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Giappone
In a sign of broader ambitions, Facebook opens hardware lab
Facebook built its fortune on the internet, that non-physical space where people share updates and digital videos with friends. But deep inside its Silicon Valley headquarters, engineers have stocked a new lab with computerized lathes, industrial mills and tools for making physical goods. It is not a factory for mass-producing ...
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Giappone
Fidelity invests in Japanese printing startup RakSul before IPO
RakSul Inc., a Japanese printing startup that’s seeking to go public, has raised about ¥2.1 billion from investors, including Fidelity. FIL Investments (Japan) Ltd. mutual funds and five other investors including Development Bank of Japan Inc. and advertising agency OPT Holding Inc. bought new shares in the Tokyo-based company, RakSul ...
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Giappone Uruguay
Auto imports rise for fourth month in row
Sales of imported foreign-brand vehicles in July rose 5.9 percent from a year earlier to 21,828 units, up for the fourth straight month, industry data showed Thursday. The rise reflects the continuing popularity of clean-diesel models despite Volkswagen’s fuel-efficiency scandal, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said. By brand, Mercedes Benz ...
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Brasile USA Giappone
‘Pokemon Go’ launches in Rio just ahead of Olympics
The creators of “Pokemon Go” said the blockbuster mobile game has been released in Brazil just in time for the Rio Olympics, which start on Friday. A spokesman for the game’s publisher Niantic confirmed in an email that “the app is currently rolling out across all of Central and South ...
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Giappone
Asahi sees yen windfall on AB InBev beer deal
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. could save about ¥30 billion ($297 million) on its purchase of European beer brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev NV because the yen has strengthened since the firms cut the deal. The brewer expects its purchase of Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime beers to cost about ¥300 billion, down ...
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USA Giappone
Timing right for $75 billion stock binge after Japan pension whales’ losses
There’s no time like the present for Japan’s pension whales to buy stocks and sell local bonds, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. “Bond prices are high, and stocks are cheap, so it’s a good opportunity to sell high and buy low,” said Shuichi Ohsaki, the chief rates strategist ...
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Giappone
Idemitsu son buys Showa Shell stake in bid to stop merger
The son of the founder of Idemitsu Kosan Co. has begun buying shares in rival refiner Showa Shell Sekiyu KK in a bid to block a proposed merger between the two companies. Shosuke Idemitsu purchased 400,000 Showa Shell shares and may buy more until his namesake company gives up on ...
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Cina Giappone
China’s robotics industry provides lesson in out-of-control debt
Down a side street bracketed by massage parlors and cheap hotels in this city on the banks of the Yangtze River, a humanoid food service robot trundles around the corner of a table in a cafe, red eyes flashing in tune with synthesized classical music. The Wuhu Hands On Cafe’s ...
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Giappone
Energy rout fells Japan’s venerated ‘Big Three’ trading giants
The energy price collapse is doing in Japan what the Great Depression and two world wars couldn’t: put an end to a century of dominance by its three most prestigious companies. The trading house descendants of Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo, which have dominated the nation’s economy for more than 100 ...
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Russia Giappone
Putin struggles to kick-start Russia’s flagging economy
Vladimir Putin’s economy has been shrinking for 18 months but he still doesn’t have a plan to get it going again. After focusing almost exclusively on foreign policy since early 2014, the need to get the economy back into gear is forcing the Russian president to face a painful choice: ...