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Nigeria
Massive spill as militants attack Forcados export line again
Ovie Okpare, Warri Nigeria’s crude oil export has suffered a major setback as the reopened 48-inch offshore Forcados crude export line operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has been blown up again by suspected militants. The incident, which our correspondent gathered occurred ...
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Nigeria
Court dashes FG’s hope on N2.5tn stamp duty revenue
Everest Amaefule and Ade Adesomoju The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has dashed the hope of the Federal Government to raise about N2.5tn per annum from stamp duties on bank lodgements with value of N1,000 and above. Ruling on an appeal filed by Standard Chartered Bank against Kasmal International ...
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India
President Rivlin discusses strengthening Israel-India ties on India visit
Modi: This trip will give ‘a crucial push’ to building ‘new pillars in our partnership.’
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Giappone
New condo supply slips in Tokyo area, surges around Osaka
The number of condominiums newly listed for sale in the Tokyo region in October dropped 0.6 percent from a year earlier to 2,903 units, a research institute said Tuesday. Launches of large-scale condominium buildings in Tokyo and neighboring Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures have ended, resulting in the drop in ...
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Giappone
Keidanren urges member firms to end excessive overtime
Keidanren on Tuesday called on its some 1,300 member companies to take thorough measures to prevent excessive overtime, following the suicide of a freshman female worker due to overwork at advertising firm Dentsu Inc. last year. The move comes as the largest business lobby in Japan, also known as the ...
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Giappone
Automated driving systems to be tested on Tokyo roads starting in 2017: government
The government will test automated driving systems on public roads and highways in Tokyo between 2017 and 2019 in hopes of accelerating commercialization of the technology ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, according to the Cabinet Office. The government will invite foreign automakers to participate in the project, to run ...
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Giappone Regno Unito
Google looks to add 3,000 more jobs when it opens new London office
U.S. tech giant Google on Tuesday confirmed it will expand its vast campus in central London, a move a source said is expected to bring 3,000 jobs to the British capital. Google announced it would add a new office building to a complex currently under development behind London’s King’s Cross ...
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Giappone
Saitama firm can’t keep up with demand for rubber Trump masks
While much of the world anxiously awaits what happens under U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, one factory manager in Japan is all smiles. Ogawa Studio, the only manufacturer of rubber masks in Japan, is working feverishly to catch up with a flood of orders for Trump masks since his election victory ...
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Giappone
BOJ inflation goal still too optimistic, doesn’t include Trump factor: ex-exec
The Bank of Japan is still too optimistic about the time needed to achieve its 2 percent inflation target, given the country’s entrenched deflationary mindset, a former BOJ executive director said. Any lack of progress toward that goal, though, is unlikely to trigger additional easing by the central bank because ...
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Egitto
Syria food production hits all-time low
Source: World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: Syrian Arab RepublicFood production in Syria has hit a record low as widespread insecurity and unfavourable weather conditions hamper access to land, farming supplies and markets.Urgent assistance to farmers critical to stemming growing food insecurity, UN agencies say FAO/WFP ...