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Cina
Glaxo to Pay $20 Million to Settle U.S. Bribery Case in China
The Securities and Exchange Commission said the company disguised bribes to foreign officials as legitimate travel, entertainment and marketing expenses.
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USA
Stati Uniti, il manifatturiero di Chicago cavalca la ripresa
(Teleborsa) - Cresce più delle attese l'attività manifatturiera nell'area di Chicago. Nel mese di settembre, l'indice PMI Chicago si è attestato a 54,2 punti dai 51,5 del mese...
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Giappone
Japan starts talks on farmer income insurance in response to TPP
The government and the ruling bloc started talks Friday on a proposed insurance program to cover possible falls in farmers’ income stemming from free trade deals. The insurance scheme is intended in particular to help cushion any impact on farmers when the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement comes into effect. The farm ...
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Giappone
Tokyu Hands’ online store hit by data thief
Department store Tokyu Hands Inc. disclosed Friday that information on 861 customers was stolen after its online store for handmade products was accessed without authorization. The stolen data included credit card numbers for 529 customers, and more than 10 are already likely to have been used for illegal purchases, the ...
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Giappone
Japan’s household spending remains weak in August despite low jobless rate
Household spending fell for the sixth straight month in August, reflecting weak consumer sentiment, though the unemployment rate remained low at 3.1 percent, up 0.1 percentage point from the previous month, government data showed Friday. Average household spending, a key indicator of private consumption, fell a seasonally adjusted 4.6 percent ...
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Giappone
Japan fund managers add stocks in September, trim bonds
Japanese fund managers slightly increased exposure to equities in their model portfolios in September and trimmed their bond holdings after the Federal Reserve refrained from hiking interest rates, underpinning demand for riskier assets, a Reuters survey showed. The survey of five Japan-based fund managers conducted between Sept. 15 and Sept. ...
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Giappone
Dollar falls back below ¥101 on Deutsche Bank woes
The dollar fell back below ¥101 in Tokyo trading on Friday, as the yen attracted purchases from rise-averse currency players amid worries about Deutsche Bank AG’s financial woes. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥100.88-88, down from ¥101.53-53 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1184-1186, down ...
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Giappone
Nintendo to reboot classic Famicom game console
Hoping to turn golden oldies into silver, Nintendo Co. is to relaunch its hit Famicom gaming console, 33 years after the device first gripped the nation. The new version has a similar appearance but is significantly smaller than the original. Named Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer, it will come loaded ...
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Giappone
Former U.S. finance chief Summers welcomes BOJ’s yield curve, inflation targets
The Bank of Japan’s decision to target the yield curve and allow consumer prices to overshoot its 2 percent goal are welcome steps in the nation’s long battle to encourage inflation, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has said. Targeting the yield curve will keep interest rates low enough to ...
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Giappone
Nissan issues compensation ultimatum as condition to proceed with U.K. investment
Nissan wants Britain to pledge compensation for any tax barriers resulting from its decision to leave the European Union or the automaker could scrap a potential new investment in the country’s biggest car plant, its CEO said Thursday. Carlos Ghosn’s remarks indicate growing concern among global carmakers that Britain could ...