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Brasile
Rio State Officials Seek Aid from Private Banks
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With Rio de Janeiro facing one of its worst financial crises ever, state finance secretary, Gustavo Barbosa, met on Monday (November 14th) with representatives of several banks in São Paulo to see if he could find a solution to late ...
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Brasile
Residential Sales in Brazil’s São Paulo City Jump to Year High
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – According to just released data from the São Paulo Housing Union (Secov-SP), sales of new residential properties in Brazil’s largest city, São Paulo, totaled 1,717 in September. The volume represents a 59.3 percent increase over the total units sold in August ...
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Israele
Il governo di Israele spinge per la legalizzazione degli insediamenti
Il 13 novembre i ministri del governo israeliano hanno approvato un testo di legge che permetterebbe di legalizzare alcuni tipi di colonie in Cisgiordania, nonostante l’opposizione del primo ministro Benjamin Netanyahu. Leggi
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Cina Hong Kong
Un tribunale di Hong Kong licenzia due deputati che non hanno giurato fedeltà a Pechino.
Un tribunale di Hong Kong licenzia due deputati che non hanno giurato fedeltà a Pechino. I democratici Yau Wai-ching e Baggio “Sixtus” Leung sono stati allontanati dal loro incarico come deputati del parlamento locale di Hong Kong perché durante la cerimonia di insediamento non hanno giurato fedeltà alla Repubblica popolare ...
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Etiopia
Export Earning Sees 46 Million Br Decline
[Addis Fortune] Ethiopia earned over 640 million dollars from exports during the first quarter of 2016, a decline of 6.7pc or 46 million Br from last year.
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Kenya Etiopia Nigeria
Canada and Canadians Are No Stranger in Ethiopia
[Addis Fortune] Canada's Foreign Minister,Stephane Dion, was on a tour of three African countries - Nigeria, Kenya, and Ethiopia - this week.
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Etiopia
Native Ethiopians Need to Bridge a Transition to Liberalization
[Addis Fortune] Last week, the National Bank of Ethiopia issued a new directive-Manner of Relinquishing Shareholding of Foreign Nationals of Ethiopian Origin in a Bank or Insurer. This is an enforcement mechanism of its rule that no foreign nationals or organisations, in full or in part, own shares or establish ...
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Uruguay
Seguros SURA presenta un innovador servicio para conductores que no puedan manejar
Seguros SURA presenta un innovador servicio para conductores que no quieran o no puedan manejar.
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Giappone
Hitachi develops Japan’s first ‘lensless’ camera technology
Hitachi Ltd. says it has developed camera technology that can capture video images without a lens and adjust its focal position afterwards, becoming the first Japanese firm to do so. The technology using a special thin film will allow cameras to be lighter and thinner than conventional units, Hitachi said ...
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Cina USA Giappone
Abe warns TPP impasse would shift focus to China-inclusive trade pact
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that roadblocks to implementation of the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) could shift attention to another envisioned regional free trade pact that includes China, but not the United States. “There’s no doubt that there would be a pivot to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ...