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Japan farm exports hit record-high ¥750.3 billion
Japan’s exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products in 2016 grew 0.7 percent from the previous year to ¥750.3 billion, hitting a record high for the fourth straight year, a preliminary government report showed Friday. The growth was attributed to brisk shipments of grapes and beef, according to the report, ...
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SoftBank set to soon close first round of $100 billion tech fund
SoftBank Group Corp. is aiming to close the first round of investment in its planned $100 billion technology fund by the end of this month, giving Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son an enormous war chest to go on the hunt for deals, according to people familiar with the matter. The ...
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Japan makes big push for hydrogen fuel cells scorned by Elon Musk as impractical
Elon Musk may think hydrogen-powered vehicles are rubbish, but Toyota Motor Corp. and a cadre of Japan’s leading manufacturers are betting otherwise — and not just on cars. With the blessing of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Toyota is at the forefront of Japan’s efforts to use hydrogen and fuel cells ...
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Furniture chain Nitori weighs buying into apparel market
Nitori Holdings Co. is considering buying an apparel chain in Japan, a move that will pit the furniture seller against rivals including Fast Retailing Co., Asia’s largest clothier. The home furnishing retailer will look for a company with 100 to 200 stores as cash from operations has been increasing by ...
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World’s biggest FX trader calls Trump currency talk hogwash
Hogwash. Hot air. That’s what Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citigroup Inc., makes of the Trump administration’s comments on exchange rates. The world’s largest foreign-exchange trading firm sees the dollar rising this year even as the president talks the greenback down and blasts some of the nation’s biggest trading partners ...
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Cina Giappone
China’s exports and imports rose in January and trade gap with U.S. eased, preliminary data show
China reported better-than-expected trade data for January as demand picked up both at home and abroad, an encouraging start to 2017 for the world’s largest trading nation even as Asia’s exporters brace for a rise in U.S. protectionism. January exports rose 7.9 percent from a year earlier as global demand ...
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USA Giappone
Trump meets airline execs, eyes privatizing air traffic control system from FAA
President Donald Trump told airline and airport executives Thursday that he is interested in privatizing America’s air traffic control system and improving the nation’s airports and roads, which he called obsolete. Trump also promised to roll back government regulations and said he will announce a plan in the next three ...
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Remote control: Companies blur lines over who owns devices
When Samsung Electronics remotely disabled the last of its flawed Galaxy Note 7 smartphones last month, it further blurred the lines between who ultimately controls your phone, computer, car or appliance — you, or the companies that make it work? Industry executives and analysts say companies are exerting greater remote ...
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Trump trumpets ‘phenomenal’ tax announcement, divulges no specifics
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to announce the most ambitious tax reform plan since the Reagan era in the next few weeks, the White House said on Thursday, sending stock prices and the dollar higher on hopes for a cut in corporate tax rates. In a White House meeting with ...
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Same judge who blocked Trump travel ban lets Microsoft suit over secret state searches progress
A judge refused the U.S. government’s request to throw out a lawsuit from Microsoft that claims a federal law is unconstitutional because it prohibits technology companies from telling customers when the government demands their electronic data. U.S. District Judge James Robart, who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s travel ban last ...