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Giappone
Uber embarks on unconventional strategy in Japanese countryside
In a small coastal town on the Sea of Japan, Uber Technologies Inc. is deploying an unusual strategy. The average age of an Uber passenger in Kyoto’s Tangocho district, population 5,914, is at least 70. Even stranger: Most of these elderly customers don’t own a smartphone, so they have to ...
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Giappone
Japan logs ¥2.46 trillion trade surplus for April-September half
Japan posted a goods trade surplus of ¥2.46 trillion ($24 billion) for the April to September half, reversing the ¥1.28 trillion deficit posted a year earlier, after imports plunged thanks to lower oil prices, the government said Monday. The value of imports dived 19.1 percent from a year earlier to ...
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Giappone Vietnam
Foreign firms eye up Vietnam’s state brewers
Sloshed back at rowdy open-air “bia hoi” day and night, beer is Vietnam’s tipple of choice and now its cash-strapped government is drawing on the nation’s penchant for lager to raise billions of dollars by selling stakes in state-owned brewers. The unprecedented divestments in two state crown jewels, the makers ...
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Giappone
Mexico drug cartel launders cash in small deposits in Big Apple banks
In the photos, Alejandra Salgado and her little brother, Francisco, look like ordinary tourists strolling the streets of Midtown Manhattan. He carries a shopping bag. She wears a white dress, a necklace and a leather tote slung over one shoulder. But the outings were hardly innocent. Over two hours, federal ...
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Giappone
Clinton urges scrutiny of AT&T’s Time Warner grab; Senate panel plans hearing
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton thinks U.S. regulators should closely scrutinize AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner, her spokesman said on Sunday. Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon told reporters on Sunday there were “a number of questions and concerns” about the deal “but there’s still a lot of information that needs to ...
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Cina USA Giappone
Korea's Flagship Businesses Losing Growth Steam
The growth engine of Korea's flagship businesses is losing steam, with their profitability and sales both declining. Against this backdrop, concerns are growing about whether their growth reached a limit. According to an analysis of the six-year (from 2010 to 2015) profitability, growth and stability of the top-500 listed companies ...
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USA
Korea's Trade Minister Calls for Fair Anti-dumping Investigation
The Trade, Industry, and Energy Minister Joo Hyung-hwan called for the U.S. government which imposed a string of anti-dumping duties on Korean-made steel products, to fairly carry out investigations. He also delivered the concern of the Korean steel industry about America's latest move to toughen its regulations on steel imports. ...
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USA Giappone
Japan's September Exports Fall 6.9%...Down for 12 Consecutive Months
Japan's September exports fell 6.9 percent from the same month last year, said Japanese Ministry of Finance on October 24. This is better than the figure estimated by Bloomberg at -10.8 percent. The nation's exports have been in decline for 12 consecutive months since October last year, largely due to ...
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USA
De rugbytempel is voor één dag een raar circus
New York Giants en Los Angeles Rams waren zondag te gast in Twickenham Stadium. American football in de ‘kathedraal’ van het rugby? Voor de één heiligschennis, voor de buurt business.
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Malta
Justice for the judiciary too
The main problem with the Constitutional Reforms (Justice Sector) Act, 2016 is that is raises serious concerns on human rights infringements and aspects of bad governance. It also constitutes an unwarranted interference by the Executive in the independence of the judiciary viewed in the light of the rule of law, ...