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Giappone
Ronald McDonald keeps low profile amid rash of creepy clown sightings
McDonald’s says Ronald McDonald is keeping a low profile with reports of creepy clown sightings on the rise. McDonald’s Corp. said Tuesday that it is being “thoughtful in respect to Ronald McDonald’s participation in community events” as a result of the “current climate around clown sightings in communities.” The company ...
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Giappone
Japan consumers may shop on cheap but then for wheels, spring for $100,000 Rolls
Japanese consumers are raiding discount stores for everything from cheap shampoo to furniture. When it comes to automobiles, it’s the Rolls-Royces and BMWs that are moving off the dealer lots. Luxury imported cars costing ¥10 million ($96,500) or more surged 19 percent in the first nine months to 13,605 units, ...
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Giappone
Union to fight ‘hammer blow’ as Fujitsu plans to ax 1,800 U.K. jobs
Japanese IT giant Fujitsu said Tuesday it was planning to cut up to 1,800 jobs in Britain as part of a restructuring program. Fujitsu said the plan was to streamline its operations and make it more competitive in a global information technology market. The layoffs amount to around 13 percent ...
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Giappone
Supreme Court showdown for Apple, Samsung in epic design patent clash
The epic patent clash between Apple and Samsung went before the Supreme Court Tuesday, as the smartphone giants debated the value of design in a case that could set an important legal precedent. The highest U.S. court began hearing arguments over damages the South Korean smartphone giant owes Apple for ...
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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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Lussemburgo
Padoan in Lussemburgo glissa le domande sul deficit
(Teleborsa) - Il numero uno dell'Economia, Pier Carlo Padoan, al termine della riunione Ecofin in Lussemburgo, non ha voluto fare commenti sui numeri che circolano in merito alla stima di deficit al...
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Etiopia
IMF Reports Positive Economic Growth Despite Unrest
[Addis Fortune] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has affirmed that Ethiopia's economy continued to perform favourably last year, while ignoring the impact of widespread public discontent and protests in various parts of the country. If any, the IMF mentioned the severe drought last year and depressed global demand for commodities ...
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Belgio
De Crem renonce finalement à ses cours à Harvard pour accompagner le Roi au Japon
Le secrétaire d'Etat au Commerce extérieur va remplacer Didier Reynders. Ce dernier, en tant que vice-Premier MR du gouvernement fédéral, doit rester en Belgique pour participer aux négociations budgétaires.
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Turchia Iran
The Grand Bazaar’s grand crisis
Last weekend, the headline of daily Hürriyet should have sent shockwaves to all politicos and business figures. In the most historic shopping malls of all, namely the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, 600 shops have been closed because of an “unspoken” economic crisis. Four decades ago such news toppled a shah ...
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Turchia
Lies, cheap lies and cheaper lies
Turkey’s claim that its regional foreign policy is not sectarian “at all” is as convincing as its government’s claims over the past few years that the Turkish state is “at a strictly equal distance” from every faith, including citizens with no faith at all.