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Nigeria
Lulu partners Fountain University on Folsa Academy
Former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Sani Lulu, has entered into a partnership with Fountain University, Osogbo, to provide tertiary education to students from his football academy, Folsa, Abuja. Lulu and the university agreed on the partnership during his visit to the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdullateef ...
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Nigeria
Victus Chambers, OAU, enlightens students on the Law profession
“The Talk: Beyond Wigs and Gowns”, which is an annual event hosted by Victus Chambers (Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife), held its second edition on Wednesday, the 8th of March, 2017. It sets out to enlighten the minds of law students concerning the law profession, to make clear ...
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Giappone
Dollar static below ¥113.50 in Tokyo
The dollar was generally stuck in a narrow range below ¥113.50 in Tokyo trading on Friday, amid a dearth of fresh trading incentives after key economic events were out of the way. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.43-44, compared with ¥113.23-23 at the same time Thursday. The euro ...
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Giappone
Stocks fall back on weaker Wall Street
Stocks fell back amid a wait-and-see mood on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, hurt by sluggish U.S. equities overnight. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 68.55 points, or 0.35 percent, to finish at 19,521.59. On Thursday, the key market gauge gained 12.76 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues closed ...
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Giappone
Japan may inject public money to turn around Toshiba: sources
A consortium including the state-backed Innovation Network Corp. of Japan and the Development Bank of Japan is mulling investing in Toshiba Corp.’s memory chip business, sources said. The post Japan may inject public money to turn around Toshiba: sources appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
The $3 billion biotech firm that almost wasn’t finds new life
The biggest biotechnology company in Japan almost didn’t get built. When Patrick C. Reid, now managing director of PeptiDream Inc., arrived in Japan about a decade ago, he found investors reluctant to put much money into drug startups — even though the country had world-class universities and pharma companies. A ...
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Giappone Croazia
Uniqlo eyes speed to take on Zara for global crown
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing Co. is betting that speed, both in supplying its stores with the latest fashion and getting custom-made products to shoppers, will allow it to overtake apparel powerhouse Zara. Fast Retailing plans to shorten the time it takes from design to delivery to about 13 days, roughly ...
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Giappone
Nobel laureate Stiglitz says carbon tax suitable for Japan’s problems
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has called on Japan to promptly introduce a carbon tax, calling it the most suitable tax to solve problems such as global warming and shortfalls in financial resources for social security measures. If a carbon tax, which is levied on companies emitting greenhouse gases, is ...
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Giappone
Insurers pitch affordable policies to get young people behind the wheel
Insurance companies have turned to promoting affordable policies for young people in an effort to encourage them to buy cars. An increasing number of young people in Japan have been losing interest in owning cars, with some citing high insurance premiums as a reason, industry officials said. In response, insurers ...
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Kenya
‘Sponsors', erratic ARV use, killing youth
When antiretroviral drugs were provided for free to persons living with HIV, patients greeted the news with a sigh of relief. Several of them had lost all hope of being able to lead a normal life. However, this medication only proves to be effective if taken faithfully, and with proper ...