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Giappone
Most seats empty on Hokkaido Shinkansen
Slightly more people have been riding the new Hokkaido Shinkansen Line than expected, but not enough to avoid losses, according to the bullet train’s operator. The line, which opened March 26, saw average seat occupancy of 27 percent in its first 16 days, JR Hokkaido Co. President Osamu Shimada said ...
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Giappone
Japan Inc. faces biggest Abe-era profits drop on strong yen
For the past three years, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could usually count on surging corporate earnings to back up the case that his policies were turning around Japan, but that is no more. Pretax profit at the biggest companies will drop about 10 percent in the three months ending June, ...
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USA Giappone Danimarca
Intuition helps humans beat computers in thorny physics game
Computers may have us beat at chess and checkers, but new research suggests our brains still have an edge when it comes to solving certain tricky problems thanks to a very human trait: intuition. Scientists in Denmark have found that people who played a game that simulated a complex calculation ...
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Giappone
Abe ally urges double dose of stimulus exceeding $184 billion
The nation needs a fresh, double-dose of stimulus to counter mounting signs of economic weakness, according to one of the key members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s brains-trust of pro-reflation advisers. The government should assemble a ¥10 trillion fiscal package, and the central bank should add the same amount to ...
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Giappone
In Iowa corn fields, Chinese national’s seed theft exposes vulnerability
Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds. Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region, he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and ...
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Giappone
Japan’s biggest bank criticizes BOJ policy for fueling anxiety
The top executive of Japan’s biggest bank delivered a rare criticism of the central bank on Thursday, saying its negative-interest-rate policy has contributed to anxiety among households and companies and prolonging it may weaken financial institutions. “Both households and businesses have become skeptical about the effectiveness of policy measures to ...
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USA
Padoan a New York: «Integrazione e leadership» la risposta alle sfide europee
Il ministro dell'Economia difende il progetto dell'integrazione europea davanti agli spettri di Brexit e di collassi di Schengen...
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Portogallo
Skate com três rodas que simula movimentos do surf
Empreendedores do Porto criaram skates de três rodas indicados para os principiantes no surf e para melhorar o desempenho dos mais experimentados, um equipamento para uso quando as condições meteorológicas são desfavoráveis para a prática na água.
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Portogallo
Greve da Portway com pouco impacto no aeroporto do Porto
A greve dos trabalhadores da Portway no Aeroporto do Porto, que começou esta quinta-feira e se manterá por tempo indeterminado, entre as 5 e as 7 horas da manhã e no trabalho suplementar, teve "um impacto inferior" ao esperado, admitiu fonte sindical.
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Paraguay
El acceso de inversores particulares a bonos del Tesoro dinamizará a la bolsa
Los principales referentes de las casas de bolsa Puente y Cadiem –ambas líderes en el volumen de negocios del mercado bursátil local– manifestaron ayer su aprobación por el nuevo sistema de negociabilidad de los bonos del Tesoro, que lanzó el Banco Central del Paraguay (BCP), porque posibilita ...