• Francia

    Vendemmia 2016, attese uve di grandissima qualità

    (Teleborsa) - "Sarà grandissima la qualità dell'uva italiana da vino, ma non facciamo più gare con la Francia sui quantitativi prodotti". Questo il commento di Andrea Faccio,...

  • Giappone

    Mideast activist’s spyware find prompts iPhone security boost

    A botched attempt to break into the iPhone of an Arab activist using hitherto unknown espionage software has trigged a global upgrade of Apple’s mobile operating system, researchers said Thursday. The spyware took advantage of three previously undisclosed weaknesses in Apple’s mobile operating system to take complete control of iPhone ...

  • India Giappone

    French sub data leak to Aussie website poses no security threat: India

    India said Wednesday that the leak of documents from a leading French builder of Scorpene submarines designed for India’s navy was investigated and did not pose any security compromise because sensitive information was blacked out. The Indian government said in a statement that France was asked to investigate the documents’ ...

  • Giappone

    FTC chides FamilyMart for unfairly curbing subcontractor payments

    The Fair Trade Commission on Thursday reprimanded major convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. for unfairly reducing payments to subcontractors making its private brand products. FamilyMart was urged to correct the situation and ensure that similar misconduct will not occur. The antitrust watchdog said that FamilyMart failed to pay a total ...

  • Giappone

    Japanese firms plan new conversational English-gauging exam

    Three Japanese companies said Thursday that they will launch a new test to measure the ability to take care of guests from foreign countries using English conversation. The three firms are publisher Obunsha Co., Casio Computer Co. and Mainichi Newspapers Co. They plan to establish a joint firm in November ...

  • Qatar

    Qatar's Q1 GDP growth slows to lowest level since 2011

    Preliminary first-quarter gross domestic product data shows annual growth on 1.1%

  • Nigeria

    Soludo: how to revive economy

    Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has said that for Nigeria to come out of its challenge, there should be a coalition of economic policies that can deal with desperate socio-economic issues in a sustainable manner. Prof. Soludo, in his lecture at the Progressive Governors Forum 4th ...

  • Nigeria

    Lawyers caught writing exams for students, Law School DG alleges

    Some lawyers have been caught writing examination for students in the Nigerian Law School, the institution’s Director-General, Prof Olanrewaju Onadeko, said yesterday. Onadeko, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), dropped the hint when he presented the school‘s report to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerian Bar Association in Port ...

  • Nigeria

    Beneficiaries ‘ll be focus of attention, says NHIS chief

    Beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) will be the primary focus, the agency’s new Executive Secretary, Prof. Usman Yusuf, has said. Yusuf also declared that henceforth, all stakeholders captured in the scheme will be held accountable for their performance. The NHIS  chief made the declaration during a meeting ...

  • Cina USA

    Rebirth of a sales firm

    “I AMWAY you this song!” So declared Tan Weiwei, a Chinese pop artist, during a performance in Shanghai on August 14th. Hers was the closing act in a gala celebration thrown by America’s Amway, the world’s largest direct-sales company, for its top sales representatives in China. When she used that ...