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Giappone Indonesia
Komatsu quarterly profit down 52% on weak demand
Construction and mining equipment manufacturer Komatsu Ltd., which last week made a $2.89 billion offer for Joy Global Inc., said first-quarter profit fell 52 percent as demand languished in markets such as the Middle East and Indonesia and the stronger yen crimped overseas revenue. Net income fell to ¥15.6 billion ...
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Giappone
Narita installs currency machine to convert travelers’ coins into e-cash
U.S. dollar, euro, yuan and yen coins can be changed into 12 kinds of electronic money, including those used by Facebook and Skype. The post Narita installs currency machine to convert travelers’ coins into e-cash appeared first on The Japan Times.
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USA Giappone
American shale gas heads to East Asia for first time
East Asia, which imports more liquefied natural gas than any other region of the world, is preparing to receive its first supplies from America’s shale bounty. A tanker that loaded LNG at Cheniere Energy Inc.’s export terminal in Louisiana is bound for the Far East, according to an official at ...
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Giappone
SoftBank profit rises on proceeds from Alibaba stake sale
SoftBank Group Corp.’s first-quarter profit rose 19 percent as proceeds from selling part of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. helped offset losses at Sprint Corp. Net income at the carrier rose to ¥254.2 billion in the three months ended June 30, the Tokyo-based company reported Thursday. SoftBank’s operating ...
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Giappone
Toyota lags VW in global sales as Prius stumbles in U.S.
Toyota Motor Corp. lagged Volkswagen AG by global deliveries in the first half of the year, as demand for the newly redesigned Prius hybrid slumped in a U.S. market dominated by trucks and sport utility vehicles. Worldwide deliveries fell 0.6 percent to 4.99 million vehicles in the six months through ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks retreat ahead of BOJ policy decision
Stocks fell on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday prior to a monetary policy decision by the Bank of Japan on Friday. The Nikkei average lost 187.98 points, or 1.13 percent, to end at 16,476.84. On Wednesday it jumped 281.78 points. The Topix index was down 14.67 points, or 1.11 ...
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Giappone
Mitsubishi Motors logs ¥130 billion net loss on fuel data scandal
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it suffered a group net loss of ¥129.72 billion in the April-June quarter, against profit of ¥23.99 billion a year before, due partly to costs related to its fuel efficiency scandal. In the first quarter of fiscal 2016, Mitsubishi Motors booked a special loss of ¥125.9 ...
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Oman
Gulf SWFs see worsening creditworthiness during 2016
S&P delivers verdict as Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia are sets to see average fiscal deficits of 12% of GDP per year in 2016 and 2017
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Vietnam
Vietnam's Jan-July actual FDI rises 17 pct year-on-year to $8.55 bln: govt
New FDI pledges in the period surged 46.9 percent from a year ago to $12.9 billion,With or without U.S.-led trade pact, Vietnam forging aheadHo Chi Minh City’s FDI pledges fall 65 pct in Jan-JulVietnam posts nearly $1.7 billion trade surplus in H1
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Nicaragua
CR: Dos Pinos ya puede exportar sus productos a Nicaragua
El comercio para las tres plantas de la cooperativa costarricense se autorizó por tres años