• Giappone

    Reported air rage incidents on rise as carriers try to squeeze in more passengers

    Incidents of unruly passengers on planes are increasing, and more effective deterrents are needed to tackle the problem, a global airline trade group said Wednesday. There were 10,854 air rage incidents reported by airlines worldwide last year, up from 9,316 incidents in 2014, according to the International Air Transport Association. ...

  • Giappone

    Hitachi, Toshiba, MHI eye uniting their struggling nuclear fuel businesses

    Hitachi Ltd., Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. are considering integrating their nuclear fuel businesses next spring, sources said Thursday. The three companies’ nuclear businesses have been in the doldrums since the 2011 meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 atomic power plant. The integration of their fuel businesses would ...

  • USA Giappone

    California freezes business with Wells Fargo over massive client fraud

    California State Treasurer John Chiang on Wednesday announced a sweeping suspension of business relationships with Wells Fargo & Co. as punishment for the company’s defrauding of customers. In addition, Chiang vowed to work with the state’s two giant public pension funds to change the management structure at the bank, which ...

  • Brasile Argentina Nigeria

    Brasil entra com processo na OMC contra subsídios dos EUA a exportação de aço

    O governo brasileiro dará início a um processo na Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) para questionar medidas tributárias que vêm sendo aplicadas pelos Estados Unidos na exportação de produtos siderúrgicos nacionais. O objetivo da ação é eliminar taxas que estão sendo cobradas pelo governo norte-americano e, diferentemente da interpretação brasileira, ...

  • Brasile

    PEC dos gastos públicos será votada em primeiro turno até dia 11, diz relator

    O relatório da proposta de emenda à Constituição (PEC) 241/2016, que limita os gastos públicos nos próximos 20 anos, será lido na terça-feira (4) na comissão especial da Câmara, disse hoje (28) o relator do texto, deputado Darcísio Perondi (PMDB-RS). Segundo ele, a ideia é aprovar o texto na quinta-feira ...

  • Brasile

    Temer diz que Brasil viveu "isolamento externo" nos últimos anos

    O presidente Michel Temer disse hoje (28) que o Brasil precisa acabar com o “relativo isolamento” da política exterior dos últimos anos e criticou acordos comerciais classificados por ele de “insuficientes”. Temer também comentou a situação do Mercosul, que, segundo ele, está retomando o “caminho da normalidade”, mas precisa ser ...

  • Nigeria

    We’re already walking out of recession, says finance minister

    Finance Minister Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, yesterday said Nigeria was already walking out of the economic recession following some positive measures the Federal Government had taken. Mrs. Adeosun added that the recovery plan was to invest more in infrastructure and stop wastage in governance. The Minister, in an interview with reporters ...

  • Nigeria

    Tinubu, Atiku, others proffer ways for economic recovery

    Nigeria needs to tap into its enormous natural and human resources to redirect her economy away from dependence on oil revenue and create a broad economic base to harness it tax potential and domestic investments for sustainable growth. This was the submission of political and business leaders yesterday in Lagos ...

  • Nigeria

    Check East; Abacha not the only Nigerian Who Looted Funds – Sani

    The Chair­man, Senate Commit­tee on Local and Foreign Debts and Senator repre­senting Kaduna Central Senato­rial District, Shehu Sani, has, Wednesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman, Economic and Finan­cial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Magu to extend their anti-corruption fight to the Middle East and Far East where he al­leged some ...

  • Nigeria

    NGA/NIPCO Enter Strategic Partnership On Gas Investment

    The Nigerian Gas Association NGA and NIPCO are effectively collaborating to promote investment in the country’s midstream oil sector. Both parties asserts that for Nigeria to effectively harness her endowed gas resources there is need for a special policy focus on gas  sector in the nation’s energy mix . Making ...