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Giappone
Dollar weaker around ¥123 in Tokyo
The dollar eased to around ¥123 in Tokyo trading on Friday, pressured by position-adjustment selling and sluggish performance of Tokyo stocks. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥123.00-01, down from ¥123.36-37 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.0688-0689, up from $1.0673-0674, and at ¥131.47-48, down from ...
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Giappone
BOJ easing seen as blunt tool by one fund, blowing bubbles by another
TCW Group Inc. says the Bank of Japan has made a mistake and should exit quantitative easing as soon as possible. Invesco Ltd. says the only error was not starting sooner. The split in views at the funds, which manage a combined $971 billion, comes as BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda ...
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Giappone
Japanese public-private fund to invest in Texas bullet train project
A Japanese public-private fund is in the final stage of negotiations to invest about ¥4 billion in a high-speed rail project in Texas, sources said Friday. The project, in which Central Japan Railway Co.’s shinkansen bullet train technology is expected to be used, faces the challenge of covering costs totaling ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks end moderately higher on buying by individuals, hedge funds
Stocks managed to end higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, underpinned by buying from individuals and hedge funds, after moving in negative territory for most of the day’s trading. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 20.00 points, or 0.10 percent, to end at 19,879.81, the highest closing since Aug. 20. ...
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Giappone
Japan to accept receipts photographed with smartphones under corporate tax change
A red-tape busting rule change will mean companies can cut back on the amount of paper receipts they need to store for business expense claims, as long as workers have a smartphone camera, according to informed sources. Currently, companies are obliged by corporate tax law to keep paper receipts for ...
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Giappone
In first, ANA to accept 15 Myanmar trainees starting later this month
ANA Holdings Inc. will accept 15 Myanmar trainees starting at the end of this month to work in ground services at Narita airport, including in operating passenger boarding bridges and loading cargo. The major Japanese airline said this week it will train the workers at the request of the Myanmar ...
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Giappone
Convenience store giant Lawson eyes entering banking business
Lawson Inc. sets up a new lender with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ as the convenience store chain prepares to make a foray into banking. The post Convenience store giant Lawson eyes entering banking business appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Cina
China wants gas to fire economy
China’s steep cuts to domestic gas prices offer a glimmer of hope for the global natural-gas industry.
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SICA abordará problemática de migrantes cubanos - El Nuevo Diario
Los gobiernos centroamericanos abordarán la situación de los miles de migrantes cubanos que buscan atravesar el istmo para llegar a Estados Unidos, y las posibles respuestas a esta problemática en una reunión de cancilleres del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA), prevista a realizarse el martes 24 en San Salvador. La ...
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Ghana
GH¢1.6 billion tax exemption losses outrageous- Nakyea
A tax analyst, Abdallah Ali Nakyea, has described as outrageous, Ghana’s loss of about 1.6 billion cedis to tax exemption for the first nine months of 2015. According to him, government should be worried about the development and implement solutions to reduce similar occurrences in 2016. Provisional figures released by ...