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Nigeria
Naira Firms To N505/$ As Analysts See Increased Confidence
Financial analysts are optimistic that the new foreign exchange policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would further increase the confidence in the Nigerian forex market even as the value of the naira further strengthened at the parallel market. The naira which sold at an all time high of ...
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Thailandia
SET down 2.91 points at opening
Thai stocks opened down 0.19% at the start of trade this morning.
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Thailandia
Coffee shops to continue opening after closure surge
The Thai coffee shop business is expected to grow 15-20% this year despite the closure of many cafes in the past year, according to the Specialty Coffee Association of Thailand (SCATH).
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USA Giappone
WHO and partners intensify health response to South Sudan cholera outbreak
Source: World Health Organization Country: South SudanThe outbreak poses a significant threat given the security concerns in affected and at-risk locations and the drastic deterioration of the health care infrastructure.14 February 2017, Juba, South Sudan - Despite the ongoing complex humanitarian crises in South Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) in ...
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India USA Canada Francia Giappone
New grant to help UNICEF strengthen efforts to tackle cholera in Haiti
Source: UN News Service Country: Haiti, JapanThe $2.6 million grant from Japan will help finance interventions across the island nation with an emphasis on the cholera-prone departments of Center, North, West, Grand'Anse, Sud (South), and Artibonite.22 February 2017 – A new grant from the Government of Japan will allow the United ...
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Giappone
Holdout Dakota pipeline protesters face police as deadline passes
Several dozen demonstrators, the last holdouts from a mass protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline, faced off against riot police on Wednesday as they defied a deadline to end their months-long occupation of an encampment on federal land. Police arrested a handful of protesters who confronted them with taunts late ...
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Giappone
Apple ‘spaceship’ campus ready for boarding
Apple on Wednesday announced that workers will start boarding its futuristic new “spaceship” campus in Silicon Valley in April, fulfilling a vision set out by late founder Steve Jobs. The process of moving more than 12,000 people to a new campus that Jobs envisioned as a “center for creativity and ...
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Giappone
Ghosn taps veteran Nissan exec Saikawa to replace him as CEO
Carlos Ghosn, who leads Nissan and Renault, has tapped Hiroto Saikawa, a veteran Japanese executive at Nissan, to replace him as chief executive at the Japanese automaker, although Ghosn will stay on as chairman. Nissan Motor Co., based in Yokohama, made the announcement in a statement Thursday. The appointment, effective ...
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Giappone
AI-programmed Astro Boy robot kit to debut in magazine’s monthly issues
A kit to gradually assemble an artificial intelligence-programmed robot based on Astro Boy, an iconic work by the late manga artist Osamu Tezuka, will be put on sale, Kodansha Ltd. and other firms said Wednesday. Parts needed to build the 44-cm robot will be available in a weekly magazine to ...
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Giappone
Jobless in Missouri face losing even more benefits under GOP bill
Missouri’s unemployed could again face losing several weeks of state help under a Republican-backed plan advanced Wednesday to cut the duration of jobless benefits down to one of the shortest periods nationally. The bill, which needs a second House vote of approval to move to the Senate, is a revival ...