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Giappone
Paris tourism slumps in wake of attacks
The attacks in Paris are having a major impact on tourism, initial figures show, pushing the French prime minister to meet industry officials to come up with a plan to limit the damage and keep visitors coming to the City of Light. Ten days after the carnage, the deadliest since ...
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Giappone
Minimum wage to go up 3 percent to boost consumption
The Abe administration will raise the minimum wage by 3 percent each year starting next fiscal year as part of a package of policies aimed at strengthening consumer spending and stoking economic growth. The administration will also strengthen policies to get more women into the workforce and ease regulations to ...
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Giappone
Abe wants to keep revenue loss from tax reduction to less than ¥400 billion
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe orders his team to work toward designating fresh food as the only category subject to lower tax rates when the consumption tax goes up to 10 percent in 2017. The post Abe wants to keep revenue loss from tax reduction to less than ¥400 billion appeared first ...
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Giappone
Japan firms promote medical tourism for wealthy Chinese, offering lifeline for struggling hospitals
Companies are boosting efforts to promote medical tourism for foreign visitors seeking medical care in Japan. Travel agency JTB Corp. and medical assistance service provider Emergency Assistance Japan Co. are offering support for visits to Japan with interpreters, transportation and accommodation. They are targeting wealthy Chinese in particular. On Nov. ...
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Giappone
Dollar weakens below ¥123 in Tokyo
The dollar moved weakly below ¥123 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, weighed down by position-adjusting selling amid a dearth of fresh incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥122.66-66, down from ¥123.00-01 at the same time Friday. The euro was at $1.0639-0639, down from $1.0688-0689, and at ¥130.50-51, down ...
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Giappone
Stocks rise in Tokyo on stimulus hopes
Stocks wiped out earlier losses to end higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, supported by hopes for further economic stimulus measures. The Nikkei rose 45.08 points, or 0.23 percent, from Friday to close at 19,924.89, its highest finish since Aug. 20. On Friday, it rose 20 points. The ...
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Austria
Top Austrian university to open first overseas campus in Dubai
Dubai Investments says it has invested 90& of the total project cost to build Modul University Vienna campus
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Colombia
Maersk invertirá en puertos de Colombia
Se trata de mejoras en las terminales de Cartagena y Buenaventura a través de capital aportado por la empresa danesa y sus socios locales.
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Cina
Allianz pushes into China with Baidu deal
German group to combine with search engine to sell insurance online
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Bolivia
Productores venden 18 toneladas de maní al mercado alemán
Con apoyo de la Unión Europea, pequeños productores de maní de los municipios de Mizque, Aiquile, Villa Serrano y Padilla del departamento de Cochabamba efectuaron el primer embarque de 18 toneladas del producto al mercado alemán. FONDO CONCURSABLE Esta primera operación tuvo como aduana de...