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India
Maharashtra govt approves electronics policy
The policy includes special incentives to start new units and semiconductor wafer fabrication projects in Vidarbha, Marathwada regions
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India
India to soon ratify WTO trade facilitation pact : Commerce Secretary
Says India keen on similar pact for trade in services
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India
US keen to participate in all 100 Smart City projects
US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews, said the US can be a "valuable partner" for India in providing sustainable solutions for Smart City initiative
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Giappone
McDonald’s Japan suffers record annual net loss
McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan) said it suffered a group net loss of ¥34.704 billion in the business year that ended in December, due chiefly to food safety problems. The figure was worse than the preceding year’s net loss of ¥21.843 billion, the fast-food company said Tuesday. Sales plunged 14.8 percent ...
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Giappone
Negative interest rates to hit Japan Post Bank hard as bond yields plunge
Japan Post Bank Co. stands to lose the most from the Bank of Japan’s decision to introduce negative interest rates as plummeting bond yields underscore its reliance on the country’s debt for income. The postal bank, one of the biggest holders of Japanese government bonds, gets more than 90 percent ...
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Giappone
McDonald’s Japan logged ¥34.70 billion loss in 2015
McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan) reported Tuesday a group net loss of ¥34.70 billion for 2015, the largest loss since it listed in Japan in 2001. It marked the second straight year of loss, hurt by slumping sales and the costs of closing loss-making restaurants. The figure was much bigger than ...
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Giappone
INCJ said to argue its ¥1 trillion bid for Sharp tops Foxconn’s
Innovation Network Corp. of Japan is making the case to Sharp Corp. that its rescue proposal for the electronics maker is worth more than an offer from Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., a sign the government fund is determined to keep fighting for victory in the takeover battle. The ...
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Giappone
Dollar dips below ¥114.50 on stock slump
The dollar briefly dived below ¥114.50 for the first time in about 15 months in Tokyo on Tuesday, dragged down by a plunge in stock prices at home and abroad amid intensified risk aversion. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥115.29-30, down from ¥117.31-31 at the same time Monday. ...
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Giappone
JAL starts trial run for humanoid robot guide at Haneda airport
Japan Airlines Co. started trials of a humanoid robot guide at Haneda airport on Tuesday. The machine offers information about flight schedules and the weather at flight destinations. The white, 60-centimeter-tall robot, made by a French company, will stand in Terminal 1 from Tuesday to Thursday. It will also be ...
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Giappone
Cabinet approves solar-power auctioning in shake-up of sector
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved changes to the country’s incentive program for clean energy, including the introduction of auctions for solar projects in an overhaul of the program that is almost four years old. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet agreed to amend the law on which the incentive program is ...