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Algeria-UAE: Economic operators willing to engage in promising partnership projects
ALGERIA-Algerian and Emirati operators taking part in the 2nd Algeria-UAE investment Forum Monday in Algiers expressed their willingness to engage in bilateral partnership projects in promising sectors like agriculture and renewable energies. Speaking at a forum, representatives of economic operators of both countries unanimously highlighted multiple partnership opportunities between ...
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Thailandia
SET opens up 8.51 to 1,486.81
Thai stocks opened up 0.58% at the start of trade this morning.
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Thailandia
Help plea as zero-dollar crackdown hurts
Thai and Chinese business operators will ask the government to help the tourism business that has been hit by the recent crackdown on zero-dollar tours and the sharp drop in Chinese visitors.
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USA
Baht likely to weaken on Fed rate rise
The baht is likely to weaken alongside other Asian currencies in expectation of an early rate rise by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and protectionist trade policies implemented by US President-elect Donald Trump, says an HSBC analyst.
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USA
Trump will withdraw from TPP 'on day one'
WASHINGTON - US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would move to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal Jan 20, the day he takes office.
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Giappone
Keidanren urges government to boost number of foreign workers
The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is calling on the government to take measures to allow more foreign nationals to work in Japan in fields involving research and development as well as to ease labor shortages. In its policy proposal made Monday, the nation’s biggest business lobby specifically sought relaxed ...
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USA Giappone
AIG, Cyberdyne to develop insurance plans to cover wearable robots
U.S.-affiliated insurance firm AIG Japan Holdings K.K. and wearable robot maker Cyberdyne Inc. have formed a business alliance in the nonlife insurance business. Under the tie-up deal announced Monday, the unit of New York-based American International Group Inc. and Cyberdyne will develop and sell nonlife insurance products for users of ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks end higher after erasing quake-caused losses
Stocks recouped earlier losses and closed higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, as investors were relieved by the lack of major damage from a powerful earthquake in northeastern Japan the same day. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 56.92 points, or 0.31 percent, to close at 18,162.94, hitting its highest ...
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Giappone
Subaru loses its cool over hot SUVs
Subaru, a tiny, conservative Japanese brand, is about to build a big, brash, American-style SUV. It’s either an exercise in kaizen — slow, steady improvement — or a complete loss of cool. To be sure, the market is there. Americans are ditching their sedans for SUVs at a dizzying pace. ...
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Giappone
Bluefin tuna catch quota for 2017 in western Atlantic to remain unchanged
An international conservation group has set the 2017 catch quota of bluefin tuna in the western Atlantic Ocean at 2,000 tons, unchanged from the current level, Japan’s Fisheries Agency said Tuesday. Japan’s current allocation of about 346 tons will be maintained under the decision made at the annual weeklong meeting ...