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Giappone
Dollar cuts gains after hitting ¥107.50 in Tokyo
The dollar cut gains late Thursday after surging to a six-week high of around ¥107.50 in the morning. At 5 p.m., it stood at ¥106.82-83, up from ¥106.33-34 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.1032-1032, up from $1.0994-0994, and at ¥117.85-85, up from ¥116.90-91. In overseas trading ...
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Giappone
Traders chasing Pokemon now battle over Nintendo’s value
After investors pushed up Nintendo Co. shares with a fervor only matched by gamers chasing Pikachu, traders are now locking horns over how much the high-flying stock is worth. Bears have boosted short interest in Nintendo to its highest in five months after the stock doubled in just over a ...
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USA Giappone
Stocks rebound on Wall St. and yen
Stocks rebounded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, lifted by gains in New York and an easier yen. The Nikkei average gained 128.33 points, or 0.77 percent, to finish at 16,810.22. On Wednesday, it lost 41.42 points. The Topix index closed up 8.64 points, or 0.65 percent, at 1,339.39, ...
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Giappone
U.S. charges Ukrainian head of top piracy site
A Ukrainian alleged to be the ringleader of the world’s biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, was hit with U.S. criminal charges Wednesday, accused of distributing over $1 billion worth of illegally copied films, music and other content. The Justice Department unveiled a criminal complaint against Artem Vaulin, 30, of ...
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India Giappone
Rule No. 1 for scoring big pay in Japan: Don’t be Japanese
In Japan, expatriates rule when it comes to the biggest pay packages. Foreign executives held eight of the top 10 spots on Bloomberg’s ranking of the country’s best-paid executives last year. SoftBank Group Corp.’s former Chief Operating Officer Nikesh Arora, whose ¥8 billion package topped the list, hails from India. ...
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Giappone
Olympus seeks deals and redemption after 2011 scandal
Five years ago, Olympus Corp. was caught up in the oddest of corporate scandals. Its then-CEO, Michael Woodford, uncovered an accounting scandal at the company that went undetected for years, besmirching the name of a once-proud Japanese maker of digital cameras and medical equipment. The challenge of getting the company ...
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Cina Giappone
China to create its first immigration office in bid to lure overseas talent
China is setting up its first immigration office, according to people with knowledge of the plans, as President Xi Jinping seeks overseas talent to help drive the transition of an economy led by consumer spending and innovation. Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun, who doubles as a state councilor, disclosed the ...
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Giappone
Do-it-yourself pensions take hold in Japan as state payouts expected to dry up
When Saori Ito went on maternity leave last year and stopped getting a regular paycheck from her cosmetics company, she became worried about her future — and wondered if this kind of anxiety is what awaits her after retirement. The 34-year-old married mother of a 1-year-old girl had doubts about ...
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Colombia
Colombia se pronuncia este jueves por fallo de la OMC a favor de Panamá
Tras el fallo favorable a Panamá, Colombia expediría un nuevo mecanismo de protección para los productores nacionales de calzado y textiles.
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Brasile Portogallo
Inflação medida pelo IPCA-15 volta a subir e fecha últimos 12 meses em 8,93%
O feijão-carioca, cujos preços subiram, em média, 58,06%, foi o item que exerceu o maior impacto sobre a inflação medida pelo IPCA-15 Marcello Casal Jr./ABr A prévia da inflação oficial do país, medida pelo Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo 15 (IPCA-15) voltou a acelerar este mês, ao ...