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Giappone
Property owners riled as ‘Pokemon Go’ players intrude
As throngs of “Pokemon Go” players traipse around to real-world landmarks in pursuit of digital monsters, some ticked-off property owners are asking to have their locations in the fictional Poke-verse removed. For Valerie Janovic, a 19-year-old psychology major at Brandeis University, the game went too far when the image of ...
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Giappone
BP estimates cost of 2010 Gulf oil spill at $61.6 billion
Oil giant BP PLC has put a final price tag on what its catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill cost the company: $61.6 billion. The company issued the estimate Thursday, the first time it has put a total cost on the catastrophe. BP said it expects to spend a total ...
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USA Giappone
New York wind farm would be largest in America
A New York utility plans to approve a wind farm off eastern Long Island that it says would be America’s largest offshore wind energy project built to date. The project would be the first phase of a more ambitious effort to construct hundreds of electricity-producing turbines in the Atlantic Ocean ...
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Giappone
U.S. court blocks prosecutors from seizing emails stored overseas
Microsoft on Thursday scored a big victory on a keenly watched privacy battlefront, with a U.S. appeals court saying prosecutors cannot force U.S. companies to turn over customer emails and other data stored on servers overseas. The government suggested that the ruling could hamper national security investigations. The three-judge panel ...
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Ghana
FPSO John Evans Attah Mills to produce first oil in August 2016
The Managing Director of Tullow Ghana, Charles Darku has told Citi Business News that production of oil will commence on the FPSO John Evans Attah Mills in the first week of August, 2016. Speaking to Citi Business News’ Norvan Acquah-Hayford who was part of a team of journalists who toured ...
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Francia
Congés : payés ou sans solde
Le mot. La loi qui instaure les congés payés est promulguée le 20 juin 1936. Une pratique qui existait déjà en France depuis 1853 et dans quelques pays. On peut donner ou prendre son congé, le mot fonctionne dans les deux sens.
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Brasile
Governo quer aprovar projeto para vender dívida de contribuinte no mercado
O governo pretende apoiar um projeto de lei que permite a venda no mercado de parte de dívidas tributárias e de débitos inscritos na dívida ativa parcelados por contribuintes. Os ministros da Fazenda, Henrique Meirelles, e do Planejamento, Dyogo Oliveira, trataram do tema hoje (14) à tarde, em reunião com ...
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Cina
China’s economy stabilises as consumer spending perks up
China’s economy stabilised as lending and consumer spending perked up late in the June quarter, suggesting the world’s second-largest economy is responding to stepped up monetary and fiscal policy support.
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Thailandia
SET up 5.82 points at opening
Thai stocks opened up 0.39% at the start of trade this morning.
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Brasile
Petrobras comenzó a exportar energía eléctrica a Argentina
La petrolera brasileña Petrobras informó hoy que inició este mes sus exportaciones a Argentina de la energía eléctrica excedente de sus plantas térmicas a gas natural que operan en el país.