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Uruguay
Mercado Libre reportó uno de los mejores años de su historia
Apostando a fortalecer el ecosistema completo en la región, la empresa tecnológica cerró el año con 181,2 millones de artículos vendido.
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Nigeria
Currency traders in panic sales as CBN pumps in more dollars
Reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to pump more dollars into the foreign exchange market in continuation of efforts to strengthen the naira, have triggered positive reactions causing it to attain a better exchange parity with the greenback. The Nation learnt that the apex bank is in ...
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Nigeria
NAF Gears Up Advocacy, Foreign Collaborations To Fix Gaps
A lot of concerns were generated by Nigeria’s eight – year war against the Boko Haram insurgency. Overwhelmed by several audacious acts of the terrorists, many citizens cast doubt on the capability of the nation’s armed forces to guarantee their security. The concerns were genuine and threw up questions about ...
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USA
Too Short Investigated For Rape
Too Short is the suspect in a rape case … according to TMZ. The alleged victim is a protegee of the rapper who has done videos and other projects with Short. Law enforcement tells us, the woman claims on November 1 she was at an L.A. residence with the rapper ...
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Giappone
‘Premium Friday’ campaign draws little attention in Tokyo
Only 3.7 percent of Tokyo area employees left work early last month to mark the launch of the “Premium Friday” quit work early campaign on Feb. 24, an online survey says. The public-private initiative is designed to prod people to leave the office at 3 p.m. on the last Friday ...
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USA Giappone
Yellen points to March rate hike as Fed signals end of easy money
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s long-stalled “liftoff” of interest rates may finally get airborne this year as policymakers from Chair Janet Yellen on Friday to regional leaders across the United States signaled that the era of easy money is drawing to a close. Yellen capped off a seemingly coordinated push from ...
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Giappone
Tepco, Chubu to fully integrate thermal power businesses
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and Chubu Electric Power Co. have decided to fully integrate their thermal power operations in two or three years, sources said Friday. The operations, which account for half of Japan’s total thermal power capacity, will be brought under Jera Co., a thermal power and ...
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Giappone
Nissan accused of illegally blocking union activity at Mississippi plant ahead of major rally
The United Auto Workers union charged Thursday that Nissan Motor Co. broke federal labor law in Mississippi, two days before a rally in the state at which Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to speak in favor of unionization. The UAW said a company security guard wrongfully stopped workers from handing out ...
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Giappone
U.K. won’t be legally bound to pay into EU budget if no exit deal is reached, says report by lawmakers
If Britain leaves the European Union without sealing an exit deal, it will not be legally obliged to contribute to the bloc’s budget, a committee of members of Britain’s upper house of parliament said on Saturday. Money is likely to be one of the most contentious elements of the upcoming ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Wellington commercial sales hit by quakes says agency
Real estate agents at CBREâ blame a fall in Wellington commercial property deals on the earthquakes that shook the capital last November.