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Giappone Venezuela
As Venezuela starves, military seen trafficking imported food along bribery chain
When hunger drew tens of thousands of Venezuelans to the streets last summer in protest, President Nicolas Maduro turned to the military to manage the country’s diminished food supply, putting generals in charge of everything from butter to rice. But instead of fighting hunger, the military is making money from ...
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Giappone
Businesses ready fight against red state bathroom bills
Sean Henry, the president of Tennessee’s NHL team, is stunned he even has to explain why he hopes state legislators will snub bills similar to North Carolina’s transgender bathroom law, which has consumed that state for months and scared off businesses and sporting events. The Nashville Predators team is among ...
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Kenya
Business News: Drop in tea and coffee exports eat into Kenya's foreign earnings
Kenya's export earnings dropped by 12.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2016 following reduced performance in the tea, coffee and horticulture sectors.
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Cina
Business News: China takes new step to downgrade dollar prominence
China took another step to degrade the dollar in defining the value of its currency, in an effort that cuts against its rival's stubbornly strong hold on the global financial system.
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Cina
Business: China takes new step to downgrade dollar prominence
China took another step to degrade the dollar in defining the value of its currency, in an effort that cuts against its rival's stubbornly strong hold on the global financial system.
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Kenya
Business: Drop in tea and coffee exports eat into Kenya's foreign earnings
Kenya's export earnings dropped by 12.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2016 following reduced performance in the tea, coffee and horticulture sectors.
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Cina
Innovation and Change: New Year's Central Themes for Big 5 Business Groups
New year's central themes for Korea's big-five business groups can be summarized into two keywords--innovation and change. In a situation where the special prosecutors intensify investigations over President Park Geun-hye and her confidante Choi Soon-sil, the business groups are beleaguered by a string of negative setbacks such as the rising wave ...
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USA
Korean Exports Down 5.9% in 2016
Korea's exports fell for two straight years in annual terms. The country, however, posted a trade surplus as its imports also declined. According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy on January 1, the nation's exports amounted to US$495.5 billion last year, down 5.9 percent from a year ago. ...
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Nigeria
Kano businessman abducted in Okene
Ted Odogwu, Kano A Kano-based business tycoon, identified as Alhaji Ismaila Zubairu is feared to have been kidnapped by unknown persons in Okene, Kogi State, during a business trip. Family sources said the incident occurred on Friday at about 8.15pm in Okengwe on the Okene -Akure highway, where he disappeared ...
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USA Nigeria
Financial market watch for the week ended December 30, 2016
Local economy news According to statistics from the Central Bank of Nigeria, the apex bank spent $4bn from the nation’s external reserves to defend the local currency in 12 months, despite the staggering crash in the value of the naira against the United States dollar and other major foreign currencies ...