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USA
States, Business Groups Sue U.S. Government on Overtime Pay Rule
Officials from 21 U.S. states on Tuesday filed a lawsuit claiming an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million workers will place a heavy burden on state budgets.
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USA
Former House Speaker John Boehner Joins Washington Law Firm
Mr. Boehner, who left the speakership and Congress last year, will work as a “strategic adviser” to clients of Squire Patton Boggs.
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Uruguay
Odema participó del Foro Global de la Economía Social en Montreal
Odema participó del Foro Global de la Economía Social realizado en Montreal con la presencia de la Presidenta del Círculo Católico.
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Giappone
Mylan CEO defends 500% price spike in life-saving drug EpiPen
The head of pharmaceutical company Mylan is defending the cost for life-saving EpiPens and is signaling the company has no plans to lower prices despite a public outcry. “Price and access exist in a balance, and we believe we have struck that balance,” Heather Bresch says in prepared testimony released ...
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Giappone
New shinkansen sections seen having mixed impact on nearby land prices
Government data released Tuesday showed a stark contrast in the effects that new shinkansen routes have had on land prices in areas along the lines. So-called standard land prices as of July 1, used as a benchmark for land transactions in Japan, went up, as they did last year, in ...
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Giappone
May meets Abe, vows to help Japanese firms operating in U.K. after Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday that her country will work to help Japanese companies continue doing business there following its decision to leave the European Union. Trade and investment relations with Japan are very important to Britain, May told her Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, in a meeting ...
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Venezuela
Venezuela denuncia campaña contra canje de bonos de PDVSA
Venezuela denunció el martes la existencia de una campaña de desprestigio contra la oferta de canje de bonos por 7.000 millones de dólares de la corporación estatal Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. que buscaría la caída de los papeles en el mercado.
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Brasile
La petrolera brasileña Petrobras reduce un 25% sus inversiones hasta 2019
La petrolera brasileña Petrobras anunció hoy una reducción del 25 % en sus inversiones hasta 2019, en relación a sus últimas previsiones, según informó hoy la empresa estatal en un comunicado al mercado.
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Venezuela
Ministro de Comercio venezolano anuncia convenio cambiario para exportadores
El ministro de Comercio Exterior e Inversión Internacional de Venezuela, Jesús Faría, anunció hoy un nuevo convenio cambiario dirigido a los exportadores, que busca crear condiciones de confianza para que puedan invertir divisas en el país caribeño.
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Brasile Nigeria
Idosos são mais afetados pela atual onda de desemprego, aponta Ipea
A Carta de Conjuntura 32, divulgada hoje (20) pelo Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea), revela aceleração do desemprego no país. Comparando o segundo trimestre deste ano com o último trimestre de 2014, que foi o último período antes da piora registrada no mercado de trabalho, verifica-se que as perdas ...