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Thailandia
BDMS plans wellness centre for Nai Lert
SET-listed Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Plc (BDMS) aims to develop the newly acquired Swissotel Nai Lert Park as a world-class wellness centre that would attract high-end foreign and Thai patients.
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Giappone
Recall-replaced Samsung smartphone spews smoke, prompts jetliner evacuation
An overheated Samsung device created smoke that caused a plane to be evacuated at Louisville International Airport on Wednesday, an official said. The smoke prompted Southwest Airlines to evacuate the plane before it departed for Baltimore, Louisville Metro Arson Capt. Kevin Fletcher told news outlets. A total of 75 people, ...
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Giappone
Yahoo denies cooperating with NSA, FBI on mass email surveillance
Yahoo on Wednesday rejected allegations of mass email surveillance amid an outcry from privacy activists over a report that it created a special scanning program at the behest of U.S. intelligence. The report, which said the U.S. internet giant had secretly scanned hundreds of millions of email accounts to help ...
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Giappone
Sharp’s singing vacuum aims to tug users’ heart strings
The Sharp Corp. robot vacuum cleaner on display at the ongoing CEATEC trade show is no mere machine. Dubbed Cocorobo, it collaborates with a singing voice synthesizer software called Vocaloid and can hold simple conversations and even sing to people. The Osaka-based firm has been gearing up efforts to make ...
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Giappone
Lawson plans to enter banking business in 2018
Convenience store chain operator Lawson Inc. plans to enter the banking business in 2018, and will set up a company next month with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ to prepare, industry sources said Wednesday. The investment ratio for the new bank is likely to be 95 percent for Lawson and ...
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Giappone
Honda, Yamaha start tie-up talks for motorcycle business
Honda Motor Co. and Yamaha Motor Co. said Wednesday they have started talks toward forming a business tie-up in the development and production of 50 cubic centimeter motorcycles sold in Japan as the domestic market continues to shrink. Honda would supply assembly of the vehicles, sometimes called scooters, at its ...
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USA
Richard J. Schwartz, Who Expanded Jonathan Logan’s Dress Empire, Dies at 77
Mr. Schwartz expanded his father’s business, Jonathan Logan, and later turned to philanthropy and the arts, including the New York State Council on the Arts.
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USA
‘Patriots Day’ Eases Into Promotion With Solemn Tone
To market the movie, which revisits the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, CBS Films has slowly introduced the first trailer, which emphasizes patriotism and community.
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USA
US Factory Orders Ticked Up in August
Orders to U.S. factories edged higher in August, with a key category that tracks business investment plan rising for a third straight month.
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Belgio
Charleroi: la double alerte à la bombe levée, du retard sur le rail
Une alerte à la bombe a provoqué l'évacuation de la gare de Charleroi-Sud et des l'instauration de mesures de sécurité supplémentaires au Brussels South Charleroi Airport (BSCA), ce mercredi vers 17h30. Un appel téléphonique signalait une explosion imminente. Les dispositifs ont été levés peu avant 19h00.