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Giappone
Takata pleads guilty in U.S. over air bag defect fraud, agrees to pay $1 billion
Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. pleaded guilty to fraud Monday and agreed to pay a $1 billion penalty for concealing a deadly defect in millions of its air bags. Takata admitted hiding evidence that its air bag inflators can explode with too much force, hurling shrapnel into drivers and ...
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Giappone
Legendary Big Apple inn Waldorf Astoria closes for facelift
It’s goodbye for now to the grand Art Deco lobby and celebrities crossing paths en route to “The Towers” at the Waldorf Astoria: one of the world’s most luxurious hotels is closing for renovation. The legendary establishment opened at its Park Avenue location in midtown Manhattan in 1931 with more ...
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Giappone
SpaceX looks to fly two payers of ‘significant’ deposit around moon in 2018
SpaceX says it will fly two people to the moon next year. Company chief Elon Musk announced the surprising news Monday. Two people who know one another approached the company about sending them on a weeklong flight just beyond the moon. Musk won’t identify the pair or the price tag. ...
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Giappone
SoftBank reportedly in talks to merge OneWeb satellite startup with Intelsat
SoftBank Group Corp., the technology giant controlled by billionaire Masayoshi Son, is in talks to merge the satellite startup it’s backing, OneWeb Ltd., with satellite provider Intelsat SA, according to people familiar with the matter. A deal is conditioned on setting aside money to purchase Intelsat bonds from investors at ...
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Giappone Regno Unito
Self-driving Nissan takes to Europe’s streets for first time, reaching speed in London
Guided by cameras and radars, and negotiating traffic and roundabouts, a self-driving Nissan car took to the streets of London on Monday for the Japanese company’s first European tests of an autonomous vehicle. Traveling at up to 50 mph (80 kph) and moving from local streets to a major multilane ...
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USA Giappone
American farmers, reliant on non-U.S. labor, on edge over Trump immigration crackdown
President Donald Trump’s tough new immigration measures are sending shudders through the U.S. farming industry, which largely employs a low-wage foreign workforce. Since taking office on a “America First” agenda, Trump has made immigration a policy cornerstone. Among other measures, he has broadened authorities’ powers to detain and deport unauthorized ...
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Giappone Spagna
Sony, Line eye AI-powered consumer gadgets
Sony Corp. and Line Corp., Japan’s most popular messaging service, are considering joining forces to develop devices powered by artificial intelligence. The companies are exploring opportunities around digital personal assistant technology to co-create a new communication experience, Sony said in a statement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, ...
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USA Nigeria
Naira trades flat, set for further gain
Oyetunji Abioye The naira closed flat at 445 against the United States dollar at the parallel market on Monday as the foreign exchange market awaits the further release of the greenback by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The CBN has sold additional $180m into the market this week, barely one ...
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Nigeria
CBN pumps fresh $180m into forex market
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday increased the liquidity in the foreign exchange market by releasing additional $180m for settlement of various transactions. This was confirmed by the Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okoroafor. He said while the sum of $100m was released ...
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Nigeria
LASG to crush 4,000 motorcycles
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government on Monday said it had concluded plans to crush and recycle over 4,000 impounded commercial motorcycles, popularly called okada. The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who stated this in Ikeja, added that the action was in line with the provisions of the Lagos ...