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Bolivia Algeria Italia
Vers la relance de l’industrie des levures
«C’est officiel, le processus de réouverture de l’usine de production des levures de Bouchegouf (wilaya de Guelma) est lancé. Des mesures sont en train d’être mises en œuvre pour faire aboutir des négociations au stade très avancé d’un partenariat avec la société Pakmaya du groupe turc Garipoglu, leader de production ...
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Paesi Bassi
Een school zoals Maria Montessori het écht bedoelde
Maria Montessori had een haat-liefdeverhouding met Nederland. Ze vond het mooi dat haar scholen hier door de overheid worden bekostigd, maar die scholen geven een eigen draai aan het montessorionderwijs. Casa in Pijnacker is een van de weinige scholen die Montessori’s gedachtengoed naar de letter volgen.
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Nigeria
Stoppen voordat de boerendroom een nachtmerrie is
De Nederlandse landbouw maakt boeren financieel, emotioneel en sociaal kapot, ervaren melkveehouders Herman en José Bongen. ‘Met tachtig uur werken raak je je leven, je gezin kwijt.’
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Giappone
Dollar trades tightly amid lack of trading incentives
The dollar traded in a narrow range around ¥113.80 in Tokyo trading on Monday, lacking a clear direction in the absence of fresh trading incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.79-79, down from ¥114.26-26 at the same time Friday. The euro was at $1.0598-0599, up from $1.0520-0521, and ...
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Giappone
Strong yen continues to drive down stocks
Stocks retreated further on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, hurt by the yen’s rise against the dollar and other major currencies. The 225-issue Nikkei average shed 90.03 points, or 0.46 percent, to finish at 19,379.14. On Friday, the key market gauge fell 95.63 points. The Topix index of all first-section ...
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Giappone
Japan one of the world’s most cash-dependent countries: BOJ report
Japan is one of the most cash-dependent countries in the world, according to a recent Bank of Japan report. The report, based on Bank for International Settlements data for 2015, said the ratio of cash in circulation to nominal gross domestic product was 19.4 percent in 2015, the highest among ...
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Giappone
Honda’s N-Box minicar best-selling vehicle for third straight month in February
Honda Motor Co.’s N-Box minicar was the best-selling car in Japan for the third straight month in February, data from industry bodies showed Monday. Japan’s third-biggest carmaker by volume sold 19,429 N-Box cars in February, up 8.6 percent from a year earlier. Nissan Motor Co.’s Dayz mini model was second ...
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Giappone
Lawson offers specialized services for elderly customers
A convenience store retailer is adding elderly care support services to several of its stores, motivated by the surge in Japan’s rapidly aging population. While other convenience store chains have added meal delivery services to target older generations, Lawson Inc. has opened service areas that cater to elderly consumers at ...
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Giappone
BOJ faces call to release handbrake, let longer yields rise
The Bank of Japan is caught in a quandary: to let bond yields rise or not. Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda wants to make longer-maturity debt more attractive by letting yields move higher, yet doing so will put pressure on his efforts to keep 10-year borrowing costs close to zero. He will ...
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Cina Giappone
In China’s rustbelt, displaced heavy industry workers lose hope in the wake of massive downsizing
After protests by unpaid coal miners made headlines around the world last year as China’s parliament was meeting, a $15 billion assistance fund offered by the ruling Communist Party became a symbol of the government’s need to ensure social stability. As the National People’s Congress gathers again a year later, ...