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Cina Thailandia Hong Kong
Ministry inks pact to promote Thai products in HK
The Industry Ministry has signed an agreement with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council to increase promotion of Thai products there.
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Grecia
Q & A: Workers in Greece Strike as Debt Talks, and More Austerity, Loom
An explanation of the walkout that came before a meeting of eurozone finance ministers that Athens hopes will help unlock new bailout loans.
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Brasile
Odebrecht se enfila para cuarto puente sobre el Canal
La empresa brasileña investigada por supuestos actos de corrupción ha logrado contratos por más de $9 mil millones en Panamá.
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India Giappone
Daiichi Sankyo awarded damages over cover-up at Indian ex-subsidiary
Daiichi Sankyo Co. said Friday that an international arbitration court has ordered former shareholders of an Indian firm it acquired in 2008 to pay the drugmaker around ¥56.2 billion ($524 million) for concealing critical information. Daiichi Sankyo sold its stake in Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. to India’s Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ...
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Giappone
Dollar moves around ¥107 in Tokyo
The dollar traded around ¥107 in Tokyo trading on Friday amid a wait-and-see mood before the release later in the day of key U.S. economic data. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥106.94-94, up from ¥106.40-44 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.1421-1421, down from $1.1467-1468, ...
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Giappone
Toshiba VP Tsunakawa to become president in June
Toshiba Corp. said Friday it will promote Vice President Satoshi Tsunakawa to replace President Masashi Muromachi as the industrial conglomerate aims to rebuild itself under new leadership. The company’s board of directors made the decision on Friday. The personnel change is expected to take effect in late June after a ...
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Giappone
ExxonMobil launches venture for low-cost carbon capture
Oil giant ExxonMobil said Thursday it was starting a new venture that could make carbon-dioxide capture a more economically attractive way to fight global warming. ExxonMobil said its new agreement with FuelCell Energy aims to develop technology for capturing carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants using fuel cells. The idea is ...
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Giappone
Myriad closes Japan hedge fund as Abenomics disappoints
Myriad Asset Management has closed down a Japan-focused hedge fund less than a year after opening it, after changing its view on the government’s ability to end deflation through stimulus, said a person with knowledge of the matter. Myriad started the Japan Reflation Fund in March 2015 to tap opportunities ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks fall for sixth straight session on firmer yen
Stocks extended their losing streak to a sixth session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, dragged down by selling of export-oriented issues due to the yen’s strength against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 40.66 points, or 0.25 percent, to end at 16,106.72. On Monday, the key market gauge ...
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USA Giappone
Facebook loses first round in lawsuit over storing biometric data
Facebook lost the first round in a court fight against some of its users who sued the social networking company, alleging it unlawfully collected and stored users’ biometric data derived from their faces in photographs. The judge presiding over the case in a California federal court on Thursday turned down ...