三菱重工業が30日、国産初のジェット旅客機スペースジェット（旧MRJ）の事業凍結を発表した。記者会見で泉沢清次社長は「いったん立ち止まる」と述べ、再開に含みをもたせたが、開発現場からは落胆の声が上がった。新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大などで業績が悪化しており、回復が遅れれば撤退も選択肢に入る可能性がある。
「ノウハウや知見を補おうとしたが十分ではなかった。反省している」。30日のオンライン会見で開発が遅れた理由を問われると、泉沢社長は渋い表情を浮かべた。2008年以降、納期延期を繰り返しながら開発を続け、18～20年度にも3700億円を投じたが、この日発表した中期経営計画（21～23年度）ではわずか200億円に圧縮した。
全日本空輸（ANA）への初号機の納入時期については「21年度以降」という従来目標を修正していないが、新型コロナで落ち込んだ旅客需要の回復は24年以降と見込んでおり、量産化は遠のいた。泉沢社長は「お客様に対し、…
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'히든싱어6' 이소라가 허당 매력을 뽐낸다. JTBC 제공
'히든싱어6' 오랜 기다림 끝에 출연한 원조 가수 이소라가 "한 번도 '히든싱어'를 본 적이 없다"라는 고백과 '역대급 말실수'로 MC 전현무를 말잇못으로 만들었다.
30일 방송될 '히든싱어6'에는 제작진이 8년에 걸쳐 설득한 끝에 시즌 6 마지막 원조 가수로 출연하게 된 이소라가 등장했다.
데뷔 앨범이 밀리언셀러에 등극, 1집부터 꾸준히 수많은 히트곡을 냈던 '노래하는 시인' 이소라의 등장에 모두 열광하며 설렘을 감추지 못했다.
MC 전현무는 "이소라 씨의 출연을 8년 동안 기다렸다"라며 "8년 전 파일럿 방송 당시 평 PD였던 담당 PD가 CP를 거쳐 현재 예능국장이 됐다"라고 말해 놀라움을 자아냈다.
이소라는 "콘서트 때마다 화환이 올 정도로 계속 러브콜해 주셔서 제가 한 번은 나와야 이 프로그램이 채워질 것 같았다"라고 말했다.
하지만 TV도 거의 안 보고 인터넷에 접속하는 일도 드물다는 '집순이' 이소라는 "'히든싱어'를 한 번도 본 적이 없어서 익숙하지 않은데 잘 모르더라도 귀엽게 봐 달라"라며 걱정하기도 했다.
MC 전현무는 "뭐 하는 프로그램인지는 아시죠?"라며 미심쩍어했지만 이소라는 "그럼요. 여기 오기 전에 설명을 엄청나게 많이 들었어요"라고 답했다.
그러면서도 이소라는 "제가 2라운드에서 떨어지면 어쩌죠? 오래 가야 할 텐데..."라며 직전 회차에서 충격의 2라운드 탈락을 맛본 원조 가수 장범준의 전철을 밟지 않을지 조바심도 냈다.
그런 가운데 이소라는 본 라운드에서 어떤 원조 가수도 하지 않았던 '역대급 말실수'를 저질렀다.
주워 담을 수도 없는 이소라의 말실수에 연예인 판정단은 모두 경악 속에 벌린 입을 다물지 못했다.
송은이는 "8년 동안 이런 일은 정말 처음이다"라며 당황을 감추지 못했고 MC 전현무는 "나름대로 8년을 했는데... 더 열심히 하겠습니다"라며 겨우 상황을 수습했다.
이소라의 '허당 매력'과 함께 가슴을 적시는 명곡 열전을 만날 수 있는 JTBC '히든싱어6'는 30일 금요일 오후 9시에 방송된다.
