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USA
US President Trump to boost defense spending
U.S. President Donald Trump will ask Congress to boost Pentagon spending in the next fiscal year by $54 billion in his first budget proposal and slash the same amount from non-defense spending, including a large reduction in foreign aid.
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Turchia
P&G makes investment in Turkey’s Gebze to boost indigenous output, signals new projects
The U.S.-based Procter and Gamble (P&G) has made its 250 million-Turkish lira ($70 million) investment in the northwestern province of Kocaeli’s Gebze district online and signaled new investments, as reported by Reuters on Feb. 28.
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Cina
China says it has received its largest foreign drone order: Report
An undisclosed buyer has placed the largest overseas order for China’s home-developed military drones, the Xinhua news agency has reported, in a boost for the Chinese arms industry’s efforts to increase export volumes
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Argentina
Telefónica refuerza la inversión en la Argentina y empieza el despliegue de una nueva red fija
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Spagna
Economía/Finanzas.- Corporación Financiera Alba gana 407,8 millones en 2016, un 51% más
br /> MADRID, 28 (EUROPA PRESS) Corporación Financiera Alba registró un beneficio neto consolidado de 407,8 millones de euros en el ejercicio 2016, lo que supone un 51,3% más que el año anterior, debido a los mayores beneficios de sus empresas asociadas, especialmente Indra.
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Spagna
Economía/Empresas.- Natra entra en 'números rojos' en 2016 al perder 12,2 millones
br /> MADRID, 28 (EUROPA PRESS) Natra registró unas pérdidas de 12,2 millones de euros en el ejercicio 2016, frente al beneficio de 4,46 millones de euros que obtuvo el año anterior, de acuerdo con las cuentas remitidas por la compañía a la Comisión Nacional del ...
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USA
US economy slows in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON - US economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter as previously reported, with robust consumer spending offset by downward revisions to business and government investment.
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Etiopia
Climate Insurance Hot Prospect for Ethiopia
[Addis Fortune] Weather-Based index insurance is a tool for small farmers to manage climate risk.
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India
Court rejects plea to abort foetus with Down’s Syndrome
India’s top court Tuesday denied a plea by a pregnant woman to terminate her 26-week old foetus diagnosed with Down’s Syndrome, the latest in a string of women to have her abortion request rejected. Indian law does not permit terminations after 20 weeks but the Supreme Court has made exceptions ...
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Nigeria
Ban on okada, keke will affect Nigeria’s economy – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that motorcycles and tricycles should not be banned nationwide because doing so would affect the nation’s economy negatively. Amaechi said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the celebration of the national day of Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repairers and Riders ...