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Giappone
British Columbia slaps 15% tax on foreign buyers of real estate as home prices soar, supply sinks
British Columbia announced Monday it will impose a 15 percent tax on foreigners who buy residential property in Vancouver, a city with a housing shortage and soaring real estate prices. The tax — which will go into effect Aug. 2 — is the latest in a series of measures designed ...
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Giappone
Wyoming, Japanese firms unite in quest for coal
Aiming to develop new export markets for a fuel source hit by declining domestic demand, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead on Monday signed an agreement calling for cooperation between the state and a consortium of Japanese companies in researching clean-coal technology. Mead signed a memorandum of understanding in Cheyenne with the ...
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Giappone
‘Pokemon Go’ player shoots gunman trying to rob him in Las Vegas park
A gunman and his underage driver tried to rob a group of people playing the popular “Pokemon Go” game, triggering a shootout after one of the players pulled out his own weapon at a Las Vegas park that has become a hot spot for virtual creature hunting. The incident early ...
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USA
USAID announces US$127 million in additional humanitarian aid to Southern Africa
Source: US Agency for International Development Country: Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, United States of America, ZimbabweTriggered by El Niño and consecutive poor rainy seasons, the drought is eroding people's ability to cope and threatening important development gains.WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Agency for International Development announced $127 million in ...
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Turchia USA
"We need to urgently regain the momentum on protection and access" - UN humanitarian chief
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Syrian Arab RepublicThis must include a restoration and consolidation of the cessation of hostilities; all necessary action to ensure safe, sustained, unhindered and unconditional access; and an immediate end to the sieges. Mr. President, Every time I have briefed this Council, I have ...
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Israele Cipro
Business in brief: William Hill is cool to 888, Rank offer
Delek units bid for Cyprus exploration rights | Rada Electronics eyes $25m offering | Tel Aviv shares lower on heavy turnover
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Brasile Argentina
Latam Airlines pagará $22.2 millones por caso corrupción en Argentina
El grupo aéreo Latam Airlines, integrado por chilena LAN y la brasileña TAM, accedió a pagar una sanción de 12.75 millones de dólares a la Justicia de EE.UU. y otros 9,44 millones al ente regulador del mercado para resolver un caso de corrupción internacional, informó hoy el Gobierno estadounidense.
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Brasile USA
Brazil finance minister says tax rise still a possibility
Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said that, if the revenue forecast proves inaccurate, the government will not refrain from considering “specific [tax] increases” to balance out public accounts and keep the deficit below the $41.5 billion predicted for the fiscal target. The statement was made Monday (Jul. 24). Up to the ...
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Brasile
Brazil initiates largest number of anti-dumping investigations, says WTO
A report released this Monday (Jul. 25) by the World Trade Organization (WTO) shows that from 2013 to 2015, 112 investigations were initiated in Brazil, 15% of the total registered for the other members. Brazil has also initiated the largest number of anti-dumping investigations during this period. According to the ...
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Brasile
Meirelles acredita que reforma da Previdência será aprovada no Congresso
O ministro da Fazenda, Henrique Meirelles, acredita que a reforma da Previdência será aprovada pelo Congresso. De acordo com Meirelles, as negociações estão em ritmo avançado. Embora não tenha sido definido um prazo para a apresentação da proposta pelo Poder Executivo, ele espera que isso ocorra tão logo seja possível. ...