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Giappone Nuova Zelanda
New Zealand ratifies TPP despite U.S. withdrawal
New Zealand formally ratified the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal Thursday, becoming the second signatory country to do so after Japan, and just days ahead of Prime Minister Bill English’s visit to Japan to promote trade and economic ties. Trade Minister Todd McClay welcomed the Cabinet’s decision to ratify the free-trade ...
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Giappone
Ghosn sees ‘good news’ in Macron’s France win, eyes deeper alliance with Nissan
Carlos Ghosn, chief executive officer of French carmaker Renault SA, sees the embrace of globalization by France’s president-elect Emmanuel Macron as a harbinger of faster growth for the country’s economy. He also signaled that Macron’s policies could pave the way for a deeper alliance between Renault and Nissan. “The fact ...
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Giappone
In financial straits, shrines turn to luxury property development
Shinto elders at the centuries-old Unesco World Heritage Site of Shimogamo Shrine upset neighbors when they bulldozed a swath of old Kyoto forest to build an apartment complex with units selling for more than $2 million apiece. “They should call it the Shimogamo Corporation,” says one angry parishioner, Akira Hitomi. ...
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Giappone
High prices put new condos out of reach for average workers in Japan
High prices are putting new condominiums out of reach for average workers. With demand dampened by high acquisition costs, the number of new condos on offer across Japan in 2016 fell for the third year in a row, hitting the lowest level in 24 years. According to the Real Estate ...
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Giappone Spagna
British territory Gibraltar, center of online European gambling, fears effects of Brexit
Deep inside the Rock of Gibraltar is a room known as The Vault. Dug by the British Army in World War II, the room now houses servers that power the websites of dozens of international online gambling companies. Those companies were lured to this speck of British territory on Spain’s ...
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Giappone
Japan’s fiscal 2016 current account surplus largest in nine years
Japan posts its largest current account surplus in nearly a decade for 2016 as exports thrived on falling oil prices and tourism surged. The post Japan’s fiscal 2016 current account surplus largest in nine years appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
EGW buys Tokyo office tower for ¥30 billion with Korean investor funds
EGW Asset Management Inc., which manages about ¥200 billion ($1.8 billion) in assets, has acquired an office building in central Tokyo for about ¥30 billion. The asset manager bought Shinagawa Seaside TS Tower, a 23-story office building, on behalf of an unidentified South Korean institutional investor who is investing in ...
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USA
Mercato lavoro USA, sussidi disoccupazione su nuovi minimi da 28 anni
(Teleborsa) - Calano a sorpresa le richieste di sussidio alla disoccupazione in USA, nella settimana al 6 maggio, segnalando un netto miglioramento del mercato del lavoro. I "claims" sono...
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USA
Israel Bonds paid a 3% fee in 2016
Figures revealed for first time after freedom of information group sought spending by Finance Ministry’s New York delegation
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Cina
Tanzania: The Belt and Road Initiative and China-Tanzania Relations
[Focac] As early as two thousand years ago, China opened up a network of trade routes both on land and at sea. The land route started from Chinese inland cities and reached the Mediterranean countries through Central Asia.