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Giappone
NTT Docomo planning to increase handset prices
Mobile carrier NTT Docomo Inc. plans to raise handset prices by around ¥10,000 to ¥20,000 so it can provide discounts to customers who use less data. The post NTT Docomo planning to increase handset prices appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Fujifilm to bid for Toshiba’s medical equipment unit
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. plans to participate in the upcoming bidding for Toshiba Corp.’s fully owned medical equipment unit, it has been learned. Fujifilm expects synergies from its acquisition of Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. because its medical equipment operations do not overlap much with those of the Toshiba unit, informed sources ...
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Giappone
Fear of deflation like in Japan’s ‘lost decade’ prompted Fed into additional stimulus in 2010, transcript shows
The additional monetary stimulus that was approved by the Federal Reserve in 2010 reflected the U.S. central bank’s concern about the economy falling into Japanese-style deflation, a transcript released Friday of a policy board’s meeting at the time suggests. “Given this very slow growth outlook, I think there are several ...
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Giappone
Obama halts new coal leases on federal land
The Obama administration is halting new coal leases on federal lands until it completes a comprehensive review of fees charged to mining companies and coal mining’s impact on the environment. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Friday that companies can continue to mine coal reserves already under lease. The coal leasing ...
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Giappone
DPJ set to block Abe government’s push to ratify TPP in current Diet session
The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan is considering blocking moves by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact during the current Diet session, a senior DPJ lawmaker said Friday. The DPJ has compiled a draft report on TPP issues, claiming that Japan’s call ...
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Cina
Eastward ho!
Sailing and shopping, the perfect mix EVERY New Year, cruise lines brace themselves for “wave season”—the first three months of the year, in which nearly a third of all holidays at sea are booked. They will do well to improve on their 2015 results. On December 18th Carnival, the world’s largest ...
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Argentina
Constatan en súper azúcar argentina
El viceministro de Comercio, Pablo Cuevas, informó del hallazgo de azúcar de contrabando en un supermercado en la ciudad de Itá. El local verificado se llama La Familia.
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Brasile
Empresária portuguesa junta-se a bilionários para construir rede de padarias no Brasil
O Brasil vai ter uma rede de padarias de tradição portuguesa, um projeto da empresária Rita Sousa Coutinho em parceria com dois bilionários brasileiros.
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Colombia Argentina Guatemala El Salvador Costa Rica
Salvadoreños en encuentro teatral latinoamericano
Un grupo de más de 20 artistas salvadoreños de teatro viajaron ayer hasta Matagalpa, Nicaragua, para incorporarse al “IV Encuentro Latinoamericano de Teatro del Oprimido”.Disciplina artística impulsada por el actor brasileño Augusto Boal, en 1960, la rama comenzó a expandirse al resto del mundo en la década de los setenta. El ...
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Bolivia El Salvador
Firmantes ven oportunidad de un pacto contra el crimen
A 24 años de haberse llegado a un acuerdo para cesar el conflicto armado en El Salvador, cuatro de los firmantes de ese entonces creen que hay una nueva oportunidad para que todos los sectores (políticos, económicos y sociales) puedan lograr un acuerdo de nación que ayude a combatir la ...