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Giappone
Airlines face first profit drop in six years after setting 2016 record as fuel prices inch up: IATA
Global airline earnings are set to suffer their first annual decline in six years after reaching a record in 2016 as higher oil prices clip margins, according to the industry’s main trade group. Net income is likely to total $29.8 billion worldwide in 2017, the International Air Transport Association said ...
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Cina USA Giappone
Japan follows U.S., EU lead, will treat China as market economy under WTO rules
Japan followed the United States and the European Union on Thursday in announcing a policy of not treating China as a market economy under World Trade Organization standards. The move countered China’s claim that the world’s second-largest economy will automatically be recognized as a WTO-standard market economy, following the 15th ...
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Giappone
State-backed INCJ looking to pump ¥50 billion into ailing Japan Display, possibly more
Innovation Network Corp. of Japan, a government-backed investment fund, is considering providing more than ¥50 billion in financial support for Japan Display Inc., according to sources. Such a measure is being discussed as the ailing display maker is having difficulty procuring funds for strategic investment. The sources said the amount ...
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Giappone
Trump set to fill labor portfolio with fast-food exec who opposes unions, base pay hikes, Obamacare
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to add another wealthy business person and elite donor to his Cabinet, with fast-food executive Andrew Puzder as labor secretary. Puzder heads CKE Restaurants Holdings, the parent company of Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s and other chains. In 2010, he published a book called “Job Creation: How ...
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Brasile
Brasil tem quase 9 mil novos casos de chikungunya em apenas 4 semanas
O Brasil registrou um aumento de 8.877 casos de chikungunya em quatro semanas, de acordo com dados apresentados nesta quinta-feira, 8, pelo Ministério da Saúde. Até agora, foram contabilizados 259.928 casos da infecção, com 138 mortes suspeitas.
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Egitto Kenya
IEBC team must be in office by December 23, Cord chiefs insist
Cord leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka now want the tenders awarded by the IEBC for the 2017 election frozen until new electoral commissioners are picked. The two leaders, who spoke at Capitol Hill yesterday, said the new commissioners must be in office by December 23. They accused President Uhuru ...
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Kenya
Transfer of whistleblower health auditor raises queries about Sh5bn scam cover-up
The internal auditor who uncovered the alleged Sh5 billion scandal at the ministry of Health has been transferred, just over a month after the story broke. Bernard Muchere, a certified fraud examiner, was moved with 16 other auditors from other ministries in changes authorised by Treasury CS Henry Rotich. Muchere ...
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Iran
Government's Exaggerated Claims of Business Diplomacy in Iran Revealed to Be Worthless
The hushed talks of exaggerated claims of the President who singlehandedly brought in deals worth 50 trillion won from a summit meeting with her Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani in May this year turned out to be true. Of the 30 infrastructure projects announced by the Presidential Palace, not a single ...
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Senegal
Le ministère de l'Economie veut déveloper les PME (SG)
Dakar, 8 déc (APS) - Le ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et du Plan travaille à créer un environnement assaini dans lequel les Petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) peuvent prospérer, a soutenu le Secrétaire général du ministère, Cheikh Tidiane Diop. - Economie
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Senegal
Signature de contrats entre Fox Sports TV et les zones A et B de la CAF, vendredi
Dakar, 8 déc (APS) – La chaîne Fox Sports TV va signer, vendredi à partir de 18h, au Radisson Blu, un contrat de partenariat avec les zones de football ouest A et ouest B de la Confédération africaine de football (CAF), a appris l'APS. - Football