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Uruguay
Cámara de Zonas Francas del Uruguay lanzó manual para prevenir lavado de activos
La Cámara de Zonas Francas del Uruguay lanzó manual para prevenir lavado de activos y Financiamiento del Terrorismo.
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G-7 finance chiefs tackle global revitalization efforts on day one of Sendai summit
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven developed nations kicked off the first day of their meeting in Sendai on Friday, with many unable to find common ground on the issue of a coordinated effort to boost the world’s economy. The finance chiefs discussed revitalization efforts ...
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Giappone
Dollar firmer above ¥110 in Tokyo
The dollar held firmer above ¥110 in Tokyo trading on Friday, as risk aversion among currency players subsided following gains in Japanese stock prices. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥110.27-28, up from ¥110.07-07 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1212-1212, down from $1.1217-1217, and at ...
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Giappone
OECD’s chief economist urges Japan to consider alternative rollout for sales tax hike
Amid debate over whether the sales tax hike slated for next April should be delayed, the OECD’s chief economist on Friday said the government should consider more options and even look beyond a 10 percent rate. Catherine Mann said Japan could, for example, pursue two consecutive annual increases of 1 ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rise on weaker yen
Stocks gained ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, backed by the yen’s weakening against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 89.69 points, or 0.54 percent, to finish at 16,736.35. On Thursday, the key market gauge edged up 1.97 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues closed up ...
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Gap’s Old Navy will exit Japan as chain copes with sales decline
Gap Inc.’s Old Navy is pulling out of Japan. The chain will close its 53 stores in the country this year to refocus on North America and China, according to a statement on Thursday. In another sign of the San Francisco-based company’s difficulties, Gap did not reaffirm its earnings forecast ...
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Tokyo’s rooftop helipads remain unused
Tokyo’s Peninsula Hotel boasts a chauffeur-driven 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom, a celebrity podiatrist studio and an aviation lounge to whisk executives to and from its $1,000-a-night suites by helicopter. Since it opened in 2007, the rooftop helipad has never been used. The hotel is one of about 80 buildings in the ...
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Record 97% of university graduates land jobs
A record-high 97.3 percent of university graduates in Japan were employed as of the beginning of the fiscal year on April 1, according to government data released Friday, reflecting companies’ increasing appetite for recruitment. The employment rate of job-seeking university graduates rose 0.6 percentage points from the year before, marking ...
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Google patent glues pedestrians to self-driving cars
Google on Thursday had a fresh U.S. patent for a sticky coating that could be applied to self-driving cars so pedestrians stick instead of bouncing off when hit. The patent describes a layer of adhesive on a car’s hood, front bumper and possibly front side panels sealed with a coating ...
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Yen intervention wouldn’t spur growth, Obama adviser says
The U.S., heading into a major summit of advanced economies, is warning that currency intervention by countries such as Japan won’t help the cause of boosting global growth, reinforcing Obama administration pressure on the nation to avoid weakening the yen. “At a moment when global growth appears weaker than it ...