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Giappone
Toyota, Suzuki tying up in technology, ecology partnership
The two rivals plan to study areas where they can collaborate on tech for the environment, safety and info networking. The post Toyota, Suzuki tying up in technology, ecology partnership appeared first on The Japan Times.
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USA Giappone
Dollar weaker around ¥103.50 in Tokyo
The dollar moved on a weaker note around ¥103.50 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, pressured by falls in crude oil prices and stock market downturns in Japan and the United States. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.52-53, down from ¥103.92-92 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was ...
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Giappone Uruguay
Samsung brand mystique at risk after death of Note 7 smartphone
Samsung Electronics Co. is corporate royalty in South Korea. It’s also a company recognized for its marketing smarts and engineering savvy worldwide, so much so that consulting firm Interbrand ranked it as the world’s seventh-most valuable in its 2016 survey, ahead of Amazon and Mercedes-Benz. So how is it that ...
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Giappone
Stocks plunge on Wall Street sell-off, oil drop
Stocks turned sharply lower on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday following a sell-off on Wall Street and a fallback in oil prices overnight, sending the benchmark Nikkei average back to levels below 17,000. The 225-issue Nikkei average gave up 184.76 points, or 1.09 percent, to end at 16,840.00. On Tuesday, ...
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Giappone
BOJ ready to act if global downturn threatens inflation goal: board member
The Bank of Japan will not hesitate to pull the trigger on additional monetary easing if a drastic global downturn threatens the bank’s efforts to achieve its inflation goal, a BOJ board member said Wednesday. “Japan remains far from reaching its limit in monetary easing policy,” Policy Board member Yutaka ...
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Giappone
Samsung’s fire flap underscores our growing dependence on smartphones
Tethered as we are to our smartphones, Samsung asking users of its fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 to “power down and stop using the device” is not just an inconvenience. It’s crazy. Smartphones have become extensions of ourselves, the last thing we look at before falling asleep and the first thing ...
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USA
Police Use Surveillance Tool to Scan Social Media, A.C.L.U. Says
Geofeedia, a company in Chicago, has used data from Facebook, Twitter and several other networks to aid law enforcement officials in monitoring protesters, the A.C.L.U. says.
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Etiopia
In drought-struck Ethiopia, emergency livestock response severely underfunded
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: EthiopiaWhile significant resources have been deployed for the crop sector, the livestock sector remains in critical condition with almost 2.4 million households requiring assistance.11/10/2016 In less than a year, Holo Molo has lost more than a third of his livestock. The ...
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Brasile
Interesse de bilionário egípcio pelo Brasil é antigo
Naguib Sawiris está de olho no mercado de telecomunicações brasileiro há algum tempo
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Brasile
Costureras del Guairá tienen garantizado mercado brasileño
Las costureras del Departamento del Guairá recibieron ayer buenas noticias en el Primer Foro de Inversiones que se realizó en Villarrica. En el evento se anunció que podrán vender unas dos mil prendas al mes al Brasil, a través de gestiones que está realizando el Ministerio de Industria y ...