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Cina USA
China growth hit slowest pace in decades in 2018: AFP survey
BEIJING: China's economy grew at its slowest pace in almost three decades in 2018, analysts in an AFP poll said, as the government struggles to contain ballooning debt and a bruising trade war with the United States.
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USA
Nissan to lay off 700 contract workers
Nissan Motor Co US arm said on Thursday it plans to lay off up to 700 contract workers at its Mississippi assembly plant due to slow sales
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Giappone
Two contractors for Tokyo-Osaka maglev rail project ordered to partly halt business over bid-rigging
The transport ministry ordered two major contractors on Friday to temporarily suspend part of their business operations after they were fined last year by a ...
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Giappone
Amid a challenging financial landscape, Japan’s young female investors seek diverse portfolios
For years, retail currency investors were known as “Mrs. Watanabes,” a reference to the metaphorical housewife who invests family savings mostly in foreign exchange. Now, ...
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Cina
China’s 2018 growth rate was slowest in decades, analysts say in survey
China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in almost three decades in 2018, analysts in an AFP poll said, as the government struggles to contain ...
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Cina
With Europe poised to block ‘Railbus’ merger, is EU competition law outdated in the age of China?
Are European competition rules obsolete in the face of the Chinese threat?This is the debate in Brussels as the powerful European Commission seems set to ...
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USA
Chinese slump squeezes workers and hammers spending as trade war with Washington continues
Yu Mingang had a good job helping Chinese manufacturers prepare to sell shares to the public until the cooling economy derailed those plans.As demand for ...
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Giappone
Hitachi pulls plug on U.K. plant due to investment shortfall, in latest blow for Japan’s nuclear export ambitions
The Hitachi Ltd. board decided Thursday to suspend a plan to build two nuclear reactors in the U.K. after facing difficulties in finding investors to ...
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Kenya
Killers Of 21 People In Kenya Meet Waterloo
All five militants who stormed the DusitD2 hotel and business complex on Tuesday, have been killed, officials say, and a major hunt is under way to find those who helped organise it. Somalia-based Islamist group, al-Shabab, says it was behind the attack. Kenya’s Red Cross says everyone who was missing ...
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USA
Many homes razed as Tiv, Jukun clash in Benue
Many homes were razed yesterday at Abinsi town in Benue State, following a clash between the Tiv and Jukun ethnic nationalities. This happened about 12 hours after Benue Governor Samuel Ortom and his Taraba State counterpart, Dairus Ishaku, launched a book in Wukari, Taraba State, for the promotion of peace ...