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Thailandia
SET falls 1.39 to 1,559.44 at opening
Thai stocks opened down 0.09% at the start of trade this morning.
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Giappone
Nikkei closes above 19,000 on yen’s fall
Stocks gained further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday thanks to the yen’s easing, lifting the benchmark Nikkei average to its first finish above 19,000 in three days. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 177.88 points, or 0.94 percent, to end at 19,072.25. On Wednesday, the key market gauge rose ...
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Giappone
Toshiba could incur ¥700 billion loss, asks state-owned bank for aid
Toshiba Corp. has sought financial assistance from the state-owned Development Bank of Japan as it expects an asset impairment loss of up to ¥700 billion ($6.17 billion) from its U.S. nuclear business, sources said Thursday. With such a huge loss, Toshiba would face the risk of falling into a capital ...
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Giappone
Mitsui to acquire role in U.K.’s East Anglia railway
Trading house Mitsui & Co. said on Wednesday it has reached an agreement to acquire a 40 percent stake in a British rail franchise from a subsidiary of the Dutch national railway. Both Mitsui and Abellio Transport Group Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen NV Group, declined ...
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USA Giappone
Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system suffers multiple clock failures
Europe’s beleaguered Galileo satellite navigation system has suffered another setback, with clocks failing onboard a number of satellites in space, the European Space Agency said Wednesday. Designed to render Europe independent from America’s GPS, the €10 billion ($11 billion) project may experience further delays as the cause of the failure ...
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Giappone
Facebook is top non-TV campaign news source despite taint of false stories: Pew
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton voters had different media diets, but a study finds common ground in Facebook as an important news source — even if their individual feeds bore little resemblance to each other’s. Facebook was the top nontelevision source for election news cited by supporters of both candidates, ...
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USA Giappone
Departing U.S. rail chief, tempered by tragedies, boasts track record of pushing safety tech
Sarah Feinberg was on the job as the nation’s chief railroad regulator for just three weeks when a packed commuter train slammed into an SUV stopped on tracks north of New York City, killing six people. The February 2015 crash highlighted a problem that has plagued the railroad industry since ...
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Cina Giappone
Japan retains top spot over China in Treasury holdings, at $1.11 trillion
Japan has maintained its hold for a second month on the No. 1 spot atop China among foreign owners of U.S. Treasury securities. The Treasury Department reported Wednesday that total foreign holdings dropped 1.6 percent to $5.94 trillion in November following a 1.9 percent decline in October. Both Japan and ...
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Giappone Australia Nuova Zelanda
Oreo-maker Mondelez selling Vegemite for $345 million as it sheds Aussie, Kiwi grocery biz
Vegemite and other grocery products are being sold by Oreo-maker Mondelez to Australian dairy company Bega Cheese in a deal worth about $345.3 million (460 Australian dollars). Mondelez International Inc. said Wednesday it’s selling most of its grocery business in Australia and New Zealand to focus on snacks like Oreo ...
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Cina USA Giappone
Commerce pick urges Toyota, others to build more plants in U.S., slams ‘most protectionist’ China
U.S. Commerce Secretary-designate Wilbur Ross on Wednesday urged Toyota Motor Corp. and other manufacturers to build more plants in the United States as part of efforts to reduce the U.S. trade deficit and increase employment. Speaking at his Senate confirmation hearing, Ross said, “The best way to deal with the ...