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Giappone
Tokyo stocks jump on brisk U.S. jobs data
Stocks advanced sharply on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, with investors taking heart from strong U.S. jobs data released late last week. The 225-issue Nikkei stock average rose 396.12 points, or 2.44 percent, to finish at 16,650.57. On Friday, the key market gauge fell 0.44 point. The Topix index ...
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Giappone
Sentiment improves among workers in economy-sensitive industries
Business confidence among workers with jobs sensitive to economic conditions improved in July for the first time in four months on favorable sales at department stores, the government said Monday. The diffusion index of sentiment over the nation’s current economic situation among so-called economy-watchers such as taxi drivers and restaurant ...
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Giappone
Nomura-Keio fund boosts investment target for domestic startups
Keio University and Nomura Holdings Inc. increased the fundraising goal for their venture-capital partnership by 50 percent to ¥15 billion after demand from Japanese financial firms during the first phase of financing exceeded expectations. Keio Innovation Initiative Inc., founded by Japan’s oldest university and biggest brokerage, closed the first round ...
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Brasile Giappone
In Olympic campaign, Nissan bets on a Brazilian recovery
Like so many things in Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Ghosn’s turn in the Olympic Torch Relay on Friday didn’t go as planned. Ghosn, who is chief executive officer at both Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA, was supposed to finish his 200-meter leg right in front of a Copacabana hotel ...
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Giappone
At ¥10.63 trillion, January-June current account surplus largest since 2007
Japan has posted its largest current account surplus for a half-year period since 2007 on the back of reduced imports due to lower crude oil prices and a rising number of foreign tourists, the government said Monday. The surplus between January and June grew 31.3 percent from a year earlier ...
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Giappone
World’s ‘least miserable’ live in Asia, thanks to disinflation
The Land of Smiles really is the happiest place in the world, at least in terms of holding a job and keeping the rising cost of goods in check. The Misery Index, computed by adding inflation to the unemployment rate, gives Thailand a score of 1.11 percent, which is the ...
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ADNEC says contributes $359m to Abu Dhabi economy in H1
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company also says it attracted 812,000 visitors to conference, exhibitions in first six months of year
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Brasile Argentina Venezuela
Empresários querem acordos comerciais com EUA e União Europeia, diz CNI
Os Estados Unidos e a União Europeia são considerados os parceiros mais atrativos para acordos comerciais, de acordo com a maioria dos empresários brasileiros que trabalham com exportações. A informação está na pesquisa Desafios à Competitividade das Exportações Brasileiras, da Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI), em parceria com a Escola ...
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Brasile
Cemig dá prioridade à venda de suas participações
A Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (Cemig) negocia com empresas estrangeiras - algumas sem presença no país - a venda de parte de seus ativos, com o objetivo de enxugar sua estrutura e reduzir o endividamento, a fim de gerar caixa e retomar as condições de crescimento
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Nigeria
MEND chieftains out to kill me, says Jonathan
Ex-President, Wike, IYC disown Avengers Former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is still plotting to assassinate him, just as he denied being a sponsor of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA). He spoke four days after he declared in Abuja during ...