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Francia
Affaire Bettencourt, «débat d’intérêt général et sociétal»
Le procès des écoutes dans l’affaire Bettencourt s’est conclu en France par une relaxe générale des prévenus, l’ex-majordome de Liliane Bettencourt et cinq journalistes, poursuivis pour atteintes à l’intimité de la vie privée de l’héritière de L’Oréal.en lire plus
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Australia
Supalai planning more Australian projects
SET-listed developer Supalai Plc (SPALI) is upbeat about its international investment, planning to spend 500 million baht in Melbourne, Australia, this year after recording good sales in 2015 for its first three housing projects.
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Iran
Basmati exporters eye better realisations as Iran opens up
Export volumes surged 23% during April-November 2015 over the year-ago period, indicating demand was good at lower price
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India
GJEPC's India Diamond Week inaugurated at New York
The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) inaugurated its 4th edition of the India Diamond Week (IDW) in New York on Monday.
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India
Execution challenge for economy: Rajan
He also said the 'implementation gap' is narrowing and if India delivers on its promise then the country will be 'the place to be'
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Iran
Indo-Iran trade braces for change
Public sector bank executives said it will take a while to establish a direct presence there
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Giappone
World tourism numbers hit record 1.18 billion in 2015, U.N. says
The number of international tourists rose by 4.4 percent worldwide in 2015 to hit a record 1.18 billion despite concerns over terrorism, the United Nations World Tourism Organization said. Tourism arrivals were up by 5.0 percent in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas but fell by 8.0 percent in North Africa, ...
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Giappone
El Nino is snow joke for Japan’s ski resorts, hit also by declining interest in the sport
The nation’s ski industry, hurt by demographics that have aged out many from the sport, this winter has additionally suffered — until this week — balmy, winter weather, courtesy of El Nino. While some ski and snowboarding resorts are doing fine bolstered by visits from foreign tourists, others are having ...
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Cina Giappone
China’s annual growth slows to 6.9% in 2015, weakest in 25 years
China’s economic growth missed analysts’ estimates last quarter, suggesting more stimulus may be needed to cushion the slowest annual pace of expansion in a generation. Gross domestic product rose 6.8 percent in the three months through December from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said in Beijing, below the median ...
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Giappone
Britain’s most gay-friendly employer: MI5
Britain’s MI5 spy agency was on Tuesday named the country’s best employer for promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender diversity. The domestic counterintelligence and security agency came top of the annual Workplace Equality Index conducted by Stonewall, an LGBT rights charity. It found the security service provided staff with quality ...