• India

    Citi, Barclays, 38 others willing to partner India Post: Telecom minister

    The Postal Department features in a list of 11 entities, who were given the go-ahead by the RBI last August to set up payments banks.

  • Giappone

    Asahi mulls buying Peroni, Grolsch brands

    Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. is considering acquiring SABMiller PLC’s Peroni and Grolsch beer brands in a deal estimated at several hundreds of billions of yen, informed sources said Saturday. The Japanese beverage group is expected to make a bid for the two popular European beer brands as early as next ...

  • Giappone

    Low wages at the heart of foreign labor shortage woes

    There has been a lot of discussion recently about allowing more foreign workers into Japan to make up for severe labor shortages in some fields. As of the end of 2014, the labor ministry estimated there were 790,000 foreign nationals working in Japan legally, which is more than the number ...

  • India

    Doordarshan may go for "slot sale policy"

    In order to procure content, public broadcaster Doordarshan may go for "slot sale policy" under which professionals would provide programmes in lieu of a share in the revenue that is earned from them.

  • Brasile

    State careers to have higher adjustment than others

    Representatives of typical state careers in Brazil—like security, inspectors and storage—have reached an agreement with the Ministry for Planning, Budget, and Management to have a higher adjustment than the one granted to other servants. While other servants of the federal executive power will have their wages increased in 10.8%, divided ...

  • Brasile

    Desaceleración de China obstaculiza recuperación brasileña

    La presidenta Dilma Rousseff recibió la visita del vice primer ministro de China, Wang Yang, en junio del año pasado Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil La primera semana del 2016 comenzó con turbulencias en el mercado financiero. La desaceleración de la economía china provocó una caída en las bolsas de valores que ...

  • Brasile Cina

    China's slowdown hinders Brazil's recovery

    President Dilma Rousseff received China's Vice Premier Wang Yang in June last year  Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil The first week of 2016 began turbulent for the financial market, because the slowdown of the Chinese economy drop-kicked stock markets across the world. Major exporter of minerals and grains for the Chinese market, Brazil ...

  • Brasile

    Carreiras de Estado terão reajuste superior ao dos demais servidores

          O reajuste dos servidores civis será de 10,8% dividido em dois anos, e o dos ocupantes de carreiras de Estado,       que  exercem  atividades  típicas  do  poder  estatal,  de  27,9%,  em  quatro  anos        Arquivo/Agência Brasil As carreiras de Estado, como são chamadas as carreiras do funcionalismo público cujos ocupantes ...

  • Brasile Portogallo

    Finance Minister: controlling inflation priority in 2016

    Finance minister Nelson BarbosaFabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/Agência Brasil Controlling inflation is a priority for the government in 2016, reported on Friday (Jan. 8) Finance Minister Nelson Barbosa. In a statement, he reaffirmed the commitment of the government's economic staff to the fiscal adjustment in order to help bring down the ...

  • Brasile Cina Argentina

    Desaceleração da China dificulta recuperação brasileira, dizem economistas

    A primeira semana de 2016 começou da maneira mais turbulenta possível no mercado financeiro. Dados que mostram que a desaceleração da economia chinesa desencadeou uma queda nas bolsas de valores do país asiático, que se espalhou para todo o planeta. Grande exportador de minérios e de grãos para o mercado ...