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Nigeria
Investors to protest against N4.8bn alleged market fraud
Stanley Opara The 300 investors affected in the alleged N4.8bn capital market fraud case leveled against the erstwhile Managing Director of Partnership Investment Company Limited, Victor Ogiemwonyi, say they will stage a protest in Lagos in March if the issue is not amicably resolved. The investors said they had made ...
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USA
Trump’s pick for Army secretary pulls out of consideration
US President Donald Trump’s choice for Army secretary has withdrawn his name from consideration after running into obstacles untangling himself from his business interests, US media reported Saturday. Vincent Viola is a billionaire who made his fortune after founding high-frequency trading firm Virtu Financial, the Washington Post reported. He is ...
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USA
Trump’s pick for Army secretary pulls out of consideration
US President Donald Trump’s choice for Army secretary has withdrawn his name from consideration after running into obstacles untangling himself from his business interests, US media reported Saturday. Vincent Viola is a billionaire who made his fortune after founding high-frequency trading firm Virtu Financial, the Washington Post reported. He is ...
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USA
View From Abroad/The Economist: An Insurgent In The White House
Washington is in the grip of a revolution. The bleak cadence of last month’s inauguration was still in the air when Donald Trump lobbed the first Molotov cocktail of policies and executive orders against the capital’s brilliant-white porticos. He has not stopped. Quitting the Trans-Pacific Partnership, demanding a renegotiation of ...
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Algeria
Un projet de 50 entrepôts frigorifiques en cours de réalisation
Le projet de réalisation de 50 entrepôts frigorifiques au niveau national, doté d’un coût global de plus 36 milliards de dinars, visait à augmenter les capacités de stockage et à absorber le surplus de production agricole, en vue d’asseoir un équilibre entre l’offre et la demande, a annoncé jeudi dernier le ...
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Giappone
Labor chief blasts 100-hour OT limit as impossibly high at work reform panel
A labor representative blasts the government’s proposed 100-hour OT cap for peak periods as ‘totally impossible’ at a labor-management forum on workplace reform. The post Labor chief blasts 100-hour OT limit as impossibly high at work reform panel appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Rakuten to enable U.S. employees to work outside country if subject to Trump entry ban
Rakuten Inc. says it will enable U.S. employees to work outside the country if they are subject to President Donald Trump’s temporary U.S. entry ban. The post Rakuten to enable U.S. employees to work outside country if subject to Trump entry ban appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Japan Tobacco sees no quick output fix for alternative smoking device
The capacity constraints that have dogged the domestic launch of Japan Tobacco Inc.’s heated-tobacco device will take a while yet to resolve, according to a company executive, handing a further boost to Philip Morris International Inc. in the world’s most advanced market for next-generation tobacco products. Japan Tobacco underestimated the ...
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Giappone
Toyota, Suzuki to join hands on technology development, may form capital alliance
Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. have agreed to form a tie-up in advanced technology development and other operations, sources close to the matter said Saturday. The two automakers will continue to discuss whether to expand the partnership to include a capital alliance, the sources said. The comprehensive tie-up ...
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Giappone
Japan to push for global standards on automatic braking technology in cars
The transport ministry said Japan will open discussions with other members of a U.N. working group on drafting international safety standards for automatic brakes in cars. The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry aims to eventually make automatic brakes mandatory in all cars in Japan to curb accidents. The discussions ...