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USA Nigeria
Lake Chad Basin: Nigeria is bearing the brunt of the crisis - UN humanitarian chief
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, NigeriaThe means to support the humanitarian response in northeast Nigeria, and throughout the Lake Chad Basin, does not match the staggering scale of need: Humanitarian Response Plans are under-funded. Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity ...
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Kenya Etiopia Pakistan
Dull disasters: How planning ahead will make a difference
Source: World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Country: WorldInsights can lead to practical ways in which governments, civil society, private firms, and organizations can work together to reduce the risks to people and economies when a disaster looms. In recent years, typhoons have struck the Philippines and Vanuatu; earthquakes have ...
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Cina
Africa: China Authorities Defends Quality and Nature of Its Investments
[Citizen] Beijing -Chinese authorities have come out in defence of the quality and nature of investments in Africa, arguing that there have never been any ill motives or attempts for opaqueness.
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Camerun
Cameroon: There is Easy Access to Chinese Investments
[Cameroon Tribune] Dr Ariel Ngnitedem (PhD), Economic Scholar and Public Finance Expert, talks on the performance of the Chinese currency, the Yuan.
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Uruguay
Nuevo presidente en la Cámara Uruguayo-Alemana
Gustavo Weigel asumió en el cargo honorario de presidente de la Cámara de Comercio e Industria Uruguayo–Alemana (AHK Uruguay).
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Giappone
Dollar solid around ¥105.50 in Tokyo after wild swings
The dollar was solid around ¥105.50 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, after showing wild swings triggered by news about an economic stimulus package to be compiled by the Japanese government. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥105.40-41, up from ¥104.09-10 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at ...
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Giappone
Nissan profit declines 11% on stronger yen, Japan deliveries
Nissan Motor Co. posted a 11 percent drop in quarterly profit as a stronger yen eroded overseas earnings and domestic sales of minicars supplied by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. slumped after a mileage scandal. Net income in the quarter through June declined to ¥136.4 billion ($1.3 billion), in line with analysts’ ...
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USA Giappone
Mitsui to invest in growing Asia hospital business
Mitsui & Co. said Wednesday that it will invest in the Columbia Asia group, which operates medical institutions in Asia. The major Japanese trading house will invest $101 million in the group’s holding company, International Columbia U.S. LLC, to acquire a 16.2 percent stake in the Seattle-based firm. As part ...
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Giappone
Nintendo falls into red in first quarter, but keeps full-year profit forecast
Nintendo Co. on Wednesday posted a group net loss of ¥24.53 billion ($232.1 million) for the April-June quarter due to the strong yen and sluggish Wii U game console sales, but maintained its forecast of more than doubling its full-year net profit. Nintendo, one of the developers of the smash-hit ...
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Giappone
BOJ dwarfs Fed as Treasury traders look east for bond guidance
Before most Federal Reserve meetings, Treasury traders spend days poring over U.S. data for clues on how officials will lean. This time the bigger story is the Bank of Japan. The BOJ has become more relevant to some U.S. traders than their own central bank as a Bloomberg survey of ...