• Giappone

    Council to help spread Olympic economic benefits across nation

    Japan plans to establish a council by the end of the year to discuss ways to spread expected economic benefits from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics nationwide, sources have said. The central government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party hope to use the council, to comprise the central and ...

  • Giappone

    Cosmetics makers target job-seeking male university students

    Cosmetics makers are stepping up efforts to tap the men’s cosmetics market by targeting male university students preparing for their job interviews as the job-hunting season gets underway in Japan. Shiseido Co., Japan’s leading cosmetics-maker, launched a new website for its uno series of men’s cosmetics in March. Visitors to ...

  • Giappone Taiwan

    Taiwan’s Premier Lin sees immigration as a fix to slowing economic growth

    Ask Taiwanese Premier Lin Chuan about the economy he’s been charged with managing and he’ll talk about the need for innovation, investment and higher paying jobs. He’ll also tell you one way to achieve those goals is by welcoming more immigrants. In an interview Friday in Taipei, Lin laid out ...

  • Etiopia

    German FM stresses poverty, jobs to slow migration

    Investing in opportunities for the youth and addressing the root causes of migration like unemployment and poverty will help solve the migration crisis but setting up camps  in North Africa will not, stated Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and African Union Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat. The Foreign Minister held talks ...

  • Etiopia

    Avocados potentially lucrative in Ethiopia

    Avocado farming has a lot. Avocados were introduced to Ethiopian farmers seven decades ago through missionaries. A recent workshop was held to create awareness about the potential in Avocados which included stakeholders researchers and potential investors. Helina Getachew, Project Manager of Fruit and Vegetable Export Facilitation at the Ethiopian Horticulture ...

  • Etiopia

    Africa attracting less FDI, capital investment rises

    Africa is attracting less Foreign Direct Investment, according to the recent EY Africa Attractiveness report. Data from 2016 shows that Africa attracted 676 FDI projects which is a 12.3 percent decline from the previous year and FDI job creation numbers declined 13.1 percent. On the other hand, findings of the ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria: N148.7 Billion Portfolio Investment Left Nigeria in First Quarter

    [Daily Trust] Lagos -A sum of N148.71 billion of foreign portfolio investment (FPI) has been repatriated in the first three months of this year, Daily Trust has learnt.

  • Malta

    Brian Tonna testifies about reference letters issued to Keith Schembri, Malcolm Scerri

    Two reference letters issued from HSBC's Attard branch, months after it had ceased operations, were at the heart of testimony given this morning by the Prime Minister's consultant and Nexia BT director Brian Tonna. Taking the witness stand in the libel proceedings instituted by himself and his business partner Carl Cini ...

  • Qatar

    Corinthia to run Zaha Hadid project in Doha

    Corinthia Group’s management arm, CHI, has entered into preliminary agreements to provide technical and management services for an iconic hotel and residential tower near Doha, Qatar, close to the venue of the 2022 soccer World Cup final. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architecture, the 70,000 sq.m. project is under construction and scheduled ...

  • Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta

    Watch: Many questions, few answers from Brian Tonna

    Auditor Brian Tonna, who helped open up companies in Panama for Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri, today refused to reply to a myriad of questions about the Panama Papers affair. The Times of Malta on Sunday yesterday reported suspicions by the government's anti-money laundering agency that Mr Tonna gave a €100,000 ...