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Giappone
Japan sales of foreign-brand vehicles rise 5.5% in August
Sales nationwide of new imported foreign-brand cars, trucks and buses rose 5.5 percent in August from a year before to 20,878 units, with 10 makers ...
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USA
IT-Business - EU-Milliardenstrafe für Intel nach acht Jahren neu geprüft
Der US-Chip-Riese Intel bekommt eine Chance, die Milliarden-Strafe wegen unfairen Wettbewerbs der EU-Kommission zu kippen. Der EuGH bestätigt Verfahrensfehler des EU-Gerichts
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USA
US retreats from threat to end S Korea trade pact
Lighthizer says Trump administration will pursue ‘amendments’ to Korus agreement
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Indonesia Myanmar
Thousands in Jakarta protest treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya
Roads were blocked and barbed wire barriers put up around the embassy of Myanmar in Indonesia`s capital Jakarta as thousands of protesters, led by Islamist groups, held a rally near the Myanmar embassy today. They had gathered to protest against the treatment of Rohingya Muslims and demand the snapping of ...
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Malta
Blanket plan for extra pay on Sundays, public holidays, ignores reality - employers
A blanket provision to compensate Sunday and public holiday work with double and triple pay, respectively, will increase costs unnecessarily, employers argue. Malta Employers’ Association director general Joe Farrugia said a one-size-fits-all approach as suggested by the General Workers’ Union did not distinguish between different job realities. The union made the proposal ...
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Spagna
Eurozone businesses outpace struggling British peers
Business activity in the eurozone stayed robust in August as it outpaced Britain, where an economy increasingly bogged down by Brexit worries lost momentum, surveys showed yesterday. Growth in the eurozone slowed only marginally from the blistering pace set in the spring, according to a Purchasing Managers’ Index. An equivalent reading ...
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Malta
Around 2,000 nurses and midwives are to receive €1.7m in arrears due to 2007 error
Some 2,000 nurses and midwives are to receive €1.7 million during in their next pay due to a mistake that was made back in 2007.As a minimum, nurses will be receiving €475 and a maximum of €875, depending on the hours worked in the six months preceding the 2007 mistaken ...
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Malta
Police Commissioner taking a personal interest in MUMN dispute regarding safety of paramedics
Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar is taking a personal interest in a dispute flagged by the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses over protection of paramedics responding to emergency calls, Health Minister Chris Fearne said today.Last week, the MUMN issued a statement after an incident where a nurse responding to an ...
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USA Panama Malta
Panama Papers: PANA Committee ‘impeded massively’ in investigation - Giegold
MEP Sven Giegold, Coordinator of the Greens/EFA group in the PANA committee, said that the PANA committee was “impeded massively” in its investigation on the Panama Papers.In comments posted by Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Arnold Cassola on Facebook, Giegold said this is so mostly because politicians refrained from attending meetings specifically ...
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Portogallo
Galp e Jerónimo Martins pressionam a Bolsa de Lisboa
“A escassez de notícias relevantes tornam o mercado nacional dependente da conjuntura externa e os volumes reduzidos exacerbam a reacção dos investidores aos desenvolvimentos da envolvente internacional”, explica o BPI.