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Giappone
Nippon Steel asks rivals to supplement production after fire
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has asked rival makers to help produce steel products as its plant in western Japan remains offline after a fire there last week, a company official said Friday. In addition to drawing on its existing stock and alternative production at three of its other ...
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Giappone
Dollar cuts gains to move around ¥114.70 in late Tokyo
The dollar grew top-heavy and traded around ¥114.70 in Tokyo trading late Friday, after drawing buybacks following its overnight dive triggered by investor disappointment at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s news conference. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥114.70-70, up from ¥114.27-36 at the same time Thursday. The euro was ...
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Cina USA Giappone
China posts worst export fall since 2009 as fears of U.S. trade war loom
China’s massive export engine sputtered for the second year in a row in 2016, with shipments falling in the face of persistently weak global demand and officials voicing fears of a trade war with the United States that is clouding the outlook for 2017. In one week, China’s leaders will ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rebound on buying on dips
Stocks staged a rebound on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, backed by purchases on dips following the previous day’s plunge. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 152.58 points, or 0.80 percent, to end at 19,287.28. On Thursday, the key market gauge tumbled 229.97 points. The Topix index of all first-section ...
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Giappone
Company that helps police crack phones falls victim to hackers
Cellebrite, a digital forensics firm known for helping law enforcement crack into locked smartphones, has itself fallen victim to hackers. Technology news website Motherboard said Thursday that it had obtained 900 gigabytes of data related to the Israel-based company. It said the trove of data includes customer information, databases and ...
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Cina
92-year-old woman kept in pigsty generates online rage
Footage of a 92-year-old Chinese woman reportedly kept for years by her son in a pigsty has incited an online firestorm, as China grapples with the question of how to provide for its increasingly ageing population. The woman, surnamed Yang, was kept in a pigsty by her son and daughter-in-law, ...
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Nigeria
Family planning prevents 1.6 million pregnancies in Nigeria
An NGO, Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFAH), says that increased access to family planning can prevent about 1.6 million unintended pregnancies yearly in the country. The Programme Coordinator, Ms. Anu Rotimi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in ...
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Portogallo
AEP manifesta “preocupação” com nacionalização do Novo Banco
Associação Empresarial de Portugal está preocupada com processo de venda do Novo Banco. E alerta que solução terá de passar por acionistas “verdadeiramente estratégicos”, afastando o Estado da equação num cenário de nacionalização .
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Perù
Da economia para a moda: Pires de Lima é o novo administrador da Parfois
O antigo ministro da Economia António Pires de Lima passou a integrar a administração da Parfois, anunciou hoje a marca de vestuário e acessórios de moda para mulher.
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Nigeria
ECOWAS gets U.S. ICT support
The U.S. Government has supported the ECOWAS with Information Technology and Communication equipment to enhance its early warning mechanism, as part of its partnership to promote peace and security within the sub-region. Mrs Halima Ahmed, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security said in a statement on Friday in ...