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Etiopia
Ethiopia Extends Emergency Law
Ethiopia’s Parliament has voted to extend the state of emergency by four months. Tabled today, March 29, 2017, a bill titled “State of Emergency Proclamation for the Maintenance of Public…
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Nuova Zelanda
New Zealand's boom towns revealed
Regional GDP growth is up across 12 out of New Zealand's 15 regions, according to the latest data from Statistics NZ.The results show the GDP statistics in the financial year to March 2016.Bay of Plenty tops the country's growth...
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USA
Korea increases US dollar share of foreign exchange reserves in 2016
South Korea's central bank said Thursday it increased the portion of US dollar-denominated assets in its foreign exchang
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Corea del Sud
Seoul shares down 0.26% in late-morning trade
South Korean stocks snapped earlier gains and turned bearish late Thursday morning, as widening losses in airlines and f
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Giappone
Dollar eases to around ¥111 in late Tokyo trading
The dollar eased to around ¥111 in Tokyo trading late Thursday, with traders retreating to the sidelines ahead of Japan’s fiscal year-end on Friday. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥111.06-07, down from ¥111.09-10 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.0737-0737, down from $1.0784-0785, and at ...
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Giappone
Failed gamble leaves Toshiba investors irate
Shareholders of struggling Toshiba Corp. Thursday slammed management for a disastrous plunge caused by the company’s failed nuclear gamble, questioning whether the 142-year-old conglomerate can survive the aftermath. “Do you remember last year’s shareholders meeting? (Toshiba said) nuclear power and flash memory would be two core businesses,” a Toshiba investor ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks fall on halt to yen’s drop
Stocks lost ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, with investor sentiment hurt by a halt to the yen’s weakening against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average shed 154.26 points, or 0.80 percent, to close at 19,063.22. On Wednesday, the key market gauge gained 14.61 points. The Topix index of ...
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Giappone
Bankrupt travel agency Tellmeclub admits to faking profits to stay afloat
A failed budget travel agency that offered overseas tours repeatedly misrepresented its finances since 2014, according to a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings obtained by Kyodo News on Thursday. The Tokyo-based travel agency Tellmeclub incurred an operating loss of more than ¥1.5 billion ($13.5 million) in its last financial year ...
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Giappone
FDA approves first drug for primary progressive MS
U.S. regulators have approved the first drug for an aggressive kind of multiple sclerosis that steadily reduces coordination and the ability to walk. The Food and Drug Administration approved Ocrevus late Tuesday after a large study found it slowed progression of the neurological disease and reduced symptoms. While there are ...
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Giappone
February domestic vehicle output marks strongest increase in three years
The nation’s carmakers in February logged their largest domestic output in nearly three years, it was learned Wednesday. According to data from the automakers, the combined domestic output by eight major makers rose 12.5 percent from a year earlier to 810,994 vehicles in the reporting month, extending the uptrend to ...