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Giappone
Nation posts current-account surplus for 20th straight month, but yen poses threat
Japan posted a 20th consecutive current-account surplus, helping an economy that is still struggling to rebound from a contraction in the final quarter of 2015. The excess in the widest measure of the nation’s trade was ¥2.43 trillion in February, the biggest surplus since March last year, according to data ...
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Giappone
Kaketsuken in talks to sell vaccine business to Astellas
The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, or Kake-tsuken, is negotiating with major Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc. on the sale of its vaccine and blood products manufacturing operations, informed sources said Friday. Kaketsuken, headquartered in Kumamoto, in January received a 110-day business suspension order, the longest ever, from the health ministry for ...
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Giappone
Honda recalls in Japan after accident involving Daicel inflator
Honda Motor Co. on Thursday said it will recall about 143,000 vehicles in Japan after an air bag fitted with an inflator made by Daicel Corp. failed to deploy during a collision in which the driver was injured. The propellant used in the air bag inflators was not suitable and ...
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Giappone
Panel proposes new, faster Haneda-Narita subway line
A transport ministry subcommittee has proposed constructing a new bypass subway line between Tokyo’s Haneda airport and Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture in a draft report examining new rail projects. The Council for Transport Policy will submit the report to Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii by ...
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Giappone
Verizon said to plan bid for Yahoo as Google weighs offer
Verizon Communications Inc. plans to make a first-round bid for Yahoo Inc.’s Web business next week, and is willing to acquire the company’s Yahoo Japan Corp. stake to help sweeten the offer, according to people familiar with the matter. Google, the main division of Alphabet Inc., is also considering bidding ...
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Giappone
10 major U.S. firms press Mississippi to scrap new law seen as anti-gay
Officials from 10 U.S. companies on Thursday wrote to the governor of Mississippi urging him to overturn a controversial law that opponents say discriminates against gay and transsexual people. “Discrimination is wrong, and we believe it has no place in Mississippi or anywhere in our country,” read the letter, signed ...
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USA Giappone
FBI weighs whether to share hacking details of terrorist’s iPhone with Apple
The FBI has not decided whether to share with Apple Inc. details about how the bureau hacked into an iPhone linked to a California terrorism investigation, the bureau’s director says. James Comey discussed the situation during a speech Wednesday evening in Ohio. He said the flaw the FBI exploited in ...
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Dubai Investments inks $26m deal to up stake in property JV
Investment firm announces the acquisition of a 20% additional stake in Properties Investments
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Portogallo Libano
Portugal é o país que mais ganharia se aplicasse taxa única no IVA
Comissão Europeia dá tiro de partida para chegar a um "futuro sistema único de IVA na União Europeia". Defende mais medidas de combate à fraude, atualização de taxas e regimes de IVA mais simples em todos os países
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Portogallo
"Não desejo a ninguém ter que vender um banco num dia"
Centeno foi questionado sobre se estava "confortável" por ter participado num "processo que foi uma farsa" e cujo desfecho veio de fora de Lisboa