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Giappone
ANA may buy Airbus superjumbos for Japan-Hawaii routes
The operator of All Nippon Airways is considering purchasing three A380 superjumbo jet planes from Airbus SAS, according to informed sources. ANA Holdings Inc. would likely use the aircraft on routes connecting Japan and Honolulu, the sources said Monday. It hopes to include the plan in its medium-term business program ...
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Giappone
Dollar sinks below ¥119 as 2016 begins with stocks sell-off
The dollar tumbled below ¥119 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday after a four-day year-end holiday, as weak Chinese economic data stirred up risk aversion among investors. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥118.97-98, down from ¥120.40-41 at the same time on Wednesday. The euro was at $1.0912-0913, down from ...
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Cina Giappone
TSE sees heavy losses on China woes
Weighed down by dismal Chinese manufacturing data, stocks kicked off 2016 with heavy losses on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, sending the benchmark Nikkei average to below 18,500 — a two-month low. The 225-issue Nikkei average plunged 582.73 points, or 3.06 percent, to end at 18,450.98, the lowest closing ...
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Giappone
New tax system won’t ease burden for car owners, says head of automakers’ lobby group
Car owners in Japan have been shouldering unfair levies and a new tax to replace the current car acquisition tax next year will not ease the burden, said Fumihiko Ike, chairman of the nation’s biggest automakers’ lobby group. Under the government’s plan, the acquisition tax currently paid on all new ...
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Giappone
Nikkei plunges 3% on weak Chinese manufacturing data
Tokyo stocks tumble on the first trading day of 2016 as a further decline in Chinese manufacturing conditions stoke ongoing concern about a slowdown there. The post Nikkei plunges 3% on weak Chinese manufacturing data appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone
Foreigners get it wrong on Japan stocks, ending 25-year run
For the first year since 1989, foreigners sold Japanese stocks and missed a rally. Overseas investors, who account for more than two-thirds of trading in Tokyo, cut holdings in 2015 even as the Topix index climbed 8.9 percent in dollars and 21 percent in euros. It had been 2½ decades ...
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Giappone
After winning at Japanese chess, this computer may help decide loans
Having defeated a human shogi (Japanese chess) expert, this computer program’s next task is to figure out whether you can make the payments on a new mortgage. Heroz Inc., a small Japanese startup whose engineers designed the first system to defeat an active professional shogi player, says it’s now working ...
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Cina Giappone
Key Chinese drone-maker sees promise in newly regulated Japan market
The outlook for Japan’s drone market is promising and a recently enacted law to regulate flights of unmanned aerial vehicles will result in a safer user environment, according to the Japan chief of China-based drone-maker DJI. Allen Wu, who heads the Japan office of the world’s largest commercial drone-maker, said ...
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Giappone
Aso calls for swift passage of extra budget for steps to ease TPP concern
Finance Minister Taro Aso on Monday called for the swift enactment of the fiscal 2015 extra budget, including measures to ease public concerns following the agreement of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact. “We have to directly link the effects of the TPP to truly revitalizing the economy and regional ...
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Brasile
Prazo para indicação de créditos do Nota Legal no DF começa hoje
Começa hoje (4) e vai até o dia 31 de janeiro o período de indicação dos créditos do Programa Nota Legal, destinado ao abatimento do valor do Imposto Predial e Territorial Urbano (IPTU) e do Imposto Sobre a Propriedade de Veículos Automotores (IPVA) no Distrito Federal (DF). De acordo com ...