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Giappone
Smartphone-linked vending machines on rise as drink makers thirst for sales
Vending machines that link people’s smartphones to bonus points, photos and other perks are proliferating. The growth in beverage sales at convenience stores has left vending machines at a plateau. So beverage makers are trying to increase sales per machine by reaching out to customers’ smartphones. Coca-Cola (Japan) Co. has ...
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Giappone
Honda recalls 670,000 vehicles loaded with Takata air bags in Japan
Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it is recalling an additional 668,816 cars in Japan in order to replace passenger-seat air bag inflators manufactured by auto parts maker Takata Corp. The recall covers 16 models, including the Fit compact car, produced between January 2009 and December 2011, according to the filing ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks dip under 17,000 line on lack of trading incentives
Stocks lost further ground Thursday as fresh market-moving factors eluded, with the Nikkei average closing below 17,000 for the first time in about a week. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 53.67 points, or 0.32 percent, to end at 16,958.77 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On Wednesday, the key market gauge ...
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USA Giappone
Apple unveils water-resistant iPhone 7 with Japan-compatible payment system
Apple Inc. unveiled a new water- and dust-resistant iPhone 7 with high-resolution cameras at its fall product event Wednesday, and said that a “Super Mario” game was coming to the new phone and that “Pokemon Go” would feature on its upgraded Apple Watch. The excitement at the Bill Graham auditorium ...
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Giappone
GDP revised upward to 0.7% for April-June quarter
Japan’s economy expanded at a better-than-estimated 0.7 percent annualized pace in the April-June quarter, according to revised data showing private demand was stronger than earlier reported. An earlier estimate put annualized growth in the quarter at 0.2 percent. The economy grew at a 2.1 percent annualized pace in the previous ...
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Abu Dhabi's Mubadala slumps to $1.21bn loss in H1
State-owned investment fund is hit by lower commodity prices and weaker income from financial investments
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Qatar USA
Qatar investments worth $22bn in France, says French Minister
Qatar’s investments in the US are also expected to reach $35bn in the next five years
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Egitto
Egypt in talks to secure $2bn-3bn deposit from Saudi Arabia to seal IMF deal
Finance minister Amr El-Garhy said negotiations with were due to be completed in the next few weeks
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USA Ghana Nigeria
Nigeria, others implement ECOWAS common tariff
ECOWAS Director of Trade, Mr Gbenga Obideyi, has said that 10 member states have so far implemented the Common External Tariff which came into effect in January 2015. Obideyi said on Thursday that eight countries within the West African Monetary Union, including Nigeria and Ghana had implemented the CET. Others ...
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Spagna
FIFA confirm transfer ban on Real, Atletico Madrid
FIFA on Thursday dismissed appeals by Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid against a ban on registering new players in the next two transfer windows for irregularities in the signing of foreign players under 18. “The FIFA Appeal Committee has decided to reject the appeals lodged by Spanish clubs Atletico de ...