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Commodity prices rebound on dollar weakness
Tōkyō :: Japan | 5 months ago
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Commodity prices rebounded Tuesday from a sharp sell-off the day before as the dollar resumed its descent against other major currencies. Commodities have largely been under the command of the dollar in recent months. Prices for basic materials including...
Tags: U.S. Federal Reserve, Seven-Eleven Japan Co., billion yen, week lows, trade surplus, Nikkei
New jobless benefit claims up slightly
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The total number of people on the unemployment insurance rolls dropped for the first time since early January, the government said Thursday in Washington, while new claims for benefits rose slightly. In both Kentucky and Indiana in early June, initial...
Tags: Kentucky Office of Employment, unemployment benefit, Nikkei, unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, jobless rate, U.S, Japan
Japan GDP shrinks at record pace
Tōkyō :: Japan | 5 months ago
Credibility Japan's economy shrank less than previously thought in the first three months of the year, but still contracted at a record pace...Earlier it was estimated at 4%, but there have been brighter signs in recent weeks. Japan has been hit hard by the global...
Tags: Japan, economies shrank, asian trading, iphone 3g, Nikkei, Kaguya
Japan economy hit by fall in prices
Tōkyō :: Japan | 5 months ago
Credibility Hopes for recovery in the Japanese economy were dented Wednesday as data showed wholesale prices fell at their sharpest in over 22 years, signalling a return to deflation, while machine orders also dived. Core machinery orders -- a key gauge of business...
Tags: Bank of Japan, risk appetite, Bloomberg News, machinery orders, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nikkei, economic recovery, stock average
Toyota targets cost cut for small cars
Tōkyō :: Japan | 5 months ago
Credibility Japan's Toyota Motor aims to cut the cost of producing its compact cars by a billion dollars a year as their demand is likely to grow amid the global recession, a report said on Sunday. The world's top automaker plans to use common platforms and parts...
Tags: Japan Automobile Dealers Association, RBS Securities Japan Ltd., Toyota Motor, trillion yen, Nikkei, Bloomberg, electric cars, account surplus, billion yen, Mitsubishi Motors Corp
Japanese companies cut capital investment
Tōkyō :: Japan | 5 months ago
Credibility The 25% decline from the same period in 2008 on plant and equipment followed a 17% fall from October to December last year, announced the survey by Japan's finance ministry that was released Thursday in Tokyo. Japan has been one of the major economies...
Business › Japan stocks rise for sixth day
Tōkyō :: Japan | 5 months ago
Credibility Japanese stocks logged their sixth straight gain Wednesday, sustained by more encouraging signs about the U.S. economy, a vital export market. The Nikkei 225 stock average rose 37.36 points, or 0.4%, to 9,741.67...Wall Street advanced modestly Tuesday,...
Tags: Japan Housing Finance Agency, U.S, Nikkei
GM-Suzuki ties continue
Tōkyō :: Japan | 6 months ago
Credibility Japanese small car maker Suzuki and General Motors will continue their partnership in production and technology-sharing after GM's bankruptcy, both sides said Tuesday...Chairman and Chief Executive Osamu Suzuki affirmed their continued relationship but...
Tags: Japan Airlines Corp., Japanese, General Motors Corp., U.S, generation motors, Asian, Nikkei, Tokyo, buyback plan, conserve cash
Business › Nikkei hits 8-month high
Tōkyō :: Japan | 6 months ago
Credibility Japan’s key stock index jumped to an eight-month high Monday, as investors cheered fresh signs of an expansion in Chinese manufacturing. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average added 155.25 points, or 1.6%, to 9,677.75—the highest level since Oct 7...Gains...
Tags: Nikkei, stock average
Nikkei slips in choppy trade
Tōkyō :: Japan | 6 months ago
Credibility Japan Tobacco slipped 5.2 percent, becoming the largest percentage loser on the Nikkei 225, after an official of Japan's largest opposition party said it would raise tobacco taxes with the goal of halving the number of smokers nationwide if it wins the...
Tags: Japan Tobacco, Nikkei
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