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India launches record 104 satellites
India has created history by successfully launching 104 satellites on a single mission, overtaking the previous record of 37 satellites launched by Russia in 2014. All but three of the satellites are from foreign countries, most of them from the United States, the BBC reports. The launch took place from ...
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Cina USA
China Warns US Against Fresh Naval Patrols In South China Sea
China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday warned Washington against challenging its sovereignty, responding to reports the United States was planning fresh naval patrols in the disputed South China Sea. On Sunday, the Navy Times reported that U.S. Navy and Pacific Command leaders were considering freedom of navigation patrols in the busy ...
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Nigeria
Recession: Tambuwal Suggests Capital Projects Execution As Way Out
Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has suggested possible pathway for the nation to overcome recession, saying that embarking on capital projects such as road construction and injection of more monies into the economy remained the best way out of the current recession. He also blamed the immediate past government ...
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USA Nigeria
Nigeria Already Getting Out Of Recession – Presidency
The federal government has said that the Nigerian economy is already on its way out of recession. The government based it’s assertion on the 8-fold over subscription of its recent Eurobond (orders in excess of US$7.8 billion compared to a pre-issuance target of US$1bn), which the government posits has demonstrated ...
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Giappone
Dollar climbs to ¥114.50 in Tokyo on Yellen remarks
The dollar climbed to levels around ¥114.50 in Tokyo trading Wednesday after U.S. Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen suggested overnight that the central bank is open to an interest rate hike as early as next month. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥114.47-51, up from ¥113.55-59 at the same ...
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USA Giappone
SoftBank to buy Fortress Investment Group for $3.3 billion
SoftBank Group Corp. is buying alternative-asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC for $3.3 billion in cash to operate alongside the company’s soon-to-be-established technology investment fund. SoftBank will pay $8.08 a share for New York-based Fortress, a 39 percent premium to the company’s Feb. 13 closing price, according to a statement ...
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Giappone
Toshiba’s latest confusion could complicate path to revival
Another scandal, revealed by a whistleblower, has hit already-embattled Toshiba Corp., further eroding the market credibility of its corporate governance. At noon Tuesday, the 140-year-old company, which has been working to put an accounting scandal behind it, missed a deadline to release an earnings report for the April to December ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rebound on yen’s fall, brisk U.S. equities
Stocks staged a sharp rebound on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, boosted by the yen’s drop and strengthening U.S. equities overnight. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 199.00 points, or 1.03 percent, to end at 19,437.98. On Tuesday, the key market gauge lost 220.17 points. The Topix index of all first-section ...
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Giappone
Toyota to recall all 2,800 Mirai hydrogen-fueled cars sold worldwide
Toyota Motor Corp. said on Wednesday it was recalling all of the roughly 2,800 zero-emission Mirai cars on the road due to problems with the output voltage generated by their fuel cell system. Toyota said that under unique driving conditions, such as if the accelerator pedal is depressed to the ...
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Giappone
Dentsu to launch work reform panel over employee suicide; profits projected to drop
Advertising giant Dentsu Inc. will set up an independent committee to oversee working environment reforms in the wake of public uproar sparked by the death of a young employee who committed suicide due to overwork. The independent committee, announced Tuesday, will comprise a former labor ministry official and two lawyers ...