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Kenya
Business: Kenya promotes speciality teas to boost earnings for farmers
Kenya is relaxing some of its tea industry rules to encourage production of new varieties in an effort to boost earnings for farmers of the crop, which is now one of the country's top hard currency earners.
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Brasile USA
U.S. Dollar Registers Highest Daily Hike in Brazil in 8 Years
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Still trying to adjust to the United States’ election results, the Brazilian foreign exchange rate registered the highest daily appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Brazilian real of the past eight years on Thursday (November 10th) with the North ...
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USA Corea del Sud
Paper Industry to Increase Exports to $4 Bil. by 2020
The pulp and paper industry aims to reach an export goal of US$4 billion by 2020, up by $1 billion from last year. The Korea Paper Association held a meeting on November 11 at the Seoul Club in Seoul's downtown and announced its plan. In addition, the meeting passed an ...
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Algeria
World Cup Qualifier: Mikel Says Team Will Give Everything For Three Points
Super Eagles Captain, Mikel Obi, has assured Nigerians that the team would deliver win in the World Cup qualifier against Algeria at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium on Saturday. The Eagles’ Skiper’s assurance is contained in a statement by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) spokesperson, Ademola Olajire in Lagos. The ...
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Giappone
Koike announces plan to re-crown Tokyo as Asia’s financial hub
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Friday announced her plan to revitalize the nation’s capital and reaffirm it as a top financial center, a move aimed at boosting the country’s economic growth in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ¥600 trillion GDP target for 2020, the year of the Olympic Games. ...
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Giappone
Dollar firmer around ¥106.70 in late Tokyo trading
The dollar was firmer at levels around ¥106.70 in Tokyo trading late Friday, supported by continued hopes for economic policies by incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, but its upside was capped by position-adjustment selling. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥106.69-69, up from ¥105.62-63 at the same time Thursday. ...
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Cina India Giappone
Abe eyes India to cement high-speed rail dominance over China
In the strategic rivalry between Japan and China, high-speed rail contracts are one of the best ways to project power. And no Asian country offers more opportunities than India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his counterpart Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Friday night, almost a year after the Indian leader ...
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Giappone
Nintendo ending Japan sales of Wii U, shifting to Switch
Nintendo Co. will end sales in Japan of its Wii U home console “soon,” although it’s not saying exactly when, and similar announcements are expected in other regions. The Wii U, which went on sale from late 2012, is being replaced by the Switch, set to go on sale globally ...
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Giappone
Robo-adviser startup eyes Japanese millennials’ spare change
Like their peers overseas, Japan’s millennials aren’t known for squirreling away their money. Kazuhisa Shibayama is trying to change that, one coin at a time. The founder and chief executive officer of WealthNavi Inc., a startup backed by Japan’s three biggest banks, is developing an app that encourages users to ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rise further on hopes for U.S. policies
Stocks gained further ground, although slightly, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, supported by hopes for U.S. policies under incoming U.S. President Donald Trump. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 30.37 points, or 0.18 percent, to finish at 17,374.79. On Thursday, the key market gauge surged 1,092.88 points, the sharpest one-day ...