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Italia
L'attività manifatturiera in Italia ai massimi dal 2011
Accelera più del previsto in Italia l'attività del settore manifatturiero, segnando i massimi da marzo 2011. L'indice Pmi rilevato da Markit/Adaci è infatti salito a...
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Giappone
Dollar weaker around ¥111.40 in Tokyo
The dollar was weaker around ¥111.40 in Tokyo trading late Monday, dampened chiefly by position-adjustment selling. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥111.42-42, down from ¥111.78-79 at the same time Friday. The euro was at $1.0666-0667, down from $1.0690-0692, and at ¥118.85-86, down from ¥119.51-58. After rising to around ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rebound on improved business sentiment
Stocks turned higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday as business sentiment improved among large Japanese manufacturers in the Bank of Japan’s latest tankan survey. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 73.97 points, or 0.39 percent, to end at 18,983.23. On Friday, the key market gauge lost 153.96 points, marking the ...
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Giappone
Tepco’s newly appointed president vows to revive business, take responsibility for Fukushima
Tomoaki Kobayakawa said Monday he will push through reforms while fulfilling the firm’s responsibilities over the 2011 disaster at its Fukushima nuclear power plant. The post Tepco’s newly appointed president vows to revive business, take responsibility for Fukushima appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Astellas to acquire Belgian drug-discovery firm for up to €800 million
Astellas Pharma Inc. said Monday it will acquire a full stake in Belgian clinical-stage drug-discovery firm Ogeda SA for up to €800 million ($854 million). The purchase is part of the Tokyo-based pharmaceutical company’s strategy to strengthen its long-term growth by buying out firms with high-level expertise in research and ...
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Giappone
Almost 900,000 new recruits mark first day at work
An estimated 890,000 new recruits at companies, public offices and other organizations marked their first day at work on Monday, the first business day of the new fiscal year. Job availability for graduates has continued to improve over the past several years, with 90.6 percent of those slated to graduate ...
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Giappone
Koike’s plan for Tepco to remove utility poles in Tokyo an Olympian task
Making one of the world’s biggest cities beautiful is a task beleaguered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is unlikely to relish. Tepco, which is facing $144 billion in cleanup costs in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, has been assigned the task of removing hundreds of ...
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Giappone
Slot machine-maker Konami says Japan casinos will need Vegas-style oversight
Konami Holdings Corp., which supplies slot machines to some of the world’s biggest casinos, will participate in Japan’s gaming industry if the regulations are as strict as those in Las Vegas. Satoshi Sakamoto, a senior executive director at Konami, said an industry with a good reputation will attract more Japanese ...
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Giappone
BOJ’s ‘tankan’ report shows big manufacturers’ sentiment up amid robust exports
Business sentiment improved in March from three months earlier, with a global economic recovery and a weaker yen bolstering exports, a Bank of Japan survey showed Monday. The post BOJ’s ‘tankan’ report shows big manufacturers’ sentiment up amid robust exports appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Cina Indonesia
Indonesia sinks scores of boats in war on illegal fishing
Indonesia destroyed 81 mostly foreign boats at the weekend after they were found illegally fishing in its waters, taking to more than 300 the number sunk since President Joko Widodo launched a battle against the poaching of fish in 2014. The Southeast Asian country has some of the world's richest fishing ...