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기사 및 더 읽기 ( '히든싱어6' 이소라, 역대급 말실수에 전현무 말잇못...무슨 일? - 한국일보 )日本航空から外部企業に一時的に出向や派遣している社員数が、グループ全体で1日当たり約500人に上ることが30日、分かった。期間は1日から最長2年まで。宅配便大手のヤマトホールディングスや官公庁、教育機関など10以上の企業や団体に送り出している。
新型コロナウイルス感染拡大で国際線を中心に旅客需要が減少しているため、人件費を圧縮するとともに、収束後の需要回復時に必要な人材をとどめておく狙いがある。日航は、一時帰休や希望退職は実施していない。
賃金は受け入れ先が負担し、所属元の賃金水準に達しない場合は日航が穴埋めする。
米国では中西部などを中心に新型コロナの新規感染者や入院患者が増加している（ウィスコンシン州の病院）=ロイター
【ニューヨーク=白岩ひおな】新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大が続く米国で、各州など自治体が市民の経済活動を制限する独自の措置を相次いで導入している。厳しいロックダウン（都市封鎖）後に正常化を目指していたが、感染の再拡大に直面し、制限措置への回帰を余儀なくされている。
米国では感染の再拡大が鮮明だ。ロイター通信によると過去7日間の新規感染者数は約50万人に上り、コロナによる入院患者数は28日、中西部や西部など13州で過去最多の水準に達した。
感染増が目立つ地域では市民の行動制限を取り入れ、感染の広がりを食い止めようとしている。中西部イリノイ州ではシカゴが30日からバーやレストランでの屋内飲食を禁止し、集会人数も25人までに制限する。同州は新規感染者の増加を受け、州内の11地域のうち7地域で新たな制限措置を導入した。
ウィスコンシン州は市民に外出自粛や集会の中止を呼びかけている。西部コロラド州デンバーは飲食店の営業や集会制限を強化したほか、州が市内の学校に授業をオンラインのみかオンラインとの併用とするよう求めた。
南部テキサス州エルパソでは入院者数の増加を踏まえ、25日に外出禁止令を発令した。午後10時から朝5時まで外出を禁じる。東部ニュージャージー州最大の都市ニューアークは、27日から薬局やスーパーなどを除き、営業時間を午後8時までとした。北西部アイダホ州は26日に、50人以上の屋内集会を禁止し、屋外集会は収容人数の25%に制限すると発表した。
国立アレルギー感染症研究所のファウチ所長は米CNBCのインタビューで、全米47州で感染者が増加し、病院は患者であふれていると指摘。「状況がこれまでと変わらなければ、新規感染者や入院患者、死者（の増加）で多大な苦痛に襲われることになる」と語った。
感染が急拡大している地域の多くは11月3日に迫る大統領選の激戦州とも重なり、新型コロナ対策はトランプ大統領とバイデン前副大統領の政治的な争点の一つとなっている。メドウズ大統領首席補佐官は近くワクチンが開発されるとした上で「長期的なロックダウン（都市封鎖）や外出禁止がうまく行かないことは分かっている」と述べた。
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ROBINSONS Singapore, one of the oldest retailers in the Republic with more than a century in business, will close down for good following losses in recent years. But its last two stores at The Heeren and Raffles City Shopping Centre may remain open for a while more for final sales.
The Business Times (BT) on Thursday found that the department store operator had been put under a creditors' voluntary winding-up.
Robinson & Co (Singapore) confirmed it in a statement on Friday. Its senior general manager, Danny Lim, said: "We regret this outcome today. Despite recent challenges in the industry, the Robinsons team continued to pursue the success of the brand. However, the changing consumer landscape makes it difficult for us to succeed over the long term and the Covid-19 pandemic has further exacerbated our challenges."
He added that it has been "an honour" for Robinsons to serve the Singapore market and that he was "grateful for the dedication of (the) team, and for the support shown by (its) customers over the years".
Robinsons employees have been informed by management and the provisional liquidators of this news. The company said that employees will be paid in line with the next payment cycle, "well in advance of the usual liquidation process timing which would usually take months".
It added that the liquidators will also work with The Singapore Manual & Mercantile Workers' Union (SMMWU), E2i and the NTUC Job Security Council to ensure that employees are supported and will also leverage existing government schemes such as SkillsFuture's SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package.
The exit puts an end to at least six years of losses that Robinsons has chalked up against declining revenues.
Financial records show that the company made a loss after tax from continuing operations of S$26.5 million in 2014. It sank further into the red up until 2018, when it recorded losses of S$54.4 million. The exception to this was in 2015, when it narrowed its losses to S$17.4 million.
Meanwhile, Robinsons' topline shrunk. It generated S$153.8 million in revenue in 2018, down from the S$257.3 million it made in 2014.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Robinsons has shown signs of further strain with the closure of its 85,000 sq ft outlet at Jem shopping mall in May. At the time, it had similarly told BT that competition from the rapid increase in suburban malls had made having multiple, large-scale department stores in Singapore unsustainable "well before" the pandemic surfaced. Even so, "the challenges we are facing with the ongoing Covid-19 situation are extremely difficult and the uncertainty is very unsettling for all", it added.
But the company said that its management was "committed to ensuring viable and successful operations in Singapore". The department store had also established a presence on Lazada's LazMall. Those plans are now moot.
Robinsons said its stores in Malaysia, located at Shoppes at Four Seasons Place and The Gardens Mall, will also undergo a similar liquidation process concurrently.
Other department stores could find themselves in Robinsons' shoes.
In August, Japanese department store operator Isetan Singapore recorded a net loss of S$317,000 for the quarter to June 30, compared with a net profit of S$1.6 million in the same period a year earlier. This was mainly due to a decline in sales as well as impairment losses on financial assets.
It had also warned that the retail environment remains "very challenging" and that a material recovery is not expected in 2020.
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