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Spagna
Economía/Paro.- CCOO denuncia la "fragilidad" de la recuperación del empleo porque "no hay cambio estructural"
MADRID, 2 (EUROPA PRESS) Comisiones Obreras ha lamentado los datos de paro de agosto publicados este viernes, que indican un aumento del desempleo en 14.435 personas, y señala que la ruptura en la evolución positiva del mercado laboral demuestra la "fragilidad" de la recuperación, debido a que no ...
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Brasile
El Gobierno valora la evolución del paro, pero dice que "no conviene abusar de la inercia"
La vicepresidenta y portavoz del Gobierno en funciones, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, ha valorado este viernes el "buen ritmo" de la reducción de paro y la "gran fortaleza" del mercado laboral, si bien ha advertido de que "no conviene abusar de la inercia".
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Corea del Sud
Samsung suspends Galaxy Note 7 sales
SEOUL - Samsung said Friday it would suspend sales of its latest flagship smartphone Galaxy Note 7 as reports of exploding batteries threatened to damage the reputation of the South Korean electronics giant.
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Giappone
Dollar steady around ¥103.60 ahead of U.S. jobs data
The dollar was steady around ¥103.60 in Tokyo trading late Friday, with all eyes on U.S. jobs data for August, to be released later in the day, amid growing expectations of an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve later this year. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.57-58, ...
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Giappone
Nikkei falls back on profit-taking, position adjustment
The key Nikkei average turned lower on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, dragged down by profit-taking and position-adjustment selling prior to the release of U.S. government employment data for August. The 225-issue Nikkei average edged down 1.16 points, or 0.01 percent, to end at 16,925.68. On Thursday, the key market ...
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Giappone
57% of Japanese cautious about using credit cards: survey
A majority of Japanese people are cautious about using credit cards, according to the results of the Cabinet Office’s first public opinion survey on the payment method released Thursday. In the survey, 57.9 percent of respondents were negative about actively using credit cards, while 39.8 percent were positive. As reasons ...
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Giappone
LDP group to reassess how GDP is compiled
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will form a group by the end of the month to examine how to best collect and compile economic statistics that are used in key measures including gross domestic product, party lawmaker Yoshimasa Hayashi said. Hayashi, 55, added that he will chair the group and ...
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Giappone
Panel defers accord on Japan-proposed fishing limit of bluefin tuna
Wrapping up a five-day meeting in Kyushu on Friday, an international fisheries panel deferred an agreement to invoke emergency fishing restrictions for bluefin tuna in the northern Pacific amid concerns that the species is dwindling due to overfishing. Japan had proposed invoking a catch limit for two years if the ...
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Giappone
Hitachi starts trials of EMIEW3 humanoid robot at Haneda airport
Hitachi Ltd. started trials of its EMIEW3 humanoid robot at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Friday to aid foreign visitors to Japan. During the trials through December in the airport’s domestic Terminal 2, the robot will communicate with passengers in Japanese and English at a designated information center as well as ...
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Giappone
Transport Ministry raids Mitsubishi Motors headquarters over mileage-cheating scandal
Transport ministry officials raided the Tokyo headquarters of scandal-ridden Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Friday after the government alleged the automaker cheated on mileage ratings on more models than earlier reported. The systematic inflating of mileage numbers first surfaced in April, over minicars eK wagon and eK Space that also were ...