Argentina
L’Algérie se tourne vers le Royaume-Uni
Compte tenu de la mauvaise récolte céréalière enregistrée durant la saison 2015/2016, l’Office algérien interprofessionnel des céréales (OAIC) est aujourd’hui contraint de multiplier ses sorties sur le marché international pour l’achat de quantités importantes de blé. Selon l’agence Reuters, l’Algérie a acheté, à ce jour, 181 587 tonnes de blé britannique ...
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Senegal
Sanoussi Diakité invite l'Etat à protéger les inventeurs
Dakar, 15 jan (APS) - Le président de l'Association sénégalaise pour la promotion de l'invention et de l'innovation (ASPI), Sanoussy Diakité, a invité, samedi à Dakar, l'Etat à protéger les inventeurs, mettant en garde contre les risques d'une dévalorisation de la propriété intellectuelle. Dakar, 15 jan (APS) - Le président ...