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Giappone
Consumption set to falter after Japan’s workers eke out 0.1% pay hike in 2015
The nation’s workers barely got a pay rise in 2015, with a 0.1 percent increase in cash earnings slower than the 0.4 percent bump in 2014. Total wages in Japan haven’t risen more than 1 percent since 1997 and they fell for the past four years once inflation is accounted ...
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Giappone
Japan takes aim at ballooning drug prices as costs strain health budget
When two of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies announced a tie-up in Japan, its $78 billion drug industry took note. In November, the nation’s largest drugmaker, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., said it’d separate its off-patent products and share its extensive domestic distribution network with Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the world’s ...
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Giappone
Offbeat humor and upbeat messages dominate Super Bowl 50 ads
From a strange creature called “Puppymonkeybaby” to a tear-inducing Audi spot, Super Bowl ads ran the gamut this year from offbeat humor to heartfelt messages. On advertising’s biggest night, Chrysler celebrated Jeep with an ad featuring black-and-white portraits of veterans, kids and pop icons. In Audi’s promotion, a depressed aging ...
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Giappone
Tepco looks overseas as shake-up, competition loom at home
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is seeking to expand operations abroad to diversify amid a power market shake-up at home. Japan’s biggest utility faces a fully liberalized power market from April and the prospect of new entrants encroaching on its base of about 29 million customers. Tepco expects to make up ...
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Ghana
Ghana Airports Company and Met Agency brawl reignites
The Airport division of the Ghana Meteorological Agency has told Citi Business News, it has resumed operations following a temporary air site permit issued to its workers by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). Activities of the meteorological unit were suspended last Friday following their inability to access the observatory ...
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Ghana
Projet Waziup : Une plateforme qui veut être au service des éleveurs et des agriculteurs
La plateforme Waziup, fruit d’un partenariat entre quatre pays africains et cinq européens a été lancé, jeudi dernier, à Dakar. La directrice générale de Ctic Dakar, Régina Mbodji dont la structure est membre de ce consortium, a indiqué que « c’est le monde rural qui va bénéficier des solutions proposées par ...
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Grecia
Borsa: vendite su Europa, crolla Atene
Dopo fiammata al ribasso Piazza Affari cede 2,6%, male Mps
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Argentina
Mariana Díaz, de MercoLibre: "Hoy la gente compra igual cantidad de productos, pero a menores precios"
Marina Díaz Ibarra con experiencia en empresas como Under Armour y Nike en Estados Unidos, se convirtió en septiembre del año pasado en la Country Manager de MercadoLibre.com, con responsabilidad sobre el mercado de la Argentina, Chile y Perú. Sostiene que las operaciones a través de dispositivos móviles tiene cada ...
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Portogallo
Volatilidade marca arranque da semana na bolsa de Lisboa
Apesar da queda do preço do petróleo, a Galp conseguiu aumentar os lucros, acima do esperado pelo mercado. BCP e BPI avançam mais de 2%.
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Portogallo
Arrendar uma casa em Lisboa leva 90% do salário
Jovens têm cada vez mais dificuldade em sair de casa dos pais: um T2 custa 760 euros por mês; salário médio é 829 euros