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Giappone
Japan posts 17th straight current-account surplus in November
The nation posted a current account surplus for the 17th consecutive month in November, providing support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to boost the world’s third-largest economy. The excess in the widest measure of the nation’s trade was ¥1.14 trillion in November, up from ¥440.2 billion a year earlier, ...
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Giappone
Cash-rich ANA offered 8.8% stake in Vietnam Air
Vietnam Airlines Corp. will sell an 8.8 percent stake to ANA Holdings Inc., owner of Japan’s biggest airline, for $108 million, the companies announced Tuesday. The deal with the operator of All Nippon Airways will close sometime between March and June, Vietnam Air Chief Executive Officer Pham Ngoc Minh said ...
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India
Textiles ministry to soon seek Cabinet nod on new policy
The textiles ministry will approach the Cabinet in a fortnight seeking approval for the new national textiles policy that seeks to create 35 million jobs, Union minister Santosh Gangwar said on Tuesday.
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India
Bajaj Corp to go for acquisitions, tap rural market for growth
FMCG company Bajaj Corporation Ltd plans to pursue acquisitions targeting niche brands and tap rural areas to push growth, particularly in light hair oil segment, where it aims to have a market share of 65 per cent.
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India
Jeep ready to start sales in India, brand CEO says
Fiat Chrysler's Jeep chief executive Mike Manley said the SUV brand will announce next month its first sales in India, where volumes will be low for the first few years. Manley had previously said the initial models to be sold to India will be the Grand Cherokee and Wrangler.
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India
Retail inflation probably went up for 5th month in December
Consumer inflation probably edged up for the fifth straight month in December, driven by higher food prices, complicating the Reserve Bank of India's task of steering monetary policy at a time of international deflation.
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India
RBI sets rupee reference rate at 66.8905 against dollar
Reserve Bank of India today fixed the reference rate of the rupee at 66.8905 against the US dollar and 72.7434 for the euro.
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India
Rupee recovers 11 paise against USD in early trade
The rupee regains 11 paise to 66.70 against the dollar in early trade on Tuesday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on fresh selling of the US currency by exporters and banks amid a higher opening in the domestic equity market.
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Giappone
Economic sentiment improves in December on brisk holiday sales
Business confidence among people with jobs sensitive to economic conditions improved in December, the government said Tuesday. Confidence fell in November but a year-end uptick took place amid brisk sales at Christmas and New Year’s. The diffusion index of sentiment on the country’s current economic situation among so-called “economy watchers,” ...
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Brasile
Destituição de Dilma seria melhor para a economia brasileira
Analistas da “Economist Intelligence Unit” acreditam que Presidente do Brasil vai cumprir o mandato, mas consideram que a sua substituição por Michel Temer seria vantajosa para o combate à crise económica