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Giappone
YouTube to challenge cable TV with new streaming service
YouTube on Tuesday unveiled a streaming television service offering bundles of live channels, in a direct challenge by the Google-owned network to traditional cable and pay TV. YouTube TV is tailored for younger generations seeking news, films and more programs without subscribing to cable or satellite service, YouTube chief executive ...
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Giappone
Japan’s fourth quarter business investment grew 3.8% on year
Capital spending by domestic firms rose 3.8 percent year-on-year in the October-December period, marking a turnaround as companies sought to boost output, government data showed Wednesday. Business investment by all non-financial sectors for purposes such as building plants and introducing new equipment came to ¥10.94 trillion ($97 billion). Lifted by ...
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Giappone
Toyota Mirai’s fuel cell technology must overcome ghosts of hydrogen’s past
Taxi driver Theo Ellis, the first person in Europe to drive Toyota Motor Corp.’s hydrogen-powered Mirai sedan for business, loves telling passengers about the technology that emits nothing but water. They ask him about its costs, greenness, and the majority inquire about safety. To his passengers, the word “hydrogen” evokes ...
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Giappone
Asia needs $26 trillion infrastructure investment by 2030, report says
Asia’s infrastructure race is just getting started. Emerging economies across the region will need to invest as much as $26 trillion on building everything from transport networks to clean water through 2030 to maintain growth, eradicate poverty and offset climate change. That’s according to an Asian Development Bank report released ...
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Giappone
Protests, mayoral snub, false tweet mark opening of Trump tower in diversity-friendly Vancouver
Protesters planned marches Tuesday in downtown Vancouver as President Donald Trump’s two eldest sons attended the grand opening of their company’s new hotel and condominium tower in a city known for diversity and progressive politics. Security officers in black suits surrounded the building’s entrance while police gathered on sidewalks at ...
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Giappone
U.S. litigants claim carmakers, including BMW, Nissan, knew of Takata air bag dangers
Leading auto manufacturers, including BMW and Nissan, equipped their cars with Takata air bags despite knowing they were dangerous, according to legal filings reviewed Tuesday by AFP. The claims, laid out in a civil case against Takata and leading automakers, broadens responsibility for the scandal to auto manufacturers, which have ...
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USA Giappone
Japanese steak house in Manhattan gives patrons no chance to sit
Carnivores who stood in a morning line for roughly 30 minutes to dine at a new Japanese steakhouse in New York City remained standing once inside, part of a plan to allow customers to wolf down their food and move on. Ikinari Steak, which opened last week in Manhattan’s East ...
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Nigeria
Economy way out of recession, says Presidency
• 2016 GDP figures show growth in agriculture There are indications that the economy is on its way out of recession, the Presidency said yesterday. It hinged its optimism on the year 2016 economic overall performance and last quarter Gross Domestic Product reports. A statement issued by the Special Adviser to ...
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Nigeria
Minister: no Nigerian killed in South Africa’s attacks
No Nigerian dies in the renewed xenophobic attacks in South Africa, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Khadijah Abba Ibrahim, told the Senate yesterday. The minister based her statement on the information from the Nigerian High Commission in South Africa. The Senate and the House of Representatives also yesterday ...
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Nigeria
‘$10b yearly investment in oil, gas coming’
• First part of PIB passage for March The Federal Government plans to attract $10 billion investment into the oil and gas industry yearly to bridge infrastructure gap. The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu stated this yesterday at the ongoing Nigeria Oil and Gas conference in Abuja ...