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Turchia
Villagers make, export traditional dolls
The women of the Sorgun village in the northwestern province of Bursa have been continuing an old practice of making traditional dolls, which they sell across the country or export worldwide.
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Russia
French bank Societe Generale exits Russia
Societe Generale says that it will cease its banking and insurance activities in Russia, including selling Rosbank, as it exits the country after its invasion of Ukraine.
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Kenya
EPRA sanctions oil marketers selling most fuel outside Kenya
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has sanctioned oil marketing companies that increased fuel exports to foreign markets beyond the "allowed capacity".
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Giappone
Japan’s wholesale prices rose 7.3% in fiscal 2021, surging at record pace
The depreciation of the yen boosted import prices by 32.7% from a year earlier.
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Giappone
Words of warning by Japan finance minister fail to shake off yen’s weakening trend
The yen briefly strengthened against the dollar after comments by Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki, but traded even lower than before within less than an hour.
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Portogallo
Inflação na Madeira sobe para 5%
As variações positivas mais expressivas foram observadas nas classes da “Habitação, água, eletricidade, gás e outros combustíveis”, com um aumento de 2,9%, e dos “Transportes”, com mais 8%.
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Uruguay
Hankook Tire supplies tires for Mercedes-Benz's S-Class sedan
Hankook Tire & Technology Co., the world's sixth-largest tiremaker by sales, said Tuesday it started supplying tires for Mercedes-Benz's S-Class sedan last year. Hankook Tire has been providing the high-performance tires, including Ventus S1 Evo3
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Nigeria
Nigeria Customs Retains 20% Duty On Imported Used Vehicles
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it is retaining a duty rate of 20 per cent for used vehicles as was transmitted by ECOWAS with a NAC levy of 15 per cent. Instead of adopting the new version of ECOWAS Common External Tariff (2022- 2026) the service said it ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria Is A Key Beneficiary Of Our $500m Datacentre Investments – Durvasula
What informed your company’s decision to site a data centre in Nigeria? When it comes to information technology, Nigeria is leading the charge in Africa. The region is incredibly data-driven and its citizens are hungry for information, for new technologies, and for digital services. Necessity has always been the mother ...
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Nigeria
At 65, Dangote Continues To Transform Nigeria Economy
Africa’s biggest humanitarian, Aliko Dangote has continued to show its readiness and commitment to transforming the economy and impacting people. Dangote investment drive across the African continent has described him as a man with a mission to aggressively transform the African economy. Dangote, at 65, remains grand, like the nurturant ...