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🇨🇦 [❗] - Bank of Canada cuts key rates 50BPS to 3.25%, matching estimates.
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🇩🇪 [🚜] Asparagus farmers fear cheaper imports and an increased €12 minimum wage could ultimately decimate the local industry. {@teleboerse} n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Der-deuts…

Dumpingware bedroht Geschäft: Der deutsche Spargel könnte verschwinden

Bald beginnt das Spargelstechen, doch die Stimmung bei den Landwirten ist im Keller. Preisdruck aus dem Ausland und Inflation belasten das Geschäft. So sehr, dass laut dem Bauernverband die Existenz...

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🇯🇵 [📰] Japan to import 2 million tons of LNG a year from Oman {@kyodo_english} english.kyodonews.net/news/2…

Japan signs new deal with Oman to buy 2.3 mil. tons of LNG per year

Japanese trading houses Mitsui & Co., Itochu Corp. and electricity firm Jera Co. agreed Tuesday with Oman to purchase about 2.35 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year from the Middle East...

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"The Japanese government has engaged in diplomatic efforts to diversify its LNG supply sources, with industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura currently on a trip to the Middle East. Japan currently imports about 1.9m tons of LNG, or about 2.6% of total LNG imports, from Oman."
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🇺🇲 [📰] Elon Musk actively searching for a new Twitter CEO, sources say {@ashleycapoot | @CNBC} cnbc.com/2022/12/20/elon-mus…
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🇯🇵 [📰] Bank of Japan plans to experiment digital yen with megabanks next spring {@kyodo_english} english.kyodonews.net/news/2…

Bank of Japan plans to experiment digital yen with megabanks next spring

The Bank of Japan plans to start testing the feasibility of a digital yen with major Japanese commercial banks next spring, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.

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"The experiment, which will allow ordinary consumers to participate, is aimed at checking whether money deposits and withdrawals via bank accounts at commercial banks can be carried out smoothly with the use of a central bank digital currency."
🇩🇰 [📰] September employment numbers released by Statistics Denmark have been described as "wildly spectacular". The number of wage earners increased by 6,300 to a record 2,971,900 individuals. {@tv2newsdk} nyheder.tv2.dk/business/2022…

Beskæftigelsen sætter ny rekord: - Det er vildt spektakulært

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🇯🇵 [🚗] Toyota unveils new Prius, says hybrids vital in carbon reduction "Toyota unveiled latest iteration of flagship Prius hybrid, emphasizing stance that hybrid cars are still a viable option in achieving carbon neutrality." {@kyodo_english} english.kyodonews.net/news/2…

Toyota unveils new Prius in bid to push hybrids amid rise of EVs

Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday unveiled the latest iteration of its flagship Prius hybrid car with improved acceleration performance, emphasizing its stance that hybrid cars are still a viable...

english.kyodonews.net
🇱🇹 [NEWS] New survey ranks Lithuania’s most influential people in business {@LRTenglish} lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19…

New survey ranks Lithuania’s most influential people in business

A poll of economy experts and public figures has ranked Nerijus Mačiulis, a chief economist at Swedbank, as the most inf...

lrt.lt
🇰🇷 [NEWS] Hyundai, Kia's green car exports top 200,000 for 1st time in H1: data {@YonhapNews} yna.kr/AEN20220807001300320?…
🇯🇵 [NEWS] Japan farm exports in first half of 2022 hit record high {@japantimes} japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/0…
🇰🇷 [NEWS] Gov't confirms 5% rise in minimum wage for next year {@koreatimescokr} koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/…

Gov't confirms 5% rise in minimum wage for next year - The Korea Times

People walk on a food culture street in central Seoul, Tuesday. NewsisThe minimum hourly wage for next year has been finalized at 9,620 won ($7.38)...

koreatimes.co.kr
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🇬🇷 [NEWS] Greece vulnerable to stagflation {@ekathimerini} ekathimerini.com/economy/119…

Greece vulnerable to stagflation | eKathimerini.com

Greece may not be at risk of persistent inflation, at least not to the extent that other EU countries face, but is more vulnerable to the risk of stagflation – inflation combined with low growth –...

ekathimerini.com
🇰🇷 [📉] Seoul shares snap 6-day winning streak amid recession woes {@TheKoreaHerald} koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=…

Seoul shares snap 6-day winning streak amid recession woes

Seoul shares ended lower Tuesday, snapping a six-day winning streak, as investors remain watchful on escalating US-China tension over Taiwan amid global recessi

koreaherald.com
🇯🇵 [📉] Tokyo stocks end lower as yen hits 2-month high on US-China row {@themainichi} mainichi.jp/english/articles…
🇯🇵 [NEWS] Harvest season for Japanese pears starts in Aichi Pref. {@The_Japan_News} japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/soci…

Harvest season for Japanese pears starts in Aichi Pref.

NAGOYA — Farmers have started harvesting high-end “Amahibiki” pears in Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture. At Yoko Sugiura’s fruit farm, she carefully picked the pears while checking their ripeness....

japannews.yomiuri.co.jp
🇯🇵 [NEWS] Japan creates new Cabinet post to boost startup ecosystem {@japantimes} japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/0…

Japan creates new Cabinet post to boost startup ecosystem

In addition to his role as economic revitalization minister, Daishiro Yamagiwa will now oversee the promotion of startup policies.

japantimes.co.jp
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🇿🇦 [NEWS] “Macadamia cultivation in South Africa has grown so rapidly that the country is now Australia’s main competitor for the title of the world’s number one nut producer – with more than 700 growers in the country.” {@dailymaverick} dailymaverick.co.za/article/…

Bees threatened by booming macadamia nut industry

South Africa's rapid growth in macadamia nut cultivation has been good for farmers, but not for beekeepers, who are losing bee colonies to intense insecticide use.

dailymaverick.co.za
🇭🇺 [ANALYSIS] Analysis: Amid wild swings, some Hungarians are losing faith in forint | @szakacsg | {@reuters} reuters.com/markets/europe/a…

Amid wild swings, some Hungarians are losing faith in forint

The Hungarian forint's slide following Russia's invasion of Ukraine is leading some Hungarians to embrace the euro instead of the local currency, which has lost more than half of its value since...

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