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Giappone
Reported air rage incidents on rise as carriers try to squeeze in more passengers
Incidents of unruly passengers on planes are increasing, and more effective deterrents are needed to tackle the problem, a global airline trade group said Wednesday. There were 10,854 air rage incidents reported by airlines worldwide last year, up from 9,316 incidents in 2014, according to the International Air Transport Association. ...
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Giappone
Hitachi, Toshiba, MHI eye uniting their struggling nuclear fuel businesses
Hitachi Ltd., Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. are considering integrating their nuclear fuel businesses next spring, sources said Thursday. The three companies’ nuclear businesses have been in the doldrums since the 2011 meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 atomic power plant. The integration of their fuel businesses would ...
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USA Giappone
California freezes business with Wells Fargo over massive client fraud
California State Treasurer John Chiang on Wednesday announced a sweeping suspension of business relationships with Wells Fargo & Co. as punishment for the company’s defrauding of customers. In addition, Chiang vowed to work with the state’s two giant public pension funds to change the management structure at the bank, which ...
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Brasile Argentina Nigeria
Brasil entra com processo na OMC contra subsídios dos EUA a exportação de aço
O governo brasileiro dará início a um processo na Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) para questionar medidas tributárias que vêm sendo aplicadas pelos Estados Unidos na exportação de produtos siderúrgicos nacionais. O objetivo da ação é eliminar taxas que estão sendo cobradas pelo governo norte-americano e, diferentemente da interpretação brasileira, ...
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Brasile
PEC dos gastos públicos será votada em primeiro turno até dia 11, diz relator
O relatório da proposta de emenda à Constituição (PEC) 241/2016, que limita os gastos públicos nos próximos 20 anos, será lido na terça-feira (4) na comissão especial da Câmara, disse hoje (28) o relator do texto, deputado Darcísio Perondi (PMDB-RS). Segundo ele, a ideia é aprovar o texto na quinta-feira ...
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Brasile
Temer diz que Brasil viveu "isolamento externo" nos últimos anos
O presidente Michel Temer disse hoje (28) que o Brasil precisa acabar com o “relativo isolamento” da política exterior dos últimos anos e criticou acordos comerciais classificados por ele de “insuficientes”. Temer também comentou a situação do Mercosul, que, segundo ele, está retomando o “caminho da normalidade”, mas precisa ser ...
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Nigeria
We’re already walking out of recession, says finance minister
Finance Minister Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, yesterday said Nigeria was already walking out of the economic recession following some positive measures the Federal Government had taken. Mrs. Adeosun added that the recovery plan was to invest more in infrastructure and stop wastage in governance. The Minister, in an interview with reporters ...
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Nigeria
Tinubu, Atiku, others proffer ways for economic recovery
Nigeria needs to tap into its enormous natural and human resources to redirect her economy away from dependence on oil revenue and create a broad economic base to harness it tax potential and domestic investments for sustainable growth. This was the submission of political and business leaders yesterday in Lagos ...
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Nigeria
Check East; Abacha not the only Nigerian Who Looted Funds – Sani
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts and Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has, Wednesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Magu to extend their anti-corruption fight to the Middle East and Far East where he alleged some ...
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Nigeria
NGA/NIPCO Enter Strategic Partnership On Gas Investment
The Nigerian Gas Association NGA and NIPCO are effectively collaborating to promote investment in the country’s midstream oil sector. Both parties asserts that for Nigeria to effectively harness her endowed gas resources there is need for a special policy focus on gas sector in the nation’s energy mix . Making ...