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Giappone
Employment for university graduates hits record-high 97.6% amid labor shortage
A record-high 97.6 percent of new university graduates had landed jobs as of the April 1 start of the 2017 business year, government data showed Friday, reflecting demand from companies amid Japan’s labor shortage. The rate increased 0.3 percentage point from a year earlier, up for the sixth consecutive year, ...
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Giappone
‘Gamified’ language app Duolingo finally adds Japanese
Just as many readers are swapping paperbacks for tablets, many language learners are trading in their textbooks for apps so they can study on the go. One of the most popular language applications on the market is Duolingo, a program that “gamifies” learning by rewarding players with points and new ...
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Giappone
Nail salon that uses printer to paint nail art to open in Tokyo
Major catalog shopping company Senshukai Co. has said that it will open a temporary nail salon in Tokyo that paints nails quickly using a nail printer. The shop, Nail Stand Tsume.co, will open at Shinjuku Marui Annex between June 2 to Aug. 31. The price to paint the nails on ...
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Giappone
Zurich Insurance deploying robots to decide personal injury claims
Zurich Insurance is deploying artificial intelligence in deciding personal injury claims after test trials cut the processing time from an hour to just seconds, its chairman said. “We recently introduced AI claims handling … and saved 40,000 work hours, while speeding up the claim processing time to five seconds,” Tom ...
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USA Giappone
Broadcom, KKR said to be leading bidders for Toshiba’s memory chip unit
Broadcom and a group led by KKR are emerging as the two leading bidders for Toshiba’s semiconductor unit as of Friday’s deadline for second-round offers, according to people familiar with the matter. Broadcom, based in San Jose, California, is offering about ¥2.2 trillion ($20 billion) and would face simpler regulatory ...
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Giappone
Trump administration announces plans to renegotiate NAFTA
Making good on a campaign promise, the Trump administration formally told Congress Thursday that it intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer sent a letter to congressional leaders Thursday, starting 90 days of consultations with lawmakers over how to ...
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Giappone
FCC votes to roll back ‘internet neutrality’ rules, prompting outcry
U.S. regulators voted Thursday to scrap a 2015 order aimed at forcing broadband firms to treat all online traffic equally, in the latest turn of the politically charged “net neutrality” debate. The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 to reverse the policy enacted two years earlier and which has been a ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Circa Theatre signs agreement with Te Papa ahead of planned renovations
Creating a thriving cultural precinct on Wellington's waterfront is at the heart of a newly signed partnership between two of the city's artistic institutions.
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Nuova Zelanda
GMT’s Auckland industrial strategy delivers $220.5m pre-tax profit
Goodman Property Trust (GMT), the stock exchange-listed company which owns Highbrook Business Park, has reported its 2017 annual result, recording a net profit after tax (npat) of $213.8 million. The result is 8.3 per cent lower than the npat of $233m at the same time last year due to a ...
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Senegal
Dakar et Namur s'engagent pour des "relations mutuellement bénéfiques"
Dakar, 18 mai (APS) - La Wallonie et le Sénégal ont convenu de "continuer d'explorer" toutes les opportunités de partenariat en vue de "construire des relations mutuellement bénéfiques", a déclaré jeudi à Dakar, le porte-parole du gouvernement sénégalais, Seydou Guèye. Dakar, 18 mai (APS) - La Wallonie et le Sénégal ...