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    CJ Korea Express Pushes to Expand Presence in Southeast Asia

    CJ Korea Express is expanding overseas business by acquiring a string of logistics firms in China and Southeast Asia. This move is part of CJ Korea Express' efforts to become one of the world's five largest logistics firms with annual sales of more than 25 trillion won by 2020.   In ...

  • Giappone

    Dollar meanders around ¥102.20

    The dollar traded in a relatively narrow range around ¥102.20 in Tokyo trading Friday as market-moving factors failed to set a clear direction for the dollar-yen pair. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥102.20-20, up from ¥101.59-59 the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1272-1272, up from $1.1267-1268, ...

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    Nikkei ekes out gain before key monetary meetings in Japan, U.S.

    The Nikkei average wiped out earlier losses to end slightly higher Friday as wait-and-see mood prevailed ahead of key monetary policy meetings in Japan and the United States. The benchmark 225-issue index gained 6.99 points, or 0.04 percent, to close at 16,965.76 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On Thursday, the ...

  • Giappone

    Japanese team sets January deadline for Lunar X Prize rover entry

    A Japanese team comprising Tokyo-based startup ispace and Tohoku University expects to complete its moon-bound robot contestant for Google Inc.’s exploration contest by next January. Hakuto will compete against 15 other teams from around the world to win the Google Lunar X Prize, the world’s first private-sector competition to explore ...

  • Giappone

    Farm chief, Kennedy reaffirm plan to ratify TPP ‘at an early date’

    Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy have affirmed the readiness of the two countries’ governments to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact “at an early date.” During a courtesy call by the U.S. envoy on Thursday, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yamamoto told Kennedy he ...

  • Giappone

    Mitsubishi Motors stays in cross hairs as Nissan rescue falls behind

    Mitsubishi Motors Corp., raided three times by the transport ministry over its decades-long fuel economy scandal, could be searched again by the regulator as a planned rescue by Nissan Motor Co. falls behind schedule. The ministry may raid Mitsubishi Motors’ offices a fourth time if the evidence collected during its ...

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    Idemitsu scion’s defiance imperils $1.7 billion refinery merger

    In Japan’s carefully choreographed corporate world, public power struggles are generally frowned upon. Shosuke Idemitsu, 89, apparently doesn’t roll that way. At an Idemitsu Kosan Co. shareholder meeting in June, investors were expected to vote in favor of reappointing directors who support the government-backed, $1.7 billion merger with rival Showa ...

  • Brasile Portogallo

    Cesta básica ficou mais cara 18 capitais em agosto

    O feijão está entre os produtos da cesta básica  cujo preço caiu no mês passado  Arquivo/Agência Brasil O custo dos alimentos que compõem a cesta básica cresceu em 18 das 27 capitais brasileiras no mês de agosto, mostra pesquisa do Departamento Intersindical de Estatística e Estudos Socioeconômicos (Dieese). As ...

  • Brasile

    Custo da construção civil acumula alta de 5,98% em 12 meses

    Brasília - O custo nacional do metro quadrado subiu de R$ 1.009 em julho, para R$ 1.012 em agostoMarcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil O Índice Nacional da Construção Civil (Sinapi), que mede a inflação do setor no país, teve aumento de 0,24% no custo do metro quadrado em agosto, acima do 0,2% ...

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    Unaccompanied children detained in Greece

    Source: Human Rights Watch Country: Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldAccording to HRW, children are held in unsanitary conditions - sometimes with unrelated adults - in police stations and detention centers where they have little access to basic care and services. Greece: Migrant Children Held in Deplorable Conditions End Unjustified Detention ...