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Giappone
Tokyo Stock Exchange to relax delisting criteria for virus-affected firms
The Tokyo Stock Exchange will introduce special measures, including relaxing its delisting criteria, for companies that have suffered a decline in their business due to ...
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Cina Giappone
Japan’s exports fall, imports from China slump as virus impact widens
Japan’s exports slipped for a 15th straight month in February as U.S. and China-bound shipments declined, suggesting a cooling of business activity in the world’s ...
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USA
Texas unemployment claims jump as economic turmoil from virus hits
First time claims for unemployment insurance in Texas last week jumped nearly 40 percent from a year ago as local governments shut down events, low oil prices buffeted the energy industry and customers stayed home to prevent exposure from the new coronavirus.
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Nigeria
Buhari’s Strides In Ensuring Africa‘s Food Security
President Muhammadu Buhari’s grand declaration of diversifying Nigeria’s economy by financing agriculture is gradually coming to reality. Since his the election in 2015, he didn’t hide his desire to diversify the Nigeria’s mono-economy, by engaging in agricultural financing and resuscitation of solid minerals sector. To actualise President Buhari’s resolve to ...
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Nigeria
COVID-19 And Economic Diversification
He came into office in 2014 when commodity prices globally collapsed. International prices of crude oil, Nigeria’s economic mainstay, crashed to $27per barrel. Other global exogenous factors had exposed how weak the economy was. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had declined and unemployment rate flying at the speed of a ...
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Cina USA
China Blast Trump For calling COVID-19 “Chinese Virus”
China became indignant yesterday after US President Donald Trump called Coronavirus “Chinese virus” and urged the United States to correct its mistakes. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Geng Shuang made the remarks at a press conference when asked to comment on U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweet Monday, in which he called ...
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Nigeria
Generator Ban Will Kill Business Operations, Says NECA
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has kicked against the proposed bill to criminalise the importa-tion, selling and usage of generators by Nigerians. NECA argued that the Bill, if passed into law, would kill small and medium-sized businesses as almost all of them use generators in their business operations. The ...
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Portogallo
Remessas solidárias de máscaras de Macau para Portugal esbarram na alfândega portuguesa
Portugueses a residir em Macau e que enviaram máscaras para amigos e familiares em Portugal, queixaram-se hoje à Lusa da retenção das remessas pela alfândega portuguesa e do preço exigido para as libertar.
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Portogallo
Portugal emite dívida a curto prazo na semana em que juros da dívida portuguesa a 10 anos voltam a subir
O IGCP realiza esta quarta-feira um leilão duplo de dívida a curto prazo. Analista acredita que a emissão deverá ter um custo menos negativo face ao leilão anterior, mas que a procura deverá superar a oferta, já que "muitos investidores poderão recorrer à dívida de curto prazo para salvaguardar os seus ...
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Italia
A New Hurt in Italy From the Coronavirus: A Banking Crisis
The nation’s banks, long at the center of worries about European finance, look more likely to get a rescue.