Japan
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Fitch lowers Japan growth estimate to 1.9% -
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) - Ratings agency Fitch on Thursday cut its view on Japan's 2012 economic growth outlook to 1.9% from its December forecast of 2.2% growth, citing statistical changes in base year calculations using national accounts. Fitch said ...
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Japan stocks fall, with techs leading decline -
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks opened lower Thursday, as a slightly stronger yen and a weak performance for U.S. chip shares took a toll on the market. The
Nikkei Stock Average lost 0.4% to 10,140.89, with the Topix also falling ...
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Japan ruling party tinkers with plan to hike sales tax -
(TOKYO) Japan's ruling Democratic Party made minor changes to a plan to raise the sales tax to win over dissenters, but opposition remains strong, setting the stage for a showdown that has the potential to split the party and deepen policy paralysis.
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Head of Japan fund apologizes for pension losses -
TOKYO (AP) -- The head of a Japanese investment company accused of losing more than $1 billion in clients' pension funds apologized Tuesday, saying he intends to repay losses that were concealed for years....
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South korea mar consumer confidence -
Asian Market Update:
China President Hu warns that allowing the yuan to rise will not fix US economic issues Economic Data - (JP)
JAPAN FEB CORP SERVICE PRICE INDEX Y/Y: -0.6% V -0.4%E (8-month low) - (CN)
CHINA FEB ...
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Japan faces power shortage this summer: report -
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Eastern Japan is facing fresh power shortages this summer as nuclear power plants go offline, the
Nikkei business daily reported Tuesday. Tokyo Electric Power Co. , or Tepco, closed a reactor Monday ...
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Are Oakland A’s uniform ads a vision of future? -
The Oakland A’s will be walking billboards when they begin the Major League Baseball season in Japan this week against the Seattle Mariners. When you are up at 3 a.m. PDT Wednesday watching the first game, you might notice that the A’s and ...
08:19 :
Japan â?? Canada Free Trade Deal -
Japan and
Canada Sunday decided to begin negotiations on a bi-lateral free trade accord and increase co-operation on energy and security issues. The 2 sides had agreed that the 2 economies are largely complementary and much potential ...
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FundWatch: China favored in fund-manager survey -
Fund managers attending a major institutional-investor conference in Hong Kong last week were most upbeat on the Asian consumer and most negative on utility stocks, while geographically they most favored equities tied to
China and were least ...
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The Asian stocks starts the week with positive trading -
Asian stocks recorded a slight advance at the beginning of the week, where the goods and exports companies in Japan led the advance.On the other hand, the shares of the producing companies and exporting of minerals companies rose due to increased ...
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Another Japan reactor shuts down; only one left -
TOKYO (AP) -- Another Japanese nuclear reactor was taken off line for maintenance on Monday, leaving the country with only one of its 54 reactors operational following last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami....
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Japan stocks start week higher, with yen softening -
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks moved higher out of the Monday open, with early losses for the yen helping some of blue-chip exporters. The
Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.3% to 10,032.94 in the early minutes, keeping its grasp ...
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