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Giappone
Sony to sell battery business to Murata Manufacturing
Sony Corp. has agreed to sell a portion of its battery business to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd., as the electronics giant responds to slowing demand for smartphones. The announcement Thursday comes as Sony banks on growth in its games business with the upcoming launch of its virtual reality headset, while ...
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Giappone
Boom in whiskies fuels demand for imports as domestic makers run dry
Imported whiskies are expanding their presence in Japan amid a boom that is creating shortages of domestic spirits and increasing demand for diversity. Sparked by the resurgence of the highball cocktail, the boom is thinning stocks of Japanese products that grew popular after a TV drama told the story of ...
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Giappone
Japan’s jobless rate hit 21-year low of 3.1% in June
Japan’s unemployment rate fell to 3.1 percent in June, the lowest level in nearly 21 years, government data showed Friday, highlighting companies’ willingness to hire more people in a tight labor market. The improvement in three months came as separate data showed the country’s job availability improved to 1.37 in ...
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Giappone
Japan’s consumer prices off for fourth straight month in June
Japan’s consumer prices fell 0.5 percent in June from a year earlier for the fourth straight month of decline, the government said Friday, adding pressure on the Bank of Japan to further ease monetary policy to boost inflation. The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, stood ...
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Russia Giappone
Google riles Russia by ‘short-sighted policy’ of using Ukrainian version for Crimean street names
U.S. tech giant Google came under fire on Thursday in Russia for “decommunizing” street names in parts of Crimea, annexed from Ukraine two years ago, by using Ukrainian spellings. “I think it’s a short-sighted policy,” Russian Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov told Rossiya 24 television, adding he hoped “the mistake ...
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Giappone
Bangladesh delays closing bid on huge Japan ODA project over security concerns
The Bangladeshi government has postponed the closing bid for a large-scale project funded by Japan’s official development assistance in the wake of the terrorist attack on a restaurant in Dhaka earlier this month that left 20 hostages, including seven Japanese, dead, sources said Thursday. The closing bid for the project ...
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Nigeria
Hard times ahead for Nigerian economy, says Lemo
Ramon Oladimeji A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Tunde Lemo, has said the country should expect a further shrinkage in economic activities this year. He said the impact of this projected shrinkage would be especially felt across the major sectors of the economy. He, therefore, ...
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Nigeria
How CBN rate hike will affect economy, by experts
To some analysts in the financial sector, the decisions taken at Tuesday’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting will rub off on the economy. But, others say they may affect some players in the economy. TAOFIK SALAKO, COLLINS NWEZE, NDUKA CHIEJINA and OKWY IROEGBU-CHIKEZIE report. IT was an increase introduced to ...
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Messico
Seis empresas abandonan México por criminalidad: Cámara Americana de Comercio
La extorsión virtual, el robo y los ataques a la cadena logística fueron los delitos "más comunes" que enfrentó el mundo empresarial en México en 2015, obligando a seis firmas a abandonar el país, advirtió en un informe la Cámara Americana en México.
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Brasile
CMN aumenta juros para renegociação de dívidas de produtores rurais
Os produtores rurais que contratarem refinanciamentos para negociar dívidas com o Programa de Sustentação do Investimento (PSI) pagarão juros mais altos. O Conselho Monetário Nacional (CMN) aumentou os juros das parcelas refinanciadas, reduzindo o custo do Tesouro para bancar as taxas da linha de crédito. As taxas, que variavam de ...