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Thailandia
SET up 3.18 points at opening
Thai stocks opened up 0.20% at the start of trade this morning.
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Thailandia
Issara Collection Sathorn
Sathorn is one of Bangkok's most exclusive locations and a super-prime residential area in the central business district. The location is conveniently positioned close to embassies, multinational companies and financial headquarters -- lined up with copious amounts of skyscrapers of grade-A office buildings and luxury hotels.
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Etiopia
Farmers Cry foul over DBE’s New Loan Procedure
The Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) has introduced a new loan procedure to finance the commercial farm sector, which has seen many ups and downs in recent months. The move…
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Giappone
Wall Street tests new highs in soft trade amid longest Dow streak since 1987, ahead of Trump address
Wall Street notched another set of milestones Monday as the Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high for the 12th consecutive time, the longest winning streak for the 30-company average in 30 years. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, the benchmark favored by professional investors, also closed at ...
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Giappone
Takata pleads guilty in U.S. over air bag defect fraud, agrees to pay $1 billion
Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. pleaded guilty to fraud Monday and agreed to pay a $1 billion penalty for concealing a deadly defect in millions of its air bags. Takata admitted hiding evidence that its air bag inflators can explode with too much force, hurling shrapnel into drivers and ...
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Giappone
Legendary Big Apple inn Waldorf Astoria closes for facelift
It’s goodbye for now to the grand Art Deco lobby and celebrities crossing paths en route to “The Towers” at the Waldorf Astoria: one of the world’s most luxurious hotels is closing for renovation. The legendary establishment opened at its Park Avenue location in midtown Manhattan in 1931 with more ...
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Giappone
SpaceX looks to fly two payers of ‘significant’ deposit around moon in 2018
SpaceX says it will fly two people to the moon next year. Company chief Elon Musk announced the surprising news Monday. Two people who know one another approached the company about sending them on a weeklong flight just beyond the moon. Musk won’t identify the pair or the price tag. ...
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Giappone
SoftBank reportedly in talks to merge OneWeb satellite startup with Intelsat
SoftBank Group Corp., the technology giant controlled by billionaire Masayoshi Son, is in talks to merge the satellite startup it’s backing, OneWeb Ltd., with satellite provider Intelsat SA, according to people familiar with the matter. A deal is conditioned on setting aside money to purchase Intelsat bonds from investors at ...
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Giappone Regno Unito
Self-driving Nissan takes to Europe’s streets for first time, reaching speed in London
Guided by cameras and radars, and negotiating traffic and roundabouts, a self-driving Nissan car took to the streets of London on Monday for the Japanese company’s first European tests of an autonomous vehicle. Traveling at up to 50 mph (80 kph) and moving from local streets to a major multilane ...
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USA Giappone
American farmers, reliant on non-U.S. labor, on edge over Trump immigration crackdown
President Donald Trump’s tough new immigration measures are sending shudders through the U.S. farming industry, which largely employs a low-wage foreign workforce. Since taking office on a “America First” agenda, Trump has made immigration a policy cornerstone. Among other measures, he has broadened authorities’ powers to detain and deport unauthorized ...