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Giappone
Global salary gaps hindering automakers’ efforts to lure IT workers
Headhunter Casey Abel spent four months trying to hire a data center architect for a Japanese automaker, including five meetings with the client — one with the top executive. In the end, the IT specialist joined an e-commerce company abroad for significantly more money. “There’s just a massive mismatch in ...
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Giappone
Japan ratifies TPP despite bleak outlook under Trump
Ratification comes hours before the inauguration of Donald Trump, who is against the trade deal, as U.S. president. The post Japan ratifies TPP despite bleak outlook under Trump appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Nikkei up slightly ahead of Trump’s inauguration
Stocks advanced moderately Friday in thin trading ahead of the closely watched inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president later. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 65.66 points, or 0.34 percent, to close at 19,137.91. On Thursday, the key market gauge gained 177.88 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues ...
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USA Kenya
Read: AG Muigai's list of rogue lawyers banned from practice
A list of 32 rogue lawyers has been released by the office of Attorney General Githu Muigai. Twenty have been struck off the Roll of Advocates following public outcry, Muigai said on Wednesday. He said others are facing disciplinary action for gross professional misconduct, and are not allowed to practice ...
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Kenya
Business: Central Bank of Kenya says it's devoted to flexible exchange rate
Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Njoroge said he was not worried about the exchange rate of the Kenyan shilling.
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Kenya
Business: Capital markets regulator to charge less than 1pc for derivative deals
The fee is meant to entice market players into investing while ensuring the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and the regulator get a cut. Some amount will be set aside in an investor protection fund.
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USA
Business: Dating site that caters exclusively to Trump fans
According to a Crazy Monday source in the US, 'Trump Singles' was founded by David Goss, a Trump supporter from California. He apparently came up with the idea for the site after noticing people who support Trump were always discriminated upon or disliked.
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Portogallo
Consumo de eletricidade esta quinta-feira foi o mais alto em seis anos
Consumo de eletricidade em Portugal atingiu 169 Gigawatt-hora (GWh) nesta quinta-feira. Foi o valor mais elevado desde janeiro de 2011, de acordo com dados da REN.
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Portogallo
Atividade económica e consumo privado aumentam em dezembro, realça BdP
De acordo com os dados do Banco de Portugal, o indicador coincidente mensal para a atividade económica subiu para os 0,8% e o do consumo privado para os 2,2%, no mês passado.
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Kenya
Githu Muigai strikes 20 lawyers off roll of advocates
Disgraced 'learned friends' not allowed to practise law in Kenya.