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Asian stocks cheered by Fed reassurance; BOJ stands pat
Singapore :: Singapore | 16 hours ago
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Employees of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) work at the bourse in Tokyo May 20, 2013. Asian stocks rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street, with Japan 's Nikkei reaching a fresh 5-1/2 year high and clinging to its gains as the
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Japan April trade deficit hit record $8.57B
Fukushima :: Japan | 17 hours ago
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Japan posted a record trade deficit of 879.93 billion yen ($8.576 billion) for April as a lower yen pushed import costs higher, the government said Wednesday. It was the 10th straight month of deficit as the Japanese government fights to pull the
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Bank of Japan leaves asset purchases, policy rate unchanged, as expected
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 18 hours ago
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The Bank of Japan held its policy unchanged at the end of its two-day meeting Wednesday, while saying that the economy was improving. "Japan's economy has started picking up. Exports have stopped decreasing as overseas ecnomies have been moving out
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Japan Basks In Its New Position As An Affordable Travel Destination
Sendai :: Japan | 1 day ago
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Marc Erwin Babej The difference a year can make: When I spoke with Yuki Tanaka, the Executive Director of the Japan National Tourism Organization in the U.S., last May, travel to Japan was just recovering from the a drastic decline following the
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CITI: Just Keep Selling The Yen
Tōkyō :: Japan | 1 day ago
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JPY strengthened across the board following comments by Japan's economics minister Akira Amari yesterday that further yen depreciation could hurt Japanese consumers. The remarks highlighted the key risk to the latest yen selloff the concern that
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Dollar firms as suspense builds, Asia shares dip
Singapore :: Singapore | 1 day ago
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The dollar inched higher versus a basket of currencies on Tuesday but stayed below a three-year high, as investors ponder if Bernanke might reveal the timing of any wind-down at his appearance before the Joint Economic Committee before Congress takes
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Nikkei hits 5-1/2-yr high on retail investors' bargains
Tōkyō :: Japan | 1 day ago
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Japan's Nikkei share average hit a 5-1/2-year high on Tuesday, reversing earlier losses as retail investors scooped up underperforming stocks such as Sharp Corp and Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc ...The index was down as much as 0.6 percent earlier in
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How to Profit From the Currency War
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 days ago
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If you want to know how to profit from the currency war, just look to Japan. That's because Japan's aggressive move to cheapen the yen in order to stimulate its own economy is working. Of course, Money Morning's Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-
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Monetary easing no help in long term
Aylesbury :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
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Although it has revved up its money-printing machine over the last two years, the United States has failed to produce a sustainable economic recovery despite the progressive depreciation of the US dollar against most other major currencies. Of course,
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Yen Weakness Boosts Nikkei
Seoul :: South Korea | 3 days ago
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Asian stocks were higher as the U.S. dollar's continued rise pushed Japanese stocks higher, while South Korea's Kospi was subdued after renewed tensions on the Korean peninsula. The U.S. dollar weakened against the yen early in the session, after
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