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Cina Giappone
Nippon Steel to take control of Nisshin to weather China glut
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., Japan’s largest steel maker, said it will take majority control of the nation’s No. 4 mill, Nisshin Steel Co., as the industry consolidates in the face of a global supply glut. Citing a “rapid deterioration of the business environment” due to overcapacity in China, ...
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Giappone
Time-pressed Japanese drop traditional breakfast in favor of granola
Grilled fish, steamed rice and miso soup are disappearing from the nation’s breakfast tables as more households opt for a less time-consuming way to start the day: granola. Sales of the oven-baked mix of grains, dried fruit and nuts, until recently a rarity on supermarket shelves, soared to almost 47,500 ...
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Giappone
Japan to forgo energy-saving request for first summer since 3/11 disasters
The government has decided not to ask households and companies to reduce electricity consumption this summer — the first since the March 2011 disasters. With power supplies expected to top demand this summer, the government reached the conclusion for the first time since the massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami rocked ...
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Giappone
Renova eyes growth in Japan renewables market beyond solar
Renova Inc., a developer of renewable energy, is targeting an expansion of its solar-power capacity to more than 300 megawatts, while also tapping into other clean energy technologies to broaden its offerings amid cuts in the rates that solar-power producers get. The Tokyo-based venture, which started out in the waste-recycling ...
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Giappone Vietnam
Vietnam bank thwarts attempted heist through SWIFT system
Vietnam’s Tien Phong Bank said that it interrupted an attempted wire fraud that involved the use of fraudulent SWIFT messages, the same technique at the heart of February’s massive theft from the Bangladesh central bank. Hanoi-based TPBank said in a statement late on Sunday in response to inquiries from Reuters ...
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Giappone
Chinese pouring billions into U.S. real estate, especially homes
Chinese nationals became the largest foreign buyers of U.S. homes last year as they pour billions into American real estate, seeking safe offshore assets, according to a new study Sunday. A huge surge in Chinese buying of both residential and commercial real estate last year took their five-year investment total ...
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Giappone
Corruzione su Tokyo 2020?
GIAPPONE Tokyo 16/05/2016. Il governo giapponese ha ordinato la scorsa settimana al Comitato Olimpico giapponese, Joc, e al Governo Metropolitano di Tokyo di indagare sulle accuse di corruzione legate alla candidatura di Tokyo per Leggi tutto...
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Perù
Presuntos implicados en asalto a cambistas en Barrio Chino son sometidos a peritaje
Luego de que la Policía interviniera a cinco sujetos, quienes estarían involucrados en el asalto a cambistas en el Barrio Chino que dejó dos heridos, los detenidos vienen siendo sometidos a pruebas para determinar si participaron en el atraco. PUEDES VER: Asalto en el Barrio Chino: así fue el violento atraco a ...
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USA
Virgin reveals new business suites
New luxury suites will take the fight to Qantas on flights to Los Angeles and Abu Dhabi.
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Ghana
Businesses confident in economy – AGI report
A 2016 first quarter Business Barometer report released by the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), has shown that business confidence among business operators shot up in the first quarter of this year. According to the report, business confidence among corporate leaders in the country in the first quarter of 2016 ...