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Giappone
Trump jitters cap Yellen-induced dollar rise below ¥115
The dollar surged to levels slightly below ¥115 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, taking a cue from a speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaling a positive stance about raising interest rates. The U.S. currency’s topside, however, was limited below the threshold ahead of Friday’s U.S. presidential inauguration ...
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Giappone
Nissan, Toyota back U.K. plants despite May’s Brexit plan
Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. say they’ll keep making cars in the U.K. despite Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to leave the European Union’s single market, which could make exporting from British factories less lucrative. May’s Brexit plan, outlined Tuesday, won’t derail Nissan’s commitment to build new versions ...
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USA Kenya
Two CSs, top civil servants to quit and run for seats
Resign yourself. It's time to call it quits if you want to run for office. A host of ambitious public servants — Cabinet Secretaries, PSs, hundreds of heads of government agencies and parastatal chiefs, as well as teachers — must rush to resign by February 8, six months to the ...
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Kenya
Land invasion wrecks Laikipia
Herders are still invading Laikipia and Nyeri counties, despite warnings and deadlines from the government. In four months, about 10,000 pastoralists from Baringo, Isiolo and Samburu counties with around 135,000 cattle have invaded Laikipia. Initially the invaders were primarily Samburu but in the last month, they have been joined by ...
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USA Kenya
Oloo and 100 ex-TNA offi cials join ODM, say more to follow suit
More than 100 Jubilee members and officials, led by former TNA secretary general Onyango Oloo, have defected to ODM. The members drawn from eight counties accused Jubilee of betrayal and sidelining them after affiliates merged into the Jubilee Party. Oloo yesterday said his integrity and ideologies do not allow him ...
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Kenya
Business News: Will Nextgen Mall raise demand for Mombasa Road office space?
Last month's opening of Nextgen Mall just a few metres from the Southern Bypass is expected to raise demand for office space on Mombasa Road, which has over the years seen slow uptake. Since its opening in late December, there has been a speedy uptake of office space in the ...
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Kenya
Business: Will Nextgen Mall raise demand for Mombasa Road office space?
Last month's opening of Nextgen Mall just a few metres from the Southern Bypass is expected to raise demand for office space on Mombasa Road, which has over the years seen slow uptake. Since its opening in late December, there has been a speedy uptake of office space in the ...
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Kenya
Business: Tea farmers in South Rift want government to waive loans
Small scale tea growers supplying their green leaves to Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) managed factories in Bomet and Kericho wants the government to waive loans used in building factories in the region.
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Kenya
Business News: Tea farmers in South Rift want government to waive loans
Small scale tea growers supplying their green leaves to Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) managed factories in Bomet and Kericho wants the government to waive loans used in building factories in the region.
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India
Business: World temperatures hit new high in 2016 for third year in a row
World temperatures hit a record high for the third year in a row in 2016, creeping closer to a ceiling set for global warming with extremes including unprecedented heat in India and ice melt in the Arctic, U.S. government agencies said on Wednesday.