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Giappone
Keikyu offers heart-covered box seats for Valentin’s Day train ride
Keikyu Corp. on Monday began operating a special “Love Train” to promote Valentine’s Day. The Keikyu Love Train, featuring four nonreserved box seats decorated with heart designs, will run through March 14, according to the Tokyo-based railway. In Japan, Valentine’s Day falls on Feb. 14 but is marketed as the ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rise further on yen drop, Wall Street gains
Tokyo stocks advanced further on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, supported by the yen’s drop and gains in overseas equities late last week following the Bank of Japan’s decision to introduce a negative interest rate policy. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 346.93 points, or 1.98 percent, to finish at 17,865.23. ...
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Giappone
Money management funds halted by BOJ’s negative interest rate
An increasing number of investment management firms are suspending sales of money management funds because interest rates are slumping in the wake of the Bank of Japan’s shock decision Friday to introduce negative interest rates. MMFs, which invest assets mainly in low-risk public and corporate bonds, are known as relatively ...
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Giappone
Toyota to halt Japan output next week after steel plant explosion
Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will suspend production at all assembly plants in Japan next week in the wake of a steel factory explosion, dealing a blow to the supply of crucial models including the new Prius hybrid. All domestic assembly lines will halt Feb. 8 through Feb. 13, ...
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Giappone
BOJ market magician Kuroda pulls another rabbit from his hat
The Bank of Japan continues to push the boundaries of monetary policy. It surprised markets on Friday by joining the less-than-zero club of economies that have embraced a policy of negative interest rates, requiring financial institutions to pay the central bank to park some of their cash beyond required reserve ...
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Giappone
Japan mobile carriers to remedy excessive handset discounts amid surging monthly bills
Three of the nation’s top mobile phone carriers have reported to the communications ministry plans to remedy excessive handset discounts that have caused some users’ monthly rates to surge. NTT Docomo Inc., KDDI Corp. and SoftBank Corp. will from this month reduce sales incentives that are used by handset retailers ...
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Giappone
Key 10-year JGB yield falls to record low 0.050%
Japan’s benchmark long-term interest rate, measured by the yield on the most recent issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds, fell to a record low of 0.050 percent in interdealer trading on Monday morning. The reading for the yield on the 0.3 percent 341st issue of 10-year JGBs was down 0.045 ...
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Dubai Investments Q4 net profit rises 2.6%
The conglomerate made a profit of $97.3 million in the three months to Dec 31
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Angola
Acordo vai regular trocas na fronteira
Angola e a República Democrática do Congo (RDC) preparam um acordo transfronteiriço para regular as trocas comerciais entre ambos os países, noticiou ontem a Angop, na sequência de um encontro entre uma equipa liderada pela ministra angolana do Comércio e as autoridades da região do Congo ...
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Angola
Acordo vai regular trocas na fronteira
Angola e a República Democrática do Congo (RDC) preparam um acordo transfronteiriço para regular as trocas comerciais entre ambos os países, noticiou ontem a Angop, na sequência de um encontro entre uma equipa liderada pela ministra angolana do Comércio e as autoridades da região do Congo ...