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Giappone
Sony, Samsung TVs wow CES crowds with new screen technologies
It’s been a while since a new TV raised any eyebrows, but Sony Corp. has just unveiled a new product that’s creating a bit of buzz at the annual Consumer Electronics Show industry gathering in Las Vegas. Sony’s XBR-A1E Bravia 4K is the electronics maker’s first commercial foray into the ...
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Giappone
Nikkei falls back moderately on profit-taking
The benchmark Nikkei average fell back moderately on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, dragged down by selling to lock gains. The 225-issue Nikkei average fell 73.47 points, or 0.37 percent, to end at 19,520.69. On Wednesday, the first trading day of 2017, the key market gauge jumped 479.79 points. ...
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Giappone
Sick of work email overload, French fight to protect private life
Beatrice, a busy 50-year-old manager at an airline in Paris, sounds like she would benefit from France’s new “right to disconnect” law that guarantees all employees freedom from their work smartphone and email. “It often happens that I’m interrupted by urgent problems in my free time, or need to reply ...
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Giappone
Apple to invest $1 billion in SoftBank fund to support tech
Apple Inc. is planning to invest $1 billion (about ¥117 billion) in SoftBank Group Corp.’s giant new technology fund, adding its name to a growing list of interested parties and giving the iPhone maker a new avenue to tap up-and-coming technologies. Qualcomm Inc. also said it will participate in the ...
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Giappone
Lawsuit seeks to ban Google from U.S. government contracts
The U.S. Labor Department is trying to bar Google from doing business with the federal government unless the internet company turns over confidential information about thousands of its employees. The potential banishment is being sought in a Labor Department lawsuit filed Wednesday with the Office of Administrative Law Judges. The ...
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Giappone
Alarms sound across Trump-fearing Mexico after Ford scuttles $1.6 billion plant
Ford Motor Company’s cancellation of plans to build a $1.6 billion auto manufacturing plant in San Luis Potosi has sounded alarms throughout Mexico. Even as the country is being rocked by rowdy nationwide protests against a Jan. 1 gasoline price hike, the Ford news led the front pages of Mexico’s ...
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Giappone
If Tillerson becomes Trump’s top envoy, Exxon will give him $180 million sendoff to place in trust
Rex Tillerson will get a $180 million retirement package from Exxon Mobil Corp. if he is confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state. Tillerson will give up more than 2 million Exxon shares he would have received over the next 10 years. In exchange, the company will make a ...
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Malta
PN calls for amendment to 'power of attorney' legal notice
The Opposition has filed a motion to amend a legal notice connected with the electronic revocation of garnishee orders and power of attorneys. The move comes after the Malta IT Law Association warned that the legal notice recently launched by Justice Minister Owen Bonnici to allow holders or subjects of a power ...
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Serbia
French police hold former Kosovo PM after arrest warrrant
French police have detained Kosovo's former prime minister based on an arrest warrant issued by Serbia. Ramush Haradinaj, who is also a former guerrilla fighter, was stopped as he flew in from Kosovo's capital, Pristina. Kosovo's foreign ministry said the arrest warrant issued by Serbia was "unacceptable". The government said it is ...
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Malta
Another positive year for the Maltese equity market
Following the exceptional performance of the MSE Share Index in 2015 when the equity market rallied by 33 per cent, the Index advanced by a more modest 4.5 per cent in 2016. The MSE Share Index is composed of the 22 equities listed on the Official List of the Malta Stock ...