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Brasile
Usiminas renegocia 75% de sua dívida
A Usiminas informou ontem ter chegado a acordo com bancos credores para renegociar 75% de sua dívida de R$ 7,2 bilhões. Os termos foram acertados com Banco do Brasil, Bradesco, Itaú Unibanco e debenturistas. O BNDES ainda precisa das últimas aprovações internas para o contrato seguir adiante
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Giappone
BOJ makes contingency plans for Brexit, sees dollar squeeze a risk
Policymakers are in frequent contact with their European counterparts on how to soothe markets if Britain votes to leave the European Union, with the first line of defense aimed at preventing a shortage of dollar liquidity. The Bank of Japan is ready to offer dollar funds to domestic banks via ...
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USA Giappone
U.S. charges two Japanese auto parts firms with price-fixing
The United States charged two Japanese auto parts companies and five executives with price-fixing Wednesday in a long-running investigation into illegal competitive practices in the parts industry. A federal grand jury in Ohio indicted Tokai Kogyo and Maruyasu Industries and their U.S. subsidiaries on charges of participating in international conspiracies ...
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Giappone
Yen soars to 22-month high on BOJ inaction
The dollar plunged below ¥104 in Tokyo trading on Thursday amid massive selling prompted by the Bank of Japan’s policy inaction and receding expectations for an early interest rate increase by the U.S. Federal Reserve. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.93-93, slipping below ¥104 for the first time ...
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Giappone
Nikkei slumps to four-month low as yen surges
The Nikkei average fell sharply to hit a four-month closing low on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, dragged down by the yen’s rapid rise on the back of policy inaction by the Japanese and U.S. central banks. The Nikkei tumbled 485.44 points, or 3.05 percent, to end at 15,434.14, ...
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Giappone
Suga tells ministries to ask for more funding for tourism improvements
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga instructed government ministries Thursday to include “effective and bold” measures to lure more foreign tourists in their budget requests for fiscal 2017. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration has set a target of 40 million foreign visitors in 2020, when Tokyo hosts the Olympics. Suga also ...
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Giappone
Bank of Japan buying spree inflates world’s priciest real estate investment trusts
Japan’s real estate investment trusts have soared in value to become the priciest in the world. More purchases by one of the biggest investors in the landlord business — the Bank of Japan — may help propel prices even higher. Buying by the BOJ has helped boost premiums on J-REITs, ...
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Giappone
Toyota unveils plug-in Prius with world’s first solar-panel option
Toyota Motor Corp. has formally unveiled a next-generation version of its hugely popular Prius car. The Prius PHV can take a plug-in charge and has the option of a solar-panel roof. It is the world’s first solar-charging production vehicle and represents the first full model change for the vehicle since ...
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Giappone
Nippon Paper to buy Weyerhaeuser drinks carton business
Nippon Paper Industries Co. said Thursday it has agreed to purchase the world’s third largest liquids packaging board business from U.S. timber company Weyerhaeuser Co. for $285 million. The U.S. business, which produces and sells paper containers for soft drinks and milk, will be transferred to Nippon Paper through a ...
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Giappone
BOJ keeps policy steady but cuts view on inflation; yen climbs
The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Thursday even as sluggish global growth and anemic inflation put policymakers under pressure to do more to reflate the economy out of stagnation. The BOJ’s decision bolstered the yen and battered Tokyo stocks. While the central bank maintained its optimistic view ...