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Giappone Taiwan
Hon Hai’s Gou says ‘very serious’ about Toshiba chip unit bid
Terry Gou is heading back to Japan. The head of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., who waged a years-long battle against regulators and rivals for control of Sharp Corp., said he is “very serious” about bidding for Toshiba Corp.’s memory chip business. Toshiba plans to sell some or all ...
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Giappone
Dollar soars to ¥113.50 on Fed rate hike bets, Trump address
The dollar surged to levels around ¥113.50 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, as an increasing number of investors moved to bet on an early interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve following a hawkish comment by a Fed policymaker. U.S. President Donald Trump’s closely watched address to a joint ...
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Giappone
Yamato Transport looks at ways to ease burdens on drivers as online purchases skyrocket
Amid its annual shunto spring wage negotiations, major courier firm Yamato Transport Co. said Wednesday it may seek to implement measures to ease burdens placed on delivery drivers to improve working conditions. Under consideration is a plan that would eliminate one of the time slots in which parcels are delivered. ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks soar on weaker yen, Trump’s speech
Stocks soared on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, as investors took heart from the yen’s drop and felt a sense of relief that U.S. President Donald Trump’s congressional speech offered no negative surprises. The key 225-issue Nikkei average jumped 274.55 points, or 1.44 percent, to end at 19,393.54. On Tuesday, ...
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Nigeria
DPC Urges CBN To Sustain Strengthening Of Naira
The Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria, Governor, Dr. Godwin Emefiele and Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun to avoid monetary policies that allegedly triggered the economic recession now that the naira is beginning to appreciate against the dollar. The DPC in a statement by ...
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Portogallo
Empréstimos ao consumo aumentam em janeiro para 24,107 mil milhões de euros
Total de empréstimos concedidos pelos bancos a particulares para consumo e outros fins aumentou em janeiro para 24,107 mil milhões de euros, de acordo com dados divulgados pelo Banco de Portugal (BdP).
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USA
Tourist arrivals increase by 22 per cent in January
Tourist arrivals in January reached 104,069 a 21.8 per cent increase when compared to the same month last year. The National Statistics Office said 91,554 trips were for holiday purposes, 8,735 for business. Arrivals from EU states went up by 27.4 per cent to 90,541. The majority of tourists were aged between ...
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USA Malta
EU survey shows strong economic optimism in Malta
The government has hailed an EU-wide survey showing business optimism at its highest in Malta. The survey, commissioned by the European Commission, shows the index of economic sentiment in February at 115, the highest among EU states, and, the government said, 25 per cent higher than in February of the last ...
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USA
Commission imagines five scenarios for the EU in 2025
The European Commission has presented the 27 EU member states with five potential scenarios for the future of Europe. The scenarios are laid out in a white paper imagining what the EU could look like in 2025 and range from "carrying on" to "nothing but the single market" to "doing much ...
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Malta
Drug addict to be repatriated after serving 7-year jail term
A Sicilian national with an expensive drug habit has been handed a seven-year jail term after he admitted to multiple charges of theft and damage to third party property exceeding €100,000 in value. Carmelo Ciranna, 41, committed nine cases of aggravated theft and several others of damage to third party property ...