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Giappone
Aichi firm eyes the fast lane as Asia’s top race car seat maker
Though it only has 13 employees, an auto parts manufacturer in central Japan boasts a 50 percent share of the market for auto racing seats in Asia, and is regarded as one of the five biggest global brands. “We are pursuing products that can make people excited when they’re seated,” ...
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Giappone
BAT finds strong Japan demand for its Glo smokeless tobacco device
British American Tobacco said demand for its Glo tobacco heating device overwhelmed supply in its Japan test marketing, as global cigarette giants shift focus to the new product category amid a declining smoking population. The “heat but not burn” tobacco is rapidly gaining popularity in Japan. Philip Morris International said ...
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Giappone
Altered Facebook headline rocks Virginia gubernatorial race, fans ‘fake news’ fire
Facebook users beware: that headline on the politically related news article you’re reading — including this one — may not be real. An altered Facebook headline on a newspaper story involving a statue of Robert E. Lee has blown up into a major sore point in the Virginia GOP primary ...
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Giappone
Trump health care snag sends Dow plunging 1.1%, pounds banks
U.S. stocks took their biggest loss in five months Tuesday as a health care bill backed by President Donald Trump ran into trouble in Congress, which raised some questions about his agenda of faster economic growth spurred on by lower taxes and cuts in regulations. Banks plunged as bond yields ...
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USA Giappone
State confirms Dakota Access oil pipeline vandalism, including hole possibly cut by blowtorch
Authorities in South Dakota on Tuesday confirmed an incident of vandalism against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in which someone burned a hole through an empty section of pipe. Texas-based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners said in court documents Monday that there have been “recent coordinated physical attacks along the ...
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Nigeria
Why Nigerians Must Patronize Homemade Products – Mills
Modupe Mills, a dermatologist, is the chief executive officer and inventor of Momil Essential skin products. In this interview with newsmen at the just concluded 38th Kaduna International Trade Fair, she stress the need for Nigerians to patronize locally made products. Msue Aza was there for LEADERSHIP What is Momil ...
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USA
US To Ban Airline Passengers From Carrying Large Electronics
Passengers on some U.S.-bound foreign airline flights will have to check electronic devices larger than a cell phone once U.S. authorities formalize a new ban in response to an unspecified terrorism threat, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday. The new rule is expected to be announced Tuesday by the Department ...
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Nigeria
. . . As Presidency Says PMB Will Take Nigeria To Promised Land
President Muhammadu Buhari is fulfilling his campaign promises to Nigerians, particularly in stimulating the economy for job creation, anti-corruption campaign and security of lives and property. Addressing a delegation of Northern Youths Initiative for Peace and Good Governance yesterday in Abuja, the Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria Moving Out Of Economic Recession – Report
A report released by World Economics, a financial analysis organisation, yesterday says Nigeria is on its way out of recession. The reports titled: Sales Managers’ Index (SMI), released Tuesday said, “The data suggests that the Nigerian economy has started growing out of the recession which saw 10 months of consecutive ...
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Nigeria
Popular Kaduna Market Where Operating Business In Shops Is ‘Forbidden’
Kasuwar Monday is a business place in Kaduna which serves as a major trade base for foodstuff and other goods. MIDAT JOSEPH writes that rather than operate business in shops and stalls, buying and selling of items in the market is basically done on the bare dusty floor which has ...