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Ghana
NLC orders CLOGSAG to call off ‘illegal’ strike
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) to call off its week-old strike over interim premium allowances. According to the NLC, CLOGSAG failed to inform the Commission of their intention to strike a week prior to its commencement, as the law ...
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Ghana
Vodafone Business Solutions headlines SME Ghana awards
Vodafone Business Solutions (VBS) the enterprise arm of Vodafone Ghana is, for the second consecutive time, the headline sponsor of the Small and Medium Enterprise Ghana Awards (SMEGA). The award scheme, which is aimed at challenging, rewarding and encouraging entrepreneurship in the country, is scheduled for 10th August, 2016 at ...
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Paraguay
La CAP dio a conocer las marcas más recordadas del mercado
La Cámara de Anunciantes del Paraguay (CAP) dio a conocer anoche el ránking de marcas más recordadas en el mercasdo, que fue elaborado para los asociados del gremio por Metro Market Research, tanto sobre marcas nacionales como extranjeras.
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Giappone
Abe’s latest team faces familiar but daunting task
The biggest economic challenge facing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s new Cabinet is all too familiar: how to put the economy on the path to private sector-led growth and overcome deflation. “The government and the Bank of Japan will work in a unified manner to help the country out of deflation ...
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Giappone
Major firms plan 10.9% boost in domestic capital spending
Major firms plan to increase domestic capital expenditures by 10.9 percent to ¥17.513 trillion in fiscal 2016, a recent survey says. In what would be the fifth consecutive annual increase, the survey by the Development Bank of Japan found that firms are looking to invest more in fields ranging from ...
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Giappone
Steel king NSSMC cedes crown to Arcelor as yen soars
Japan’s biggest steel maker is top of the pile no more, as a resurgent yen hands a competitive advantage to overseas rivals amid an unprecedented global glut. Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has been overtaken as the world’s most valuable producer by Europe’s ArcelorMittal and is neck and neck ...
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Giappone
Automakers urge Abe to act after taking ¥500 billion hit from strong yen
The automaker association asks the new Cabinet to take action in response to seesawing foreign exchange markets and the Brexit. The post Automakers urge Abe to act after taking ¥500 billion hit from strong yen appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Geeks win millions for teaching computers to battle each other
A software program dubbed “Mayhem” was poised to win the final round of a three-year contest to teach computers to launch and defend against cyberattacks, earning a $2 million prize for the team that wrote the winning code. The event, known as the CyberGrand Challenge, concluded Thursday evening in a ...
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Giappone
World Bank adopts new framework to protect people, environment
The World Bank on Thursday adopted a new set of policies aimed at preventing its projects from harming people and the environment. The global lender dedicated to fighting poverty — whose commitments rose to more than $60 billion this year — said the new environmental and social framework had involved ...
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Giappone
BOJ to weigh enhancing, but not paring, monetary easing actions
The Bank of Japan will discuss ways to strengthen monetary easing measures upon reviewing the current massive easing campaign at its next Policy Board meeting in September, sources said Thursday. Fresh measures may be adopted at the Sept. 20-21 meeting, the sources said. BOJ Deputy Gov. Kikuo Iwata told a ...