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Kenya
Traders at Taveta border decry multiple market levies from Kenya and Tanzania authorities
County Trade minister Flora Mtuweta says she is not aware traders are taxed twice.
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Judge suspends IEBC ballot tender award to Dubai firm
Electoral commission breached procurement and poll laws, Cord tells High Court.
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Giappone
GM to briefly idle five factories as car inventory surges amid SUV, truck boom
General Motors will temporarily close five factories next month as it tries to reduce a growing inventory of cars on dealer lots. The factories will close anywhere from one to three weeks due to the continuing U.S. market shift toward trucks and SUVs, spokeswoman Dayna Hart said. Just over 10,000 ...
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USA Giappone
Four firms tapped to test feasibility of burying nuke waste deep underground in U.S.
Federal energy officials have named the four companies that will pursue the possibility of conducting a test to determine whether nuclear waste can be buried far underground. The U.S. Department of Energy on Monday said the companies will explore potential sites for the test in South Dakota, Texas and New ...
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Giappone
Yellen tells college grads U.S. job market best in nearly a decade
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Monday that college graduates are entering the strongest job market the country has seen in nearly a decade, and their degree is more important than ever. Yellen said that with changes in the job market such as technology and globalization, succeeding in the job ...
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USA Giappone
Strong dollar could stunt Trump’s plans to boost trade, jobs, drilling
President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious plans to revive exports, return jobs to the United States and increase oil drilling are running up against a home-grown threat: The surging dollar. Since the Nov. 8 election, the dollar has shot up 5 percent. An index that tracks the dollar against other major currencies ...
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Giappone
USJ’s Osaka theme park to also have ‘Dragon Quest’ attraction
While it is working on attractions based on the mega-hit game series “Super Mario Bros.,” the operator of Universal Studios Japan said Monday that the amusement park plans to re-create the world of another popular game series, “Dragon Quest,” in March USJ Co. said visitors will be able to explore ...
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Nigeria
Our foreign missions lack funds, Buhari laments
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday regretted that the funds available to run the nation’s missions abroad would not be as robust as his administration would want until the economic situation improved. He urged the nation’s ambassadors-designate to learn to “do more with less.” According to a statement ...
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USA
US fails to renegotiate rule for hacking tools
The Obama administration has failed to renegotiate portions of an international arms control arrangement so that it’s simpler to export tools related to hacking and surveillance software – technologies that can be exploited by bad actors, but are also used to secure computer networks, the Associated Press reports. The rare ...
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USA
Apple appeal EU order to collect $14bn
Apple is appealing a European Union order to collect a record €13bn ($14bn) in back taxes based on the way it reports European-wide profits through Ireland. The Associated Press reports that the move follows a similar appeal Sunday by Ireland. Ireland charges the Cupertino, California-based company only for sales within ...