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Giappone
Dollar climbs to ¥114.50 in Tokyo on Yellen remarks
The dollar climbed to levels around ¥114.50 in Tokyo trading Wednesday after U.S. Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen suggested overnight that the central bank is open to an interest rate hike as early as next month. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥114.47-51, up from ¥113.55-59 at the same ...
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USA Giappone
SoftBank to buy Fortress Investment Group for $3.3 billion
SoftBank Group Corp. is buying alternative-asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC for $3.3 billion in cash to operate alongside the company’s soon-to-be-established technology investment fund. SoftBank will pay $8.08 a share for New York-based Fortress, a 39 percent premium to the company’s Feb. 13 closing price, according to a statement ...
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Giappone
Toshiba’s latest confusion could complicate path to revival
Another scandal, revealed by a whistleblower, has hit already-embattled Toshiba Corp., further eroding the market credibility of its corporate governance. At noon Tuesday, the 140-year-old company, which has been working to put an accounting scandal behind it, missed a deadline to release an earnings report for the April to December ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rebound on yen’s fall, brisk U.S. equities
Stocks staged a sharp rebound on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, boosted by the yen’s drop and strengthening U.S. equities overnight. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 199.00 points, or 1.03 percent, to end at 19,437.98. On Tuesday, the key market gauge lost 220.17 points. The Topix index of all first-section ...
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Giappone
Toyota to recall all 2,800 Mirai hydrogen-fueled cars sold worldwide
Toyota Motor Corp. said on Wednesday it was recalling all of the roughly 2,800 zero-emission Mirai cars on the road due to problems with the output voltage generated by their fuel cell system. Toyota said that under unique driving conditions, such as if the accelerator pedal is depressed to the ...
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Giappone
Dentsu to launch work reform panel over employee suicide; profits projected to drop
Advertising giant Dentsu Inc. will set up an independent committee to oversee working environment reforms in the wake of public uproar sparked by the death of a young employee who committed suicide due to overwork. The independent committee, announced Tuesday, will comprise a former labor ministry official and two lawyers ...
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Cina Giappone
With Trump’s win in China, will Trump toilets get flushed?
There’s a Trump toilet, a Trump condom, a Trump pacemaker and even a Trump International Hotel among hundreds of trademarks in China that don’t belong to Donald Trump. But after a decade of grinding battle in China’s courts, the president was expected to get an unlikely win this week: the ...
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India Giappone
Japan utility venture to tap into India renewable energy market
A joint venture of a Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. unit and Chubu Electric Power Co. will tap into the renewable energy business in India on the back of high economic growth and increasing electricity demand. In a deal announced Tuesday, Jera Co. will acquire a 10 percent stake ...
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Brasile
Brasil se torna o terceiro maior mercado da Enel em número de clientes
Em novembro passado, o grupo venceu leilão com a oferta de R$ 2,187 bi por 94,8% do capital social da Celg D, distribuidora de energia de GO
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Brasile Portogallo
Aplicativo de celular torna mais ágil combate ao Aedes aegypti
Um sistema disponibilizado em aplicativo de celular torna mais ágil o combate ao mosquito Aedes aegypti, transmissor da dengue, zika e chikungunya, e está disponível, gratuitamente, para todas as prefeituras municipais. O sistema foi desenvolvido em parceria por pesquisadores do Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Engenharia ...