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Giappone
Dollar tests ¥103 as BOJ easing measures disappoint
The dollar briefly dived below ¥103 in Tokyo trading Friday as sentiment was cooled by Bank of Japan monetary easing that disappointed the market. The U.S. currency cut its losses on buybacks to stand at ¥103.60-64 at 5 p.m., but was still down from ¥104.68-69 at the same time Thursday. ...
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Giappone
JAL’s net profit dives over 50% in quarter as demand stalls
Japan Airlines said Friday that net profit more than halved in the first quarter as savings from a drop in fuel costs could not make up for weak travel demand at home and abroad. Falling oil prices have helped buoy the carrier’s bottom line as fuel is often an airline’s ...
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Giappone
Panasonic net profit tumbles 64% as shade falls on solar power sales in first quarter
Panasonic Corp. on Friday said group net profit fell 63.5 percent in the April-June quarter to ¥21.74 billion ($210 million) on year, hit by the strong yen and sluggish sales of solar power systems. Operating profit fell 12.6 percent to ¥66.93 billion in the first quarter on sales of ¥1.75 ...
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Giappone Taiwan
Sharp narrows operating loss to ¥2.52 billion in first quarter
Sharp Corp., restructuring under Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., reported on Friday a group operating loss of ¥2.52 billion ($24.3 million) for the April-June quarter after another poor performance from its core liquid crystal display business. That’s much smaller than the ¥28.76 billion operating loss from a year earlier, ...
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Giappone
Mizuho profit slides 16% on negative interest rate
Mizuho Financial Group, the nation’s second-largest lender, said first-quarter profit dropped 16 percent, as Japan’s negative interest rate hit income from loans and investments and failed to stoke broader borrowing. Mizuho said Friday that April-June net profit fell to ¥132.6 billion ($1.28 billion) from ¥158 billion a year earlier. The ...
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Giappone
Sony group net profit dives 74.3% in first quarter on strong yen, quake damage
Sony Corp.’s first-quarter profit sank 74 percent as earnings got hammered by a strong yen and lagging smartphone sales as well as the Kyushu earthquakes in April that damaged its semiconductor business. Group net profit came to ¥21.17 billion in the three months through June 30, down from ¥82.44 billion ...
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Nigeria
Ogun to review taxation law, others
The Ogun State Government has started plans to review some of its existing laws to meet up with the current trends in the justice delivery system. The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Olumide Ayeni, stated this in a chat with journalists in Abeokuta, Friday, the News Agency of ...
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Nigeria
Biochemist presents real cure for Erectile Dysfunction, Prostate and Infertility
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Nigeria
Dangote Sugar Refinery Declares N11bn Profit Before Tax
Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) has announced a profit before tax (PBT) of N11.1 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2016. This is contained in a statement issued by the company on Friday in Lagos. The statement showed that the PBT increased by 13.3 per cent compared with N9.8 ...
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Brasile
Brazil: Petrobras sells stake in pre-salt oil block
Petrobras oil platform Agência Brasil The Petrobras Board of Directors have approved the sale of a stake in an exploration block in the offshore Santos Basin-8 (BM-S-8) in the pre-salt layer. A $2.5 billion deal was struck with Norwegian-based Statoil Brasil Óleo e Gás. According to a Petrobras statement, the ...