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Austria
Central in $1bn venture to buy Swiss mall
Central Group said on Tuesday it is buying Swiss luxury department store Globus and other real estate assets in a joint venture with Austria's Signa for more than 1 billion Swiss francs (32 billion baht or $1.03 billion).
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Thailandia
Fair treatment of employees under Thai labour law
Labour disputes typically arise when one party—often the employee—feels unfairly treated, for reasons that may stretch far beyond the law, and consequently he or she will feel entitled to restitution. Thailand’s labour laws encompass several safeguards that help employers meet a standard of fairness when dealing with dissatisfied or aggrieved ...
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Giappone
Japan to see first drop in GDP in five quarters, estimates show
Japan’s real gross domestic product is believed to have dropped for the first time in five quarters in the October-December period, partly due to the ...
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Giappone
At least 400,000 Chinese travelers expected to cancel trips to Japan by end of March
In another demonstration of the effect the virus is having on tourism, Japanese department store operators saw duty free sales slump during the key Lunar ...
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Giappone
Marubeni to launch Japan’s first large-scale offshore wind power business
Marubeni Corp. is gearing up to launch what it says will be Japan’s first large-scale offshore wind power generation business.Tokyo-based Akita Offshore Wind Corp., an ...
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Cina
Toyota’s Lexus brand surges globally despite U.S. sales stall
Toyota Motor Corp.’s luxury Lexus brand posted a double-digit sales gain last year, taking its 30th anniversary in stride as strength in China and Europe ...
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Cina Giappone
Lunar New Year department store sales plummet in Japan amid coronavirus outbreak in China
Japanese department store operators saw duty free sales slump during the key Lunar New Year holiday, one of the first indications of how hard the ...
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Giappone
AI startup digs up business opportunity in aging water pipes in Japan and elsewhere
When a fifth of the people living in the city of Wakayama faced a three-day water stoppage last month to fix a 60-year-old pipe network, ...
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Cina
Coronavirus: crolla domanda cinese di petrolio, Opec pronta al taglio. Lufthansa ferma voli per Cina fino al 29 febbraio
Effetto coronavirus sull’economia cinese, con l’attività manifatturiera che a gennaio è cresciuta al ritmo più lento degli ultimi cinque mesi e la domanda di petrolio in netto calo.
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Portogallo
Ex-líder do Montepio arrisca-se a pagar mais 7,5 milhões em multas
O Banco de Portugal não conseguiu notificar na sua morada Tomás Correia, antigo presidente do Banco Montepio (2008 a 2015) e também da Associação Mutualista Montepio Geral (2008 a 2019), para o acusar de uma série de ilícitos cujas coimas variam entre um mínimo de 9000 euros e um máximo ...