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Giappone
Egg prices soar, imports allowed in as South Korea poultry cull tops 30 million as bird flu rages
South Korea has culled some 30.03 million chickens and other birds so far to contain the country’s worst bird flu outbreak, officials said Tuesday, with prices of eggs skyrocketing amid a shortage of supply. The number of poultry killed, announced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, is ...
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Giappone
McDonald’s opens shop near Vatican, upsetting purists, cardinal, but not nuns
McDonald’s has opened a franchise just steps away from the gleaming white marble dome of St. Peter’s Basilica, giving indigestion to some cardinals and local business owners. There was no fanfare for the Friday opening of the U.S. fast food giant’s new venue behind a subdued exterior on the picturesque ...
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Giappone
Trump taps Reagan ex-official Lighthizer as trade chief
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he will nominate former trade official Robert Lighthizer as the next U.S. trade representative. Lighthizer served as U.S. deputy trade chief under President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, playing a major role in negotiating some two dozen bilateral agreements on a variety of issues ...
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Giappone
GM shares take hit as Trump tweets tax threat over the few Mexico-made U.S.-bound campacts
In another tweet targeting a U.S. company, President-elect Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to slap a tax on General Motors for importing compact cars to the U.S. from Mexico. But GM imports only a small percentage of its Chevrolet Cruze small cars from Mexico, with the vast majority made at a ...
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Giappone
Ford dumps plan for Mexico plant amid pressure from Trump
Ford scuttled a plan to build a new factory in Mexico Tuesday following criticism from Donald Trump, and just hours after the president-elect attacked General Motors for importing Mexican-made cars into the U.S. Following months of criticism from Trump for its investments in Mexico, Ford said it was spiking a ...
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USA Giappone
Toyota starts layoffs at northern Kentucky HQ as part of nationwide consolidation
Toyota is beginning to move hundreds of jobs out of its northern Kentucky headquarters as part of a nationwide consolidation of the company’s operations. Layoffs began at Toyota’s Erlanger plant on Tuesday and will continue through the end of 2018, The Kentucky Enquirer reported (cin.ci/2hNha5C) The company, which is moving ...
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Portogallo
Banco de Portugal está reunido para decidir futuro do Novo Banco
Conselho de administração do Banco de Portugal está reunido para indicar ao Governo "concorrente preferencial". Cenário de nacionalização temporária, em caso de não-venda do Novo Banco, não está afastado.
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Nigeria
"Grave, mas não dramático"
José Isaac Peres, presidente da Multiplan, considera que a recessão é muito grave, mas não é "tão dramática como se diz" e prevê o início da recuperação da economia neste ano. A companhia tem 6 mil lojas em shopping centers e investiu R$ 1 bilhão no ano passado
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Brasile
Drone que levaria armas pousa e causa motim em presídio de MS
Um drone possivelmente levando armas pousou no pátio da Penitenciária Estadual de Dourados, em Mato Grosso do Sul, e causou um motim entre os presos, na tarde de terça-feira (3/1). Temendo um possível ataque do Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), dezenas de presos do pavilhão 1, onde ficam aliados do ...
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Brasile
OAB processa Amazonas e juíza dá 72 horas para governo se manifestar
A Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil Seccional Amazonas (OAB-AM) apresentou à Justiça uma ação civil pública contra o Estado do Amazonas, motivada pela ausência de ações concretas na tomada de ações emergenciais quanto ao quadro penitenciário do Amazonas. A ação foi recepcionada pela juíza federal Marília Gurgel em regime de ...