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Giappone
Nikkei snaps nine-day streak on yen rise, Christmas-weakened U.S. equities
The Nikkei average snapped its nine-day winning streak Monday, pressured by the yen’s strengthening and weaker U.S. equities. The key 225-issue index lost 9.55 points, or 0.05 percent, to end at 19,391.60 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On Friday, the key gauge rose 127.36 points. The Topix index of all ...
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Giappone
Dollar retreats to ¥117.30 ahead of BOJ decision
The dollar fell back to levels around ¥117.30 in Tokyo trading late Monday, weighed down by position-adjustment selling ahead of a monetary policy decision by the Bank of Japan on Tuesday. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥117.34-35, down from ¥118.20-20 at the same time Friday. The euro was ...
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Giappone
Households’ financial assets swell to ¥1.752 quadrillion
Total financial assets held by Japan’s households at the end of September grew 0.6 percent from a year before to ¥1.752 quadrillion, the first rise in three quarters, the Bank of Japan said Monday. Of the total, cash and deposits came to ¥916 trillion, up 1.4 percent to mark the ...
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Giappone
Japan’s volatile year in business: negative rates, Brexit and Trump
For investors in Japan’s markets this year, it’s been a case of one shock after the next in a pattern that might have prepared them well for the era of Donald Trump and his reputation for the unexpected. The yen, Topix and the government bond market — the largest outside ...
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Giappone
Fiscal 2017 budget to reach record ¥97.45 trillion
The government plans to compile a record-high general account budget of around ¥97.45 trillion ($830 billion) for fiscal 2017 starting April, legislative sources said Monday, with social security costs accounting for roughly a third of all spending. With the population aging rapidly, the initial budget is expected to break the ...
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Giappone
Depopulating rust belt counts on ‘robonomics’ to run assembly lines
A withering factory town in the rust belt is looking for revival through a dose of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “robot revolution.” Kadoma’s population in Osaka Prefecture has shrunk 13 percent as the nation ages, prompting mergers among elementary schools and emergency services departments. Factories can’t find enough people to ...
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Belgio
"De Wever est l'homme politique le plus puissant de la rue de la Loi"
La révélation de la présence du président de la N-VA, Bart De Wever, à une réunion de crise tenue le lendemain des attentats de Bruxelles suscite une vive polémique parmi l'opposition. Interrogé par le quotidien De Morgen, le politologue Nicolas Bouteca ne pense pas que l'affaire portera préjudice au ministre ...
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Malta
Isle of MTV concert confirmed for a further four years
The Isle of MTV music concert that has become a fixture on Malta's summer social scene has been confirmed for another four years, the Malta Tourism Authority announced today. Now in its 11th year, the yearly concert will return to the Granaries in Floriana on June 27. “The past ten years have ...
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Russia
Dozens die in Siberia after drinking bath oil to get drunk
At least twenty-five residents of the Siberian city of Irkutsk have died after drinking bath oil, hoping it would give them the same sensation as alcohol, Russian investigators said today. Use of counterfeit or surrogate alcohol is rife in Russia's regions, where two years of economic pain have pushed more people ...
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Malta
Isle of MTV concert to be held on 27 June
MTV in partnership with the Malta Tourism Authority today announced that the Isle of MTV Malta music extravaganza will be returning to the legendary Il-Fosos Square on 27 June. The beloved music festival, a fixture in the summer calendar has been confirmed for the next four years, cementing the longstanding ...