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Giappone
Japan’s household investors risk rupee-linked bonds as yields at home elude
Japanese household investors are buying rupee-linked bonds like never before as negative interest rates at home prompt them to take greater risks in search for yield. The amount of Uridashi notes sold in the Indian currency surged to a record $1.45 billion this year from 105 offerings, making up 6.2 ...
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Giappone Taiwan
Taiwan looks to ease Fukushima-linked curbs on Japan food products
Taiwan is considering phasing out restrictions on the import of food products from five Japanese prefectures banned in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima reactor meltdowns. Deputy Council of Agriculture Minister Chen Chi-chung told Kyodo News that the administration is working toward the direction of relaxing the restrictions in two ...
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Giappone
Microsoft goes after Apple with high-end PC lineup boasting 3-D software
Microsoft launched a new consumer offensive Wednesday, unveiling a high-end computer that challenges the Apple iMac along with an updated Windows operating system that showcases three-dimensional content and “mixed reality.” The U.S. tech giant announced its first desktop computer, called Surface Studio, a $3,000 high-end “all-in-one” device that aims at ...
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Giappone
Nissan to halt Mexico output of veteran Tsuru sedan amid safety criticism
Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Wednesday it will stop production in May of the Mexican-built Tsuru, an economical and hardy sedan beloved by taxi drivers but often sold without airbags and widely criticized for its poor crash record. In production since the early 1980s, the Tsuru has been a ...
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Cina Giappone
Toyota adds 5.8 million more vehicles to global Takata recall
Toyota is recalling about 5.8 million vehicles in Japan, Europe, China and other countries to replace potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators. The company says it knows of one person injured in a crash involving one of the vehicles, but a spokesman didn’t know where the crash happened. Toyota says ...
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USA
Amaechi And His Enemies
It may interest the reader to know that before the advent of the Buhari’s led-administration, Nigerians prayed fervently to Almighty God to sustain our democracy, as a result of the challenges that befell us, such as insecurity, lack of policy direction and violation of the rule of law. In the ...
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Germania
Germania, timido recupero dei prezzi import a settembre
(Teleborsa) - Continuano a scendere i prezzi all'importazione in Germania, su base annuale, mentre si registra un timido recupero a livello mensile. Nel mese di settembre, il dato ha registrato...
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Nigeria
World Bank rating excites Presidency
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Wednesday expressed delight at the latest World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 ranking report released on Tuesday which ranked Nigeria 169 out of 189 countries in the overall Ease of Doing Business rank. The Presidency’s position was contained in a statement by the Senior Special ...
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Nigeria
HIV/AIDS: FG dismisses antiretroviral drugs shortage reports
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS on Wednesday said there was no shortage of antiretroviral drugs in Nigeria. The Director Partnership, NACA, Dr Emmanuel Alhassan, also assured that it is working to enhance distribution of the drugs in the country. The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS had said there ...
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Nigeria
I joined cult group to obtain business loan –Hair stylist
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Police in Abuja have arrested 12 suspected members of a cult group, Norsemen, who have been terrorising residents of Apo District, Abuja, for some time. Items recovered from the boys, who are being detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad facility, include a locally fabricated rifle, three cutlasses ...