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Giappone
Japan firms shifting to trains to move freight amid dearth of new truckers
Logistics and other companies in Japan are increasingly switching from trucks to railways as a means of transporting freight over land, with rival firms even cooperating in some cases. The moves are driven in part by a chronic shortage of truck drivers. The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry is ...
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Giappone
Europeans mull ‘universal income’ for all as automation threatens jobs
I am, therefore I’m paid. The radical notion that governments should hand out free money to everyone — rich and poor, those who work and those who don’t — is slowly but surely gaining ground in Europe. Yes, you read that right: a guaranteed monthly living allowance, no strings attached. ...
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Giappone
Xi, unlikely champion for business elites, takes Davos spotlight
When Xi Jinping addresses business elites at Davos, the Chinese president will find himself an unlikely champion of the trade-based global order Donald Trump has derided. His new role could prove to be one of his biggest tests. On Tuesday, Xi will become the first Chinese head of state to ...
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Giappone
Females hold just 3.4% of exec positions at listed Japan firms, far from 30% target: survey
Women accounted for 3.4 percent of the executives at Japanese listed firms in 2016, far lower than the 30 percent target set by the government, a Cabinet Office survey showed Monday. However, the share rose 0.6 percentage point from the previous year to a record high, according to the survey ...
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Giappone Portogallo Spagna
Portugal protests Spain’s stockpiling of nuke waste near border
Portugal has accused Spain of stockpiling nuclear waste close to its border without evaluating the environmental impact, in a complaint filed Monday with Brussels. The dispute stems from the Spanish government’s decision in late December to authorize the building of a nuclear waste depot at the Almaraz plant in central-west ...
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Israele Cipro
Business in brief: Spacecom says talks to sell company to Chinese ended without deal
Israel Securities Authority seeks Cyprus’ aid in binary-option crackdown | Kerur says weighing option to buy out Jafora partner Clal Industries | Energy and telecoms stock weigh on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
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Portogallo
A oportunidade de Davos
Davos é também uma oportunidade para mostrar um Portugal com condições cada vez mais favoráveis para que se possa empreender e inovar. E, com isso, atrair mais e melhor investimento.
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Brasile
Rolls-Royce paga multa milionária em ação da Lava-Jato no Brasil e EUA
Empresa pagará US$ 26 milhões ao Brasil por pagamento de propina em contratos com a Petrobras e outros US$ 169,9 milhões aos EUA
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Brasile
Vídeo: detentos iniciam motim e ameaçam massacre em presídio mineiro
Detentos da Penitenciária Dutra Ladeira, em Ribeirão das Neves, na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, fazem um motim na noite desta segunda-feira. De acordo com informações da Comissão de Direitos Humanos da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB), os presos colocaram fogo em colchões. Viaturas da Polícia Militar (PM) ajudam ...
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Brasile
Temer estabelece prazo de um ano para construção de presídios federais
Em uma tentativa de abrandar a atual crise no sistema carcerário, o presidente Michel Temer determinou ao ministro da Justiça, Alexandre de Moraes, que a pasta conclua a construção de cinco presídios federais em até um ano. A implantação dos estabelecimentos prisionais está prevista no ...