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USA Giappone
U.S. faces loss of credibility if TPP not ratified by end of year
The United States will lose its credibility in the Asia-Pacific region if Congress does not ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact by the end of the year, a former senior U.S. trade official said. The new U.S. president will be sworn in on Jan. 20. “If you ask me what ...
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Giappone
IPhone 7, boasting FeliCa-friendly payment tech, attracts lines and pre-orders
IPhone fans lined up Friday as the water-resistant iPhone 7 and larger iPhone 7 Plus went on sale in Japan, promising to be the first of the popular smartphone series to allow mobile payments here. More than 100 people were waiting at an Apple store in Tokyo’s trendy Omotesando district ...
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Giappone
Apple unit in Japan slapped with ¥12 billion in back taxes over software sales
The Tokyo Taxation Bureau has imposed about ¥12 billion ($118 million) in additional tax on a Japanese subsidiary of Apple Inc. in connection with profits from software sold via the iTunes Store, sources familiar with the matter said Friday. The tax bureau said iTunes K.K. in Minato Ward, Tokyo, should ...
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Giappone
Japan’s biggest bank urges BOJ to weigh side effects of negative-rate policy
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.’s main lending unit has urged the Bank of Japan to consider the side effects of negative interest rates at next week’s meeting, saying the policy will continue to squeeze lending income. “When it comes to margins, because of negative rates and the competitive environment, they ...
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Giappone
Mizuho, SoftBank partner on AI-based consumer lending venture
Mizuho Bank and SoftBank Group Corp. have agreed to set up a 50-50 joint company to provide unsecured consumer loans via artificial intelligence technology. Using customers’ business histories at both firms for the credit-screening process, the venture will provide an innovative, attractive, low-cost loan service that won’t need outlets, Mizuho ...
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Giappone
Is nuclear crucial to climate change targets?
As Britain greenlights its first new nuclear power plant in more than 20 years, experts diverge on the role of nuclear energy in the quest to cap global warming at less than 2 degrees Celsius. The broad challenge in meeting that goal — the cornerstone of the Paris Agreement inked ...
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Giappone
Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.9 million cars over deadly defect that keeps air bags from deploying
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Thursday it is recalling 1.9 million vehicles worldwide for an air bag defect linked to three deaths and five injuries. It is the latest in a series of large-scale air bag recalls, as the auto industry grapples with a widening array of problems from ...
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Giappone
U.S. issues official recall of 1 million Samsung Note 7 smartphones over fire risk
U.S. regulators issued an official recall of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phone on Thursday because of a risk of fire. Samsung already has voluntary recalled the devices after a few dozen devices exploded or caught fire. That was out of about 2.5 million phones sold. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety ...
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Paraguay
FMI revisará al alza perspectiva de crecimiento económico de Paraguay
El organismo internacional afirma que se fortaleció el impulso económico en el segundo trimestre del año, por lo que su expectativa del PIB sería mayor. No obstante, alertan sobre tres factores de riesgo.
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Paraguay
Agentes económicos revén PIB y estiman dólar más estable
Los resultados de la encuesta sobre Expectativas de Variables Económicas (EVE) que dio a conocer ayer el Banco Central del Paraguay (BCP), mostraron que los agentes económicos elevaron levemente de 3,0% a un 3,1% sus expectativas de crecimiento del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) al cierre del presente año.