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Bolivia
Les importations de sucre en baisse de près de 10% au 1er semestre
La facture d'importation de sucre s'est chiffrée à 396,15 millions de dollars (usd) au 1er semestre 2016 contre 438,82 millions usd à la même période de 2015, soit un repli de 9,72%, a appris l'APS auprès des Douanes. Les quantités importées de sucre (de betterave brute, de canne à sucre, ...
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USA
Nearly 10% drop in sugar imports in first six months 2016
ALGIERS- Algeria’s import bill of sugar (beet sugar, cane sugar, lactose syrup and solid lactose) totalled US$396.15 million in the first six months of 2016 against US$438.82 million during the same period in 2015, down by 9.72%, said the Algerian Customs’ National Centre of Data Processing and statistics (CNIS). ...
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Nicaragua
Suben los precios de los combustibles en Nicaragua
Según las fuentes, el precio del litro de diésel, el más utilizado por el transporte de carga y el transporte público, pasó de 0,69 dólares a 0,70 dólares.
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Giappone
56% of major firms expect temporary lull in economy: survey
More than half of major Japanese companies surveyed expect the economy to remain flat through the end of the year, citing such concerns as sluggish consumer spending, a stronger yen and the effects of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, a Kyodo News survey has shown. Of the 108 ...
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Giappone
More airline travel disruptions likely as carriers grapple with aging technology
Airlines will likely suffer more disruptions like the one that grounded about 2,000 Delta flights last week because major carriers have not invested enough to overhaul reservations systems based on technology dating to the 1960s, airline industry and technology experts have said. Airlines have spent heavily to introduce new features ...
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Giappone Nigeria
Nigeria wrestles with ‘suddenly poor’ status amid series of oil crises
First it was falling oil prices that plagued Nigeria, then came inflation, power shortages, and a humanitarian crisis in the north. “Suddenly, we’re a poor country,” Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. “Before we came to office, petroleum sold for about $100 per barrel. Then ...
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Giappone
Strife-torn Libya struggles to ramp up oil exports
Jihadi attacks and political struggles are thwarting attempts by Libya’s unity government to revive an oil industry seen as vital for the economy of the impoverished North African country. Five years since the fall of dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Libya’s rival governments and militias are in a bitter struggle for control ...
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Giappone
French vineyards revive horse-drawn plows
The sight of a large, lumbering horse pulling a plow through a vineyard may seem like a time warp, but hundreds of French winegrowers have returned to the centuries-old practice. “It’s a picture postcard image,” said oenologist Gilles de Revel, adding that the renaissance took off about 10 years ago ...
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Giappone Taiwan
Hon Hai completes Sharp acquisition; Tai Jeng-wu named president, CEO
The effort to turn around struggling Sharp Corp. by Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. kicked into high gear Saturday, as Sharp named Tai Jeng-wu, vice chairman of Hon Hai, its president and chief executive officer. The change in the management came a day after Hon Hai, also known as ...
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Giappone
Clinton, Trump both avoid discussing economic challenges that defy simple fixes
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spelled out their economic visions in high-profile speeches in Michigan this week. They delved into taxes and regulations, trade deals and job growth. Yet perhaps most notable about their speeches is what they left out. Mostly unmentioned were major challenges that have slowed the U.S. ...