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Giappone
Uber starts food delivery in Japan after ride-sharing fails to take off
Uber, which has struggled to win Japan over to its ride-sharing service, is hoping to fare better with takeout deliveries. UberEats opens Thursday, initially just in central Tokyo, ranging from simple dishes costing just hundreds of yen to Michelin-star dining at the equivalent of hundreds of dollars. Delivery is free ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks tumble on weak financials, ex-dividend impact
Stocks fell back sharply on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, reflecting the weakness of financial issues and an ex-dividend impact. The 225-issue Nikkei average plunged 218.53 points, or 1.31 percent, to end at 16,465.40. On Tuesday, the key market gauge climbed 139.37 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues ...
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Giappone
Toshiba more than doubles profit outlook as yen drives sales
Toshiba Corp. raised its forecast for first-half operating profit to ¥70 billion from ¥30 billion, crediting growth in storage and electronic devices for a more than doubling of its earnings outlook. A weaker-than-expected yen and sales of hard drives and smartphone memory are the main factors, the company said in ...
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Giappone
Department store closures mark end of an era
On a recent weekday morning, the Sogo department store in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, is unusually crowded with shoppers flocking to a closing down sale before it shuts its doors for good on Friday. Many stop to take pictures of a sign at the entrance displaying the number of days remaining ...
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Giappone
New 3,500-meter runway proposed for Narita International Airport
A public-private council is proposing that a 3,500-meter-long runway be added at Narita International Airport. The new runway was part of plans adopted at a meeting of the council Tuesday in the city of Chiba that brought together officials from the central government, Narita International Airport Corp., or NAA, the ...
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Giappone
‘Dramatic slowing’ seen in global trade, as rhetoric rises
Trade, that lifeblood of the world economy, is growing at its slowest rate in seven years and could falter even more should anti-globalization sentiment encourage governments to throw up more barriers. That’s the verdict from the World Trade Organization, which dramatically slashed its forecast for trade growth this year by ...
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Emirates REIT invests $23.9m in new Dubai school
REIT to fund build of British Columbia Canadian School in Dubai Investments Park
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Kuwait
Kuwait finance chief says wage bill review is needed
Senior official at finance ministry speaks out after Saudi Arabia announced cuts to ministers' salaries, perks
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Regno Unito
London's ranking as top finance centre under threat as Brexit looms
Dubai ranked as top MidEast financial centre by Z/Yen 20th global financial centres index
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Nigeria
Empresários pedem ao governo que eleve de 0,1% para 5% alíquota do Reintegra
Entidades empresariais pediram hoje (28) a elevação da alíquota do Reintegra para 5%, em 2017, aos ministros da Fazenda, Henrique Meirelles, e da Indústria, Comércio Exterior e Serviços (MDIC), Marcos Pereira. Atualmente em 0,1%, a alíquota do programa subirá para 2% em 2017 e poderá ser de 3% em 2018. ...