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Giappone
Japan needs ‘double dose’ of monetary, fiscal stimulus: Abe adviser Honda
Japan needs a double dose of monetary and fiscal stimulus, including further easing by the central bank next month, says Etsuro Honda, one of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic advisers. Honda, one of the architects of Abenomics, Abe’s economic policy based on “three arrows,” said fiscal restraint limited the effectiveness ...
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Cina Giappone
Chinese man gets three-year term for stealing secrets of corn seeds from U.S. companies
A businessman from China caught rummaging through a corn field in Iowa has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing trade secrets from U.S. seed corn companies. Mo Hailong, 46, became the subject of an investigation by state and federal authorities in 2011, after DuPont Pioneer security guards ...
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USA Giappone
World Bank and IMF take on opposition to globalization
Global finance leaders on Thursday publicly confronted the rising unpopularity of trade liberalization, saying world economies need to strive for more inclusive growth. With Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leading a surge of anti-free trade sentiment in the United States, and Britain voting to secede from the European Union, top ...
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Russia USA Giappone Danimarca
U.S. wants to strengthen agreement to ban Arctic Ocean fishing
The United States is trying to broker an agreement between a host of nations to prohibit unregulated fishing in the international waters of the Arctic Ocean. Such an agreement would be binding and include more countries than a nonbinding agreement that the U.S. entered into with Norway, Denmark, Russia and ...
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Francia
Francia, stabile il deficit commerciale di agosto
(Teleborsa) - Pressoché stabile la situazione dei conti con l'estero per la Francia, che mostra a giugno un deficit pari a 4,25 miliardi di euro, dal rosso di 4,26 miliardi riportato a...
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Nigeria
Recession: Reps Reject Sale Of National Assets
The House of Representatives yesterday joined the Senate in rejecting the sale of national assets as a way of the country getting out of recession after it adopted the position of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the State of the Economy. The Senate last week unanimously opposed the proposed sale ...
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Turchia
FG Summons Turkey Envoy Over detention Of Nigerian Students
The detention of over 50 Nigerian students in Turkey has sparked diplomatic row as the federal government on Thursday summoned Turkish ambassador, Hakan Cakil. Last week, the Turkish government allegedly ordered the arrest of 50 Nigerians. While some have been deported, others are being kept behind bars. On Thursday, Geoffrey Onyeama, minister ...
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Malta
'Life is better with just one kidney', organ donor says
Twelve years since he donated one of his kidneys to a friend, James Muscat feels better than when he had two. “Despite getting older, the remaining kidney is functioning better than when I had two, according to my creatinine blood tests. So when people ask me whether life is the same ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Watch: Prime Minister refuses to name firm auditing Konrad Mizzi
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today refused to name the company auditing Minister Konrad Mizzi, despite the minister telling a lawyer in open court to address questions about the audit company to Dr Muscat. Dr Muscat said the name of the company would be made public once the audit was published. Asked if ...
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Malta
Malta on track to reach EU's average wealth within a decade - PM
Economic sentiment was now 10 per cent higher than when the current administration took power, with Malta on track to reach the EU's average GDP per capita within 10 years instead of 40, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this morning. Speaking during an EY conference held at the Westin Dragonara, the Prime ...