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USA
Arizona to pull incentive for Nike plant over recall of sneakers hit for conjuring up slavery era
Arizona will withdraw incentives for Nike Inc’s manufacturing plant in the state after the sportswear maker pulled the release of a sneaker that featured an ...
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Giappone
Japan’s tax revenue hit record ¥60.36 trillion in 2018 fiscal year
Japan’s tax revenue hit a record ¥60.36 trillion in fiscal 2018 on the back of higher wages and dividend payments, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.Tax ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks end modestly higher amid lack of incentives
Stocks managed to extend gains Tuesday amid a lack of powerful trading incentives.The Nikkei 225 average rose 24.30 points, or 0.11 percent, to end at ...
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Giappone
New auto sales in Japan up slightly in January-June from year before
Sales of new automobiles across the country rose 0.8 percent during the January-June period from a year earlier to 2.75 million units.The industry enjoyed the ...
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Singapore
Sumitomo Life buys 25% stake in fintech startup Singapore Life
Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. has purchased a stake of about 25 percent in Singapore Life Pte. for $90 million in a drive to capitalize on ...
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Giappone Corea del Sud
Japan defends tighter export controls amid South Korea wartime labor row
The government Tuesday defended its decision to impose tighter controls on technology-related exports to South Korea, amid Seoul’s failure to come up with a “satisfactory” ...
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Giappone
U.S. firm Applied Materials agrees to buy Japan’s Kokusai Electric to bolster memory chip business
U.S. chip gear maker Applied Materials Inc. agreed Monday to buy Japanese peer Kokusai Electric for $2.2 billion from KKR & Co. as it bets ...
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Giappone
Japan FTC orders baby goods maker to stop pricing restrictions
The Fair Trade Commission has ordered baby goods maker Aprica Children’s Products G.K. to stop urging retailers to not sell its products below its proposed ...
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Brasile Argentina Paraguay Uruguay Belgio
Dazi, il negoziato Ue-Mercosur sul commercio taglia il traguardo
L’Unione europea e i Paesi del Mercosur (Brasile, Argentina, Uruguay e Paraguay) hanno raggiunto a Bruxelles l’intesa sul trattato commerciale che i due blocchi stanno negoziando da...
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Regno Unito
Boris-economy, perché le proposte di Johnson fanno sobbalzare Londra (e la Ue)
«Se vince Boris Johnson, buona fortuna al ministro del Tesoro (il cancelliere, ndr)». L’augurio di David Brake, segretario di Stato alla Giustizia nel governo di Theresa May, potrebbe sembrare...