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USA Giappone
‘Pokemon Go’ boost limited as Nintendo cuts profit forecast
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. has slashed its operating profit and sales forecasts for this fiscal year, despite the global success of “Pokemon Go.” The Kyoto-based maker of Super Mario games and the Wii U console said Wednesday that it booked a ¥62.7 billion gain in April-September from its ...
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Giappone
Dollar weaker around ¥104.20 in late Tokyo
The dollar was weaker around ¥104.20 in late Tokyo trading on Wednesday after moving in a narrow range in the absence of fresh trading incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥104.17-18, down from ¥104.45-47 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.0917-0917, up from $1.0874-0876, and ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rise for third-straight session
Stocks climbed for the third straight session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, with their downside supported by buying on dips and the dollar’s stable moves against the yen. The 225-issue Nikkei average grew 26.59 points, or 0.15 percent, to end at 17,391.84. On Tuesday, the key market gauge rose ...
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Giappone
Japanese billionaire who can do no wrong sets sights on VR
Naruatsu Baba, the 39-year old billionaire and founder of mobile game developer Colopl Inc. breaks the mold of your typical Japanese executive: he’s completely immodest about his success. “Professionally, I’ve never really made any mistakes,” Baba said in an interview, sitting next to a life-size R2-D2 and a soccer jersey ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Wellingtonian collector puts 350 rare autographs on Trade Me
Hillary Clinton, George Foreman and Madonna are all up for sale, courtesy of a Wellington autograph collector.
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Cina Singapore Nuova Zelanda Danimarca Hong Kong
Korea Ranks No. 5 in World Bank's Doing Business Ranking
Korea ranked No. 5 in the World Bank's 2016 Doing Business rankings, down one notch from last year's when the country reached its peak of No. 4. In the corporate environment evaluation ranking issued by the World Bank on October 25, Korea ranked No. 5 behind New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark, ...
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USA Malta
Questions surround Monday's plane crash in Malta
Updated 12.25pm The government is sticking to its assertion that the Frenchmen who were killed in Monday’s plane crash were involved in a French Customs operation despite their being secret service agents. The accident prompted a number of questions after the French Defence Ministry confirmed that three of the five men on ...
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Malta
CBM emphasis on economic research
The Central Bank of Malta is placing new emphasis on the need for economic research, building on the initiative last year to publish policy notes on particular topics. Senior economist Aaron Grech said the Bank was scaling up its programme whereby its economists meet quarterly with all major non-financial operators to ...
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Nigeria
PSN-PACFaH Seeks Increased Health Funding In 2017
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria-Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PSN-PACFaH), has called for increased allocation, especially in the capital expenditure component of the health sector in the 2017 budget. This is even as Nigeria is yet to meet the 15 per cent allocation of national budget to ...
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Paraguay
Dende urge optimizar gasto y aumentar inversión pública
Mientras se sigue presentando un escenario en el que el superciclo económico (el boom de los comodities) ya está llegando a su fin, el ámbito internacional y regional es de crecimiento lento, y dentro de esta coyuntura, Paraguay tendrá un PIB entre el 3,4% y el 3,7% este año, con ...