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Panama
Panama raids offices of Mossack Fonseca law firm
The Panama-based law firm is at the centre of the "Panama Papers" leaks scandal that has embarrassed several world leaders and shone a spotlight on the shadowy world of offshore companies. The national police, in an earlier statement, said they were searching for documentation that "would establish the possible use ...
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India
India's wheat imports to hit decade high as weather woes curb output: Survey
Wheat arrivals into India are likely to reach 2.75 million tonnes in the year to June 2017, according to the survey of 11 analysts and traders. Imports would have been even higher, but surplus stocks from a series of bumper harvests since 2007 are expected to help pick up some ...
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India
Reliance, BG to hand over some drilling assets to ONGC, sources say
xecutives from Reliance, BG and ONGC signed an agreement in New Delhi on Tuesday night - providing respite in a months-long battle between the partners over the cost of closing the Tapti field off India's west coast.
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Nuova Zelanda
Press Release from Business Wire : Diaverum
MUNICH & AUCKLAND, (BSW) -Diaverum, one of the leading renal care providers worldwide, inaugurated its first dialysis clinic in New Zealand.
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Giappone
Japan’s money supply surged to high last year on better business conditions
Money supply in Japan hit a record high in fiscal 2015 amid signs of an improving business environment, Bank of Japan data showed Wednesday. The average daily balance of the M3 gauge, which includes cash in circulation, deposit money and certificates of deposit, grew 2.9 percent from the previous year ...
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Giappone Panama
G-20 finance chiefs to address tax avoidance after Panama Papers leaks
Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 economies will discuss ways to stem tax avoidance when they meet this week, with the so-called Panama Papers serving up uncomfortable questions for politicians and business leaders. They are also likely to push for greater coordination in fiscal spending to stimulate demand and ...
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Giappone
FamilyMart stores may offer day care, karaoke after merger with Uny
Convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. aims to catch up with industry leader Seven-Eleven Japan Co. by developing unique products and services such as day care nurseries and karaoke parlors, Chairman Junji Ueda said in a recent interview. “We’ll concentrate on creating unique products and services that Seven-Eleven can’t offer,” said ...
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Cina Giappone Hong Kong
Yen bruises Hong Kong retailers that sell Japanese products
Times are tough for Hong Kong retailers. And even worse for those with links to Japan. Shares of CEC International Holdings Ltd. which runs the 759 chain of stores, have tumbled 32 percent this year, compared with a 0.5 percent retreat in the MSCI Hong Kong Index. International Housewares Retail ...
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Giappone
Obama declares Equal Pay Day, urges female-male wage parity; remarks seen backing Clinton
President Barack Obama says he looks forward to a time when girls are “astonished” that women once made less than men and a female had never occupied the Oval Office. Obama and other Democrats on Tuesday seized on Equal Pay Day, a symbolic event marking how much longer it takes ...
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Giappone
Dollar touches ¥109 in Tokyo on higher oil prices
The dollar briefly topped ¥109 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, as risk aversion sentiment among investors receded thanks to an overnight rise in global crude oil prices and a rally in the Tokyo stock market. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥108.92-92, up from ¥108.20-21 at the same time ...