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Giappone
At new Ginza shopping destination, fashionable, well-off spenders defy Japan’s tight-fisted reputation
Tight-fisted shoppers, unsteady economic growth and a shrinking population: Japan doesn’t exactly fit the image of a spending powerhouse these days. But you would never know it in Ginza — Tokyo’s answer to the Champs-Elysees or Fifth Avenue — where a new 13-story upscale mall is proving that Japan is ...
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Giappone
Nintendo eyes sale of 10 million Switch consoles in year to March
Nintendo expects to sell 10 million units of the new Switch game console over the next year, the company said Thursday, as it bets big on the successor to its poor-selling Wii U. The forecast came as Nintendo reported its net profit in the just ended business year soared more ...
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Giappone
Japan’s big three shippers see profitable year amid industry recovery
Japan’s big three shippers on Friday forecast a return to profit this fiscal year after last year’s losses, as they emerge from the worst global slump in the container business. The brighter outlook comes amid a gradual recovery in prices for shipping containers, which carry 90 percent of the world’s ...
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Giappone
British inventor takes flight in ‘Iron Man’ suit
British inventor Richard Browning lifted off from the shore of Vancouver Harbor on Thursday in a personal flight suit that inspired references to comic superhero “Iron Man.” Using thrusters attached to his arms and back, Browning flew in a circle and hovered a short distance from the ground, captivating attendees ...
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Brasile Giappone El Salvador
In world first, El Salvador bans metal mining
El Salvador on Thursday became the first country in the world to ban the mining of metals in what campaigners called a landmark move for environmental protection. The law bans “prospection, exploration, exploitation, extraction or processing of metallic minerals in El Salvador,” according to the text published Thursday in the ...
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Giappone
Japan’s March data on core inflation, output keep pressure on BOJ
The nation’s core consumer prices rose at a slower than expected pace in March and household spending fell more than estimated — worrying signs for the central bank that domestic demand won’t be strong enough to generate sustained inflation. Industrial product in March also fell more than predicted, but economists ...
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USA
USA, cresce a sorpresa l'attività manifatturiera nell'area di Chicago
(Teleborsa) - Cresce più del previsto l'attività manifatturiera nell'area di Chicago. Nel mese di aprile, l'indice PMI Chicago si è attestato a 58,3 punti dai 57,7 del mese precedente....
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USA
Usa, l'economia in frenata nei primi tre mesi dell'era Trump
Deciso rallentamento dell'economia americana nel primo trimestre dell'anno, risultando anche sotto le attese del mercato. Secondo quanto rilevato dal Bureau of Economic Analysis, che pubblica...
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USA
Humanitarian chiefs call for dramatic scale-up of funding, attention to CAR crisis
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Central African RepublicMore than 880,000 people have been displaced by conflict and frequent upsurge of violence, and almost half of the population currently depends on humanitarian assistance to survive. Bangui, 28 April 2017 — Senior humanitarians today urgently appealed to the world ...
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Sudafrica
South Africa: Cabinet Welcomes FDI Report
[SAnews.gov.za] Pretoria -Cabinet has welcomed the A.T. Kearney's 2017 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence report, which indicates that South Africa is the 25th most attractive destination for foreign direct investment globally, the first from the African Continent.