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Giappone
Dollar firmer around ¥112.50 in Tokyo
The dollar was firmer around ¥112.50 in Tokyo trading late Thursday, supported by purchases from European players, amid a wait-and-see mood before the release of Japanese and U.S. economic indicators. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥112.42-42, up from ¥112.07-07 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at ...
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Giappone
Smaller, cheaper iPhone gets eager reception in Japan
The nation’s three major mobile operators on Thursday began selling the iPhone SE, the newest addition to Apple Inc.’s iPhone smartphone series. It is smaller and cheaper than the most recent newcomer, the iPhone 6s. People formed long lines outside the Apple store in Tokyo’s Omotesando area before it opened ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks fall for third day at close of fiscal 2015
Stocks fell for the third straight session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, the last trading day of fiscal 2015, amid a growing wait-and-see mood ahead of the release of economic data. The Nikkei average lost 120.29 points, or 0.71 percent, to finish at 16,758.67. On Wednesday, it shed ...
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Giappone
When mobsters meet hackers — the new, improved bank heist
No need for stocking masks and sawn-off shotguns. The unprecedented heist of $81 million from the U.S. account of Bangladesh’s central bank is the latest among increasingly large thefts by criminals who have leveraged the speed and anonymity of hacking to revolutionize burgling banks. Hundreds of millions of dollars, and ...
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Giappone
Newly opened Tokyu Plaza Ginza features airport-style duty-free shop
Tokyu Land Corp. opened a large commercial facility featuring an airport-style duty-free shop in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza shopping district on Thursday. The real estate developer hopes that Tokyu Plaza Ginza will draw 10 million visitors a year, many of them in their 30s and 40s. It has a total of ...
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USA Giappone
U.S. presidential hopefuls united against TPP
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agree on almost nothing, except for their dislike of a sweeping agreement that would erase most tariffs and other trade barriers among the United States and 11 other nations. “Insanity,” Trump calls the deal. Democrat Bernie Sanders describes it as “disastrous.” Clinton and Republican Ted ...
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Giappone
U.S. companies urge Abe to enact structural reforms
A group of major U.S. companies operating in Japan on Tuesday urged the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to enact more structural reforms. The government should “set as its top priority the adoption of further structural reforms to make the Japanese economy more open externally and dynamic internally,” said ...
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Giappone
Yoshinoya to revive pork bowls after four-year hiatus
Yoshinoya Holdings Co. said Wednesday that it will resume selling butadon (pork-on-rice dishes) from April 6 more than four years after the dishes were removed from its menu. Yoshinoya, which runs gyudon (beef-on-rice bowl) restaurants, is expanding its menu in a bid to halt a downtrend in customer numbers since ...
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UAE's Mubadala 2015 profit up 12.4% on investments
State-owned firm, which has stakes in General Electric and private equity firm Carlyle, made a net profit of $315.8m in 2015
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Regno Unito Kuwait
Kuwait says no prosecutions in sovereign fund probe
Finance Minister Anas al-Saleh said cabinet rejected a recommendation to refer the report on London-based Kuwait Investment Office to public prosecutors