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USA Malta
Editorial: International reputation - Malta as seen from afar
The following is a word-for-word excerpt from a letter of a friend from a country far from Malta: “What’s going on there, folks? Planes falling from the sky, bombs at the airport…”Now we all know there was no connection between the two incidents, but people abroad do not have the ...
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Malta
Chamber of Commerce in discussions on international logistics hub proposal
The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry through the Executive Committees of its Logistics Business Section and Shipping and Bunkering Business Section, together with the Association of Ship Agents and the Association of Groupage Operators have met to discuss the Request for Proposals, launched recently by Malta Enterprise, to ...
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Cina
La Cina adotta una legge che limita ancora di più la libertà d’espressione su internet.
La Cina adotta una legge che limita ancora di più la libertà d’espressione su internet. Il 7 novembre il parlamento cinese ha approvato un testo che impedisce la pubblicazione di contenuti lesivi dell’”onore nazionale”, che “turbano l’ordine economico e sociale” e che mirano a “rovesciare il sistema socialista”. Inoltre limita ...
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Giappone
Nikkei rallies to retake 17,000 line as fears over U.S. election ease
Stocks staged a sharp rally Monday as worries receded about the outcome of Tuesday’s closely watched U.S. presidential election. The 225-issue Nikkei average jumped 271.85 points, or 1.61 percent, to end at 17,177.21 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On Friday, the key market gauge lost 229.32 points, finishing below 17,000 ...
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Giappone
Dollar firms near ¥104.50 as ‘Trump risk’ ebbs
The dollar was firmer at levels slightly below ¥104.50 in Tokyo trading late Monday, underpinned by purchases on the back of easing worries about the U.S. presidential election and by solid Tokyo stock prices. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥104.44-44, up from ¥103.21-22 at the same time Friday. ...
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Giappone
Close U.S. race keeps Japanese CEOs in suspense
As the prospect of a tight U.S. presidential race continues to leave financial markets in a state of uncertainty, Japanese companies remain on alert for any clues that could prompt them to change their business plans. The yen’s strengthening against the dollar, in particular, is expected to become a headwind ...
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India Giappone
Mitsui’s Indian home shopping partner plans push to dominate market
With e-commerce and TV shopping gaining traction in India, Naaptol Online Shopping Pvt. Ltd. is looking to expand further by leveraging partner Mitsui & Co.’s experience in home shopping, top company officials say. “Our TV shopping business currently attends around 200,000 calls a day from potential customers across the country, ...
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Giappone
Tokyo TY chief touts small business loans in negative rate environment
Tokyo TY President Keizo Ajioka has expressed the banking group’s willingness to boost loans to small companies in the capital. “Tokyo has the largest concentration of small companies in Japan,” Ajioka said in a recent interview. “As a local banking group in Tokyo, we want to strengthen loans to such ...
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Cina Giappone
China names new finance minister to replace veteran Lou Jiwei
China has replaced veteran reformer Lou Jiwei with a new finance minister who will be tasked with juggling fiscal stimulus and efforts to rein in excess leverage in the world’s second-largest economy. Xiao Jie, previously a senior aide to Premier Li Keqiang, will replace 65-year-old Lou, who has held the ...
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Giappone
German prosecutors widen VW ‘dieselgate’ probe to board chairman
German prosecutors probing whether Volkswagen executives manipulated the markets in the wake of the “dieselgate” scandal have widened their investigation to include the group’s supervisory board chief, the embattled auto giant said Sunday. VW said the probe had now also ensnared board Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch, who was only appointed ...