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Giappone
Renault alliance 'not in danger': Nissan CEO tells AFP
TOKYO - Nissan's alliance with France's Renault is not in danger "at all", the Japanese automaker's CEO told AFP on Monday, despite tensions exposed by the arrest of the partnership's chief Carlos Ghosn.
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Giappone
Japan begins departure tax to fund tourism promotion
TOKYO: Japan started collecting a 1,000 yen (295 baht) departure tax on Monday from each traveller leaving the country in an effort to fund measures to attract more foreign visitors in the run-up to and beyond the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
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USA
US negotiators in Beijing for trade war talks
BEIJING: US negotiators on Monday headed into talks with Chinese counterparts as the two countries seek a deal to end a trade war that has raised fears of global economic turmoil.
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USA Singapore
Singapore shares lead gains, SET jumps more than 1%
Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Monday, with Singapore marking a three-week closing high, as the start of Sino-US trade talks raised hopes that a deal would alleviate concerns about slowing global economic growth.
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USA
US negotiators in Beijing for trade war talks
Talks come a month after Trump and Xi agreed to suspend a planned tariff hike for three months.
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Nigeria
Pinnick To Meet Victor Moses Over Retirement Plans
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), president Amaju Pinnick is set to meet Victor Moses to discuss his international retirement. The 28-year-old Chelsea winger quit international duty in August to focus on his club career. However, he has struggled to break into the plans of manager Maurizio Sarri. “I have arranged to ...
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Nigeria
‘Rate Cutting Threatens NAICOM’s N1trn Premium Target’
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) at the weekend cautioned insurance operators against rate cutting in 2019. The Deputy Commissioner for Insurance, Technical, Sunday Thomas, issued the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Mr Thomas explained that the industry’s target of N1 trillion premium ...
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Nigeria
Almond To Organise Insurance Consumers’ Forum
Almond Productions Limited is set to hold its 2018 Insurance Consumers’ Forum (ICF), where insurance practitioners and consumers will converge to deliberate on how insurers can provide seamless and comfortable services to their numerous clients nationwide. The forum, expected to hold on Friday 16th of November, 2018 in Lagos, is ...
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USA
Need For FG, States To Insure Workers
The federal and state governments have neglected their responsibilities by failing to purchase group life insurance coverage for civil servants across the country, thereby, shortchanging the workers in the process. ZAKA ABD-KHALIQ writes. Despite the fact that the Pension Reforms Act(PRA 2014) mandates companies both in public and private sphere ...
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Cina
As Trade Talks Begin, Trump Sees China’s Economic Weakness as U.S. Strength
President Trump is largely ignoring economic warning signs in the U.S., saying China is too weak to keep up the trade fight.