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USA Giappone
Trump vows to include anti-currency manipulation clause in future trade pacts
The United States will include a clause preventing currency manipulation in all future bilateral trade deals, President Donald Trump said Thursday, as he criticized the Trans-Pacific Partnership economic pact for not prohibiting the practice. “We’re going to have very, very strong controls over monetary manipulation and devaluation, which they didn’t ...
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Giappone
Facing massive write-downs over U.S. investment, Toshiba to spin off its cash-cow chip business
As it faces massive write-downs in its nuclear power plant business, Toshiba Corp. said Friday that it will spin off its cash-cow chip business at the end of March. Toshiba will sell a stake of less than 20 percent in its flash memory operation to generate several hundred billion yen ...
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Giappone
White House pitches ‘hypothetical’ 20% Mexico tariff to pay for wall, then backs off
The White House on Thursday floated the idea of a 20 percent tax on Mexican imports to pay for Donald Trump’s border wall, before quickly backtracking and calling it just one idea among many. Trump has vowed to “make Mexico pay” for the wall — something Mexico has strongly rejected ...
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Giappone
Japan’s CPI falls 0.3% in 2016 in first fall in four years
Japan on Friday logged its first annual consumer price decline in four years, underscoring the challenges facing Tokyo’s fight to rid the world’s No. 3 economy of deflation. Government data showed prices dropped 0.3 percent in 2016 from a year earlier, as weak household spending and meager wage hikes keep ...
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Giappone
Toshiba wants creditor banks to continue support beyond February
Struggling Japanese electronics and machinery maker Toshiba Corp. will ask creditor financial institutions to continue loans to the company in March and later, Jiji Press learned Thursday. The company is expected to make the request at a meeting with the creditors on Feb. 15, sources said. Most of the institutions, ...
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Brasile
Rio fecha acordo com União e vai encaminhar ajuste fiscal à Alerj
O ministro da Fazenda, Henrique Meirelles, anunciou nesta quinta-feira (26/1), que o termo de compromisso entre a União e o Estado do Rio de Janeiro foi assinado durante reunião com o presidente Michel Temer. Segundo o ministro, o termo visa encaminhar medidas legislativas que permitam o ajuste fiscal e o ...
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USA Giappone Kenya Regno Unito Yemen
MPs to get Sh11m and extra pay for two months
Kenyan MPs — already the world's second-highest paid lawmakers — will receive a taxpayers' gift of Sh11 million each and 'earn' Sh1.09 million salary for two months with no work. These princely payments have been authorised as the doctors' strike enters its second month. After years of medical school, public ...
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Kenya
Business: Kenya Revenue Authority now mulls regional customs system
Kenya Revenue Authority is mulling a regional customs management platform to curb tax evasion within East African countries.
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Kenya
Business News: Kenya Revenue Authority now mulls regional customs system
Kenya Revenue Authority is mulling a regional customs management platform to curb tax evasion within East African countries.
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Egitto
Hyundai Rotem Wins 490 Bil. Won Train Car Supply Order from Egypt
Hyundai Rotem received a 490-billion-won order from Egypt for supply of 256 train cars. According to industry sources, Hyundai Rotem was named as the prime negotiator for supply of 256 train cars which will be deployed for Cairo’s subway line No. 3. This is the largest order that Hyundai Rotem ...