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Giappone
Slot machine-maker Konami says Japan casinos will need Vegas-style oversight
Konami Holdings Corp., which supplies slot machines to some of the world’s biggest casinos, will participate in Japan’s gaming industry if the regulations are as strict as those in Las Vegas. Satoshi Sakamoto, a senior executive director at Konami, said an industry with a good reputation will attract more Japanese ...
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Giappone
BOJ’s ‘tankan’ report shows big manufacturers’ sentiment up amid robust exports
Business sentiment improved in March from three months earlier, with a global economic recovery and a weaker yen bolstering exports, a Bank of Japan survey showed Monday. The post BOJ’s ‘tankan’ report shows big manufacturers’ sentiment up amid robust exports appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Cina Indonesia
Indonesia sinks scores of boats in war on illegal fishing
Indonesia destroyed 81 mostly foreign boats at the weekend after they were found illegally fishing in its waters, taking to more than 300 the number sunk since President Joko Widodo launched a battle against the poaching of fish in 2014. The Southeast Asian country has some of the world's richest fishing ...
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USA
Tourist arrivals grow by 27.7% in February
Tourist arrivals rose by a whopping 27.7 per cent in February to reach 103,899, the National Statistics Office said today. 81,706 inbound tourist trips were made for holiday purposes, while a further 14,691 were for business. Tourists from EU Member States went up by 30.6 per cent to 90,472 when compared to ...
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Malta
Malta pushing action on environmental crime in the EU
Environmental crime is one of the priorities the Maltese presidency will push on the EU's agenda as it maps out the priorities to tackle organised crime. Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela said this morning that environmental crime was one of the more profitable offshoots of organised crime that had serious consequences ...
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Regno Unito
Somali pirates hijack Indian commercial ship
Pirates have hijacked an Indian ship off the coast of Somalia and the vessel is heading toward the shore. "We understand Somali pirates hijacked a commercial Indian ship and (it is heading) towards Somalia shores," Abdirizak Mohamed Dirir, a former director of the anti-piracy agency in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, said. Graeme ...
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Spagna Regno Unito
Spain ‘surprised’ at UK commentary over Gibraltar
Spanish foreign minister plays down tensions generated by Brexit guidelines
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Indonesia Malta
British entrepreneur buys 9 per cent of MIDI plc
A British entrepreneur has bought almost nine per cent of Tigne Point and Manoel Island developers MIDI plc, a stake previously held by Bank of Valletta. Mark Andrew Weingard bought more than 19 million ordinary shares in the company, representing 8.92 per cent shareholding. BOV's share sale means it has now disposed of ...
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Malta
Budget surplus 'a positive development, if sustained' - Employers' Association
The financial surplus announced by the government is a positive development, if it can be sustained, the Malta Employers' Association said today. It said a fact that the debt/GDP ratio had been reduced due to economic growth - this was also positive news, but this trend needed to be sustained. But the ...
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Portogallo
Ricardo Salgado diz que venda do Novo Banco foi “uma desgraça”
"O banco foi entregue gratuitamente", disse hoje o ex-banqueiro, acusando o Banco de Portugal e o anterior governo pela resolução do antigo BES.