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El Salvador
Bandas nacionales reciben primeras regalías
Las bandas nacionales Adrenalina, Los Tachos, Edición Limitada y Ultravioleta recibieron esta tarde las primeras regalías por algunos de sus trabajos musicales.La Asociación Salvadoreña de Productores de Fonogramas y Afines, Entidad de Gestión Colectiva (ASAP E.G.C,), la institución nacional autorizada para gestionar los derechos de los productores de fonogramas, logró recaudar ...
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El Salvador
FUSAL presentó su memoria de labores
La Fundación Salvadoreña para la Salud y el Desarrollo Humano (Fusal) dio a conocer los resultados de su memoria de labores para el 2015, en donde explicaron todas las actividades y logros alcanzados por parte de los programas que posee la Fundación. Ricardo Poma, presidente de Fusal, expresó que el trabajo ...
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El Salvador
Sala Constitucional rechaza recurso contra Ley Pensiones
La Sala de lo Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia rechazó una petición para declarar inconstitucional la actual Ley de Pensiones, la misma que la Asamblea Legislativa pretende reformar para dar paso a un nuevo sistema de reparto mediante el que, según han denunciado los sindicatos, el Gobierno tomaría ...
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Giappone
Trading houses eye slice of Japan’s liberalized electricity market pie
Major trading houses are strengthening their electricity businesses to take advantage of growing overseas demand and the liberalization of power retailing in Japan that started this month, industry officials say. Sumitomo Corp. has revised down its consolidated net profit estimate for the year that ended in March, citing losses on ...
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USA Giappone
Untimely call of nature leads to inspiration for pocket toilet-time monitor
Business ideas are often hatched in unlikely places. But for Atsushi Nakanishi, an epiphany could not have hit him at a worse time. On a fateful day in September 2013, Nakanishi, then a student at the University of California, Berkeley, was in the middle of moving house. He was hurriedly ...
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Giappone
MMC scandal seen costing at least ¥100 billion just for four named models
The unfolding scandal over fuel economy test cheating by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. may cost the company more than ¥100 billion just over the four minivehicle models confirmed to have been involved, analysts said. The figure compares with the company’s current consolidated net profit projection of ¥100 billion for the latest ...
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Giappone
Nomura suffers net loss in fourth quarter, first in red since 2011
Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest brokerage, said it slid to its first quarterly net loss since 2011 as its wholesale division fell into the red, its retail division weakened and its overseas operations lost money for a sixth straight year. Two weeks after it warned it would cut some overseas ...
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Giappone
Kumamoto farms, forestry suffered ¥23.6 billion damage in quakes
The twin quakes that slammed Kyushu this month caused at least ¥23.6 billion of damage to agricultural and forestry businesses in Kumamoto Prefecture, the local government said Tuesday. And that is not counting damage in the worst-hit areas, which the prefectural government has yet to survey. Likewise, it has been ...
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USA Giappone
Tokyo stocks slip for third day before Fed, BOJ decisions
Stocks extended their losing streak to the third consecutive session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, with investors awaiting monetary policy decisions in the United States and Japan. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 62.79 points, or 0.36 percent, to close at 17,290.49. On Tuesday, the key market gauge shed 86.02 ...
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Giappone Panama
Marubeni, Itochu, UCC chief among Japan stakeholders named in Panama Papers
Individuals and companies in Japan, including major trading firms Marubeni Corp. and Itochu Corp., were listed as shareholders or directors of at least 270 entities in offshore tax havens, the so-called Panama Papers show. The names of some 400 individuals who live in Japan appear in the documents, including the ...