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Giappone Iran Ecuador
Iran, Ecuador weigh ways to boost crude prices
Iran and Ecuador on Wednesday discussed ways that the two countries can strengthen oil prices as Iran signals it may support joint efforts by exporters to prop up flagging crude. Iran has been boosting output since Western sanctions were eased in January. Tehran refused to join a previous attempt this ...
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Giappone
Octobot makes soft, squishy, cheap debut
The latest revolutionary robot isn’t the metallic, costly machine you’d expect: It’s squishy like Silly Putty, wireless, battery-less and made for pennies by a 3-D printer. Meet Octobot. It looks like a tiny octopus and is designed to mimic that slithery creature to get through cracks and tight places, making ...
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Giappone
Currency swap not on agenda for finance ministers of Korea, Japan
South Korea and Japan will hold a finance ministers' meeting this weekend to discuss various economic and financial topi
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Vietnam
Vietnam's Jan-Aug actual FDI rises 9 pct year-on-year to $9.8 bln: gov't
New FDI pledges in the January-August period rose 7.7 percent from a year ago to $14.4 billionVietnam's Jan-July actual FDI rises 17 pct year-on-year to $8.55 bln: govtWith or without U.S.-led trade pact, Vietnam forging aheadProvinces urged to carefully assess FDI projects before licensingVietnam becoming a magnet for technology firms, ...
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Nigeria
FG insists on screening for dispersed NIS recruits
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has directed the dispersed 2000 recruits of the Nigeria Immigration Service to attend the screening exercise scheduled for next week to address their complaint. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammed Babandede, told reporters on Wednesday in Abuja, that such screening was not new to a ...
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Nigeria
AfDB approves $350m loans to Nigerian banks to spur enterprises
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $300 million and $50 million trade finance loans to First Bank of Nigeria and FSDH Merchant Bank Nigeria to support local enterprises involved in import-export activity. The AfDB disclosed this in its monthly newsletter signed by the Nigeria Country Field Office, on Wednesday ...
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Nigeria
BREAKING: CBN Lifts Forex Ban On UBA As 8 Other Banks Remain Suspended
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday lifted it’s ban on the United Bank for Africa (UBA) as the other eight deposit money banks (DMBs) remain banned from the foreign exchange market, for hiding over $2 billion belonging to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) from the Treasury Single Account ...
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Qatar
Vendido en $622 millones el 10% del emblemático edificio Empire State en Nueva York; el comprador es el gobierno de Qatar
El fondo soberano de Qatar, multimillonario, fue creado en 2005 para invertir los excedentes prespuestarios del pequeño Estado petrolero y gasístico.
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Brasile
Preços de alimentos podem subir por concorrência com mercado externo, diz Maggi
O ministro da Agricultura, Blairo Maggi; o presidente da Câmara, Rodrigo Maia; o presidente interino Michel Temer; o ministro-chefe da Casa Civil, Eliseu Padilha; e o ministro do STF Gilmar Mendes no lançamento do Plano Agro +, no Palácio do Planalto Antonio Cruz/Agência Brasil Ao anunciar hoje (24) um plano para ...
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Brasile
Meirelles: ainda não há decisão sobre aumento de impostos
Os ministros da Fazenda, Henrique Meirelles, e o interino do Planejamento, Dyogo Oliveira, participam de audiência pública da Comissão Especial sobre Novo Regime Fiscal (PEC 241/16), na Câmara dos Deputados Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil O ministro da Fazenda, Henrique Meirelles, encerrou hoje (24) audiência pública na Câmara dos Deputados sem deixar ...