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Giappone
For white-collar workers, AI threatens new workplace revolution
If your job involves inputting reams of data for a company, you might want to think about retraining in a more specialized field. Or as a plumber. After industrial robots and international trade put paid to many manufacturing jobs in the West, millions of white-collar workers could now be under ...
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Giappone
Facebook’s Zuckerberg suing to gain rights to Kauai hideaway over undocumented heirs
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has launched a raft of lawsuits that could see the U.S. billionaire secure full ownership of his island hideaway from local Hawaiian families who retain rights over the land dating back generations. Documents filed on Dec. 30 in the Hawaii State circuit court — and reported ...
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Giappone
Dollar slightly below ¥115 in Tokyo ahead of Trump inauguration
The dollar moved slightly below ¥115 in late Tokyo trading on Friday as a wait-and-see mood prevailed ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥114.78-80, against ¥114.82-83 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.0673-0673, up from $1.0641-0641, and at ...
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Kenya
Business: Market regulator banks on small investors to lift bourse fortunes
Focus is shifting to small businesses in efforts to save the dwindling fortunes of the Nairobi bourse as the Capital Markets Authority announces a drive to list more firms.
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Kenya
Business: Kempinski unveils new general manager
Luxury five-star hotel Villa Rosa Kempinski has unveiled a new general manager as it gears up for Kenya's electioneering period, which is expected to affect the hospitality industry.
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Kenya
Business: CA calls out Telkom Kenya for declaring over 2m ghost' subscribers
Telkom Kenya is on the spot for exaggerating its subscriber base by nearly double, according to an audit by the industry regulator.
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Australia
Business: KQ Cargo exporting Kenyan flowers to Australia
The airline said the new service was informed by a market research that identified Sydney and Melbourne, in Australia, as key markets for Kenyan flowers.
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Kenya
Business: Kenya Railways to operate express trains on SGR
The firm has also announced it will operate express trains to be known as intercity trains between Nairobi and Mombasa, with the journey between the two cities expected to take four hours.
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USA
Business: Trump's protectionist policies top risk to US economy in 2017
The top risk to US growth would come if President-elect Donald Trump keeps his protectionist promises.
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Kenya
You cannot earn a living in Kenya solely from acting
Ken Ambani is an actor and a sales manager at Posta Kenya.