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Cina USA
EU firms 'caught in crossfire' of US-China trade war
BEIJING: European firms are "caught in the crossfire" of the US-China trade war and fewer are optimistic about their future in the world's second-largest economy, a business survey showed Monday.
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Giappone
Japan shows better-than-expected growth
TOKYO: Japanese GDP expanded a better-than-expected 0.5% in the first quarter of this year, official data showed Monday, although analysts cautioned that the world's third-largest economy was still facing headwinds.
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Thailandia
Somkid: Growth likely below 3.5% target
The Thai economy is likely to stay below the 3.5% growth benchmark projected earlier because of the global economic slowdown that weakened exports and ailing domestic consumption.
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Cina USA
Exports struggle for life
Standing between the shoulders of two giants, Thailand has been one of the casualties of brewing trade tensions between China and the US, with tangible effects already manifesting through disappointing export performance.
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USA
Whitney Houston’s Estate Plans a Hologram Tour and a New Album
The family of the singing star, who died seven years ago, has reached a deal with the marketing company behind the posthumous resurgence of Bob Marley.
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Cina Giappone
In a Surprise, Japan’s Economy Grew in the First Quarter, Despite a Slowdown in China
But the strong figure masks lingering weakness, giving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a mixed bag as he tries to strike a trade deal with the U.S.
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Brasile
Tourism a Failure Only in Brazil?
By Henry Montalto RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Louvre Museum alone, known as “the big glass pyramid”, has crushed Brazil in its 2018 numbers of tourists. While the French museum attracts 10.2 million visitors, the whole of Brazil welcomes a measly 6.62 million tourists. This single museum had more ...
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Brasile
More Than Five Million Unemployed Seek Work for More Than one Year
By Richard Mann, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Data released last week by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) show that 5.2 million unemployed have been seeking employment for over a year, this represents 38.9 percent of the unemployed in the country. Out of the overall number ...
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Cina
U.S.-China trade spat will affect Marubeni, new boss says
Higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese products are expected to affect Marubeni Corp., Masumi Kakinoki, president and chief executive officer of the major trading house, said ...
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Giappone
Japan’s unexpected GDP growth in January-March leaves plenty of reasons for caution
The biggest driver of the expansion was imports falling even faster than exports, meaning that net exports technically drove growth in the economy.