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Cina USA Giappone
Congress urged to bar Chinese state-run firms from buying U.S. businesses, especially high-tech
As Chinese investment in the United States keeps setting records, congressional advisers suggest changing U.S. law so Chinese state-owned companies can be barred from buying or gaining control of American businesses. The concern is that such enterprises could use technology, intelligence and market power “in the service of the Chinese ...
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Giappone
Abe urges Japan Inc. to hike pay-scales for fourth straight year
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday asked business leaders to agree to pay hikes in next spring’s shunto wage talks as the Japanese economy struggles to beat chronic deflation. It is the fourth straight year that Abe has made the request to company executives. Despite years of efforts under his ...
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Giappone
Rakuten to pay €220 million to put its logo on FC Barcelona jerseys
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. is paying €220 million ($235.4 million) to emblazon its logo on the FC Barcelona soccer team’s jerseys for four years, in one of the biggest sponsorship deals in the sport. Rakuten, which has been trying to raise its profile outside Japan after billions of dollars ...
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USA Giappone
Like Islamic State’s accounts, Twitter pulls those of white supremacists at it cracks down on abusive ‘trolls’
Twitter accounts of white supremacy advocates who cheered Donald Trump’s election victory were mute on Wednesday, suspended as the social network battles hateful vitriol spewed by “trolls.” Terminated Twitter accounts included that of Richard Spencer, a leader in an alt-right white nationalist movement in the U.S., and accounts associated with ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Live: 7.8 New Zealand earthquake
As latest forecasts say there's a 30% chance of a mag 7.0 to 7.8 quake in the next 30 days, local business gets $7.5m aid.
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Israele
Business in brief: Leumi quarterly profit boosted by insurance reimbursement for U.S. penalty
Teva shares hammered a second day after disappointing third quarter | After two tough quarters, Delta-Galil profit climbs 31% | Tel Aviv has another quiet day as Wall Street opens lower
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Kenya
Extension of Dadaab closure deadline no change in policy - Amnesty
Source: Amnesty International Country: Kenya, SomaliaThe agency said thousands of refugees remained at risk of forced repatriation to Somalia, a war-torn country where they were at risk of death or injury in the ongoing conflict.In response to today’s announcement by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government Joseph ...
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Portogallo
Web do sumiço
Enquanto não forem criadas em Portugal as condições fundamentais ao nível fiscal, da literacia e do fomento do mercado de capitais, a Web Summit não passará de um sumiço de dinheiro para expositores e visitantes.
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Cina Kenya
See what is inside Sh10 million health container
The 99 furnished container clinics sold to the government at Sh10 million each had items that may not add up to the bill. The 40-foot containers seen by the Star had consignments of executive chairs, patient chair, portable toilet and clinical devices. Other items found in the container is a ...
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Kenya
Business: Kenya bets on gas cylinders subsidy to drive sales
Andrew Kamau Principal Secretary for Petroleum said the ministry is currently evaluating the mechanisms of implementing the project that is geared at increasing the number of households using cooking gas.