Business
Over the last decade, Masato Shiota brought his papermaking business back from the brink, paying down debt and buying machinery...
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A quarter of Japanese firms positive about reskilling workersAbout a quarter of Japanese firms are positive about reskilling their workers -- seen as essential for improving labor productivity -- but only a small...
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Fed lowers rates but sees slower pace of further cuts, firmer inflationThe US central bank lowered interest rates by a quarter-percentage point on Wednesday (Dec 18), but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said more reductions in...
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Indonesia announces economic policy package to ease VAT hike impactIndonesia on Monday (Dec 16) announced economic measures to soften the blow of an increase in the value-added tax (VAT) rate, including electricity tariff cuts,...
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Mubadala and Carlyle's AlpInvest launch global financing partnershipAbu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company and AlpInvest Partners, a global private equity investor and a subsidiary of US-based Carlyle, have established a new global partnership...
