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Kenya
Kenya: Kenya fails to mark World Anti-Corruption Day as funds meant for the event go missing
As if to give credence to the notion, Kenya is a bandit economy run by corruption cartels' events that were scheduled
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Thailandia
New Thai king pardons prisoners in 'first show of mercy'
Ritual, propaganda and law underpin the status of Thailand's monarchy.
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Corea del Sud
[DUTY FREE] Shinsegae DF pledges W350b for Gangnam tourism
This is the first installment in a series of articles on companies vying for Seoul’s new duty-free licenses to be issued
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Spagna
Economía/Macro.- BBVA estima que el PIB repuntará en el cuarto trimestre hasta el 0,8%
MADRID, 12 (EUROPA PRESS) La economía española crecerá un 0,8% en el cuarto trimestre de este año, una décima más que en el trimestre anterior, según las estimaciones de BBVA Research, que mantiene en el 3,3% la previsión de crecimiento del PIB para el conjunto de 2016.
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Spagna
Economía/Empresas.- Fomento analiza fusionar Renfe y Adif en un holding ferroviario "fuerte" para competir en la UE
MADRID, 12 (EUROPA PRESS) El ministro de Fomento, Iñigo de la Serna, ha confirmado que ha "dado instrucciones" para "analizar y explorar" la fusión de Renfe y Adif con el fin de configurar un 'holding' ferroviario "fuerte y competitivo" ante la apertura a la competencia del transporte de ...
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Spagna
Economía/Finanzas.- Creditea abre camino en España a la solicitud de créditos online siguiendo la tendencia europea
MADRID, 12 (EUROPA PRESS) La web de préstamos rápidos Creditea.es está abriendo el camino en España a la solicitud de créditos a través de Internet, siguiendo la tendencia que impera en otros países europeos en los que esta vía se ha convertido en una de las principales fuentes ...
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Giappone
Wall Street’s gains lift Nikkei above 19,000
The benchmark Nikkei average closed above 19,000 for the first time in almost a year on Monday, with investor sentiment lifted by U.S. equities’ advance late last week and the yen’s fall. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 158.66 points, or 0.84 percent, to end at 19,155.03 on the Tokyo Stock ...
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Giappone
Dollar climbs to 10-month high above ¥115.80
The dollar hit a 10-month high above ¥115.80 in Tokyo trading on Monday, lifted by surging stock prices in Japan and abroad and a rise in U.S. long-term interest rates. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥115.83-84, up from ¥114.42-42 at the same time Friday. The euro was at ...
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Giappone
Hearing aids headed for new vibe with Ontenna
As a student, Tatsuya Honda was just being nice when he helped a deaf man who had gotten lost at a festival at Future University Hakodate in Hokkaido in 2009. But he never imagined that the encounter would grow into two things — a friendship and inspiration to develop a ...
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Giappone Corea del Sud
Tokyo-Seoul currency swap deal unlikely until next year, Korean deputy says
The governments of Japan and South Korea are unlikely to conclude their negotiations on a fresh currency swap deal by the end of the year, South Korean Deputy Prime Minister Yoo Il-ho has said. Yoo, also strategy and finance minister, told reporters Sunday that although Tokyo and Seoul are making ...