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Singapore's manufacturing sector appears to have shrugged off a temporary blip posting instead a positive turnaround, local media reported on Thursday. A forward-looking indicator of factory output, the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) posted a seventh...
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The number of homebuyers who signed contracts to buy previously occupied homes rises for the nine straight month. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday its seasonally adjusted index of sales agreements rose 3.7 percent from September to October...
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Consumer credit fell in September for the eighth straight month, the longest streak of declines since the Federal Reserve started keeping records in 1943. Total consumer borrowing fell a seasonally adjusted $14.8 billion, or 7.2%, to $2.456 trillion in...
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Restaurant chain operator Skylark Co, a pioneer in the family restaurant business in Japan, closed the last outlet of its Skylark Western-style family restaurant chain shortly after Thursday midnight under a plan to replace all the outlets of the 39-year-old...
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Japan’s trade surplus in September was the largest since March 2008, supported by a steady recovery in exports, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. The trade surplus was registered for the eighth straight month, up 472.3% from a year earlier to 520.64...
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September, following a gain of 1.2 percent in August, the Federal Reserve said Friday. The third quarter posted a gain of 5.2 percent, the first quarter with a net gain since the first quarter of 2008, the Fed said. Manufacturing output increased 0.9...
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Consumer credit pulled back for the seventh straight month in August, led by a steep decline in credit card usage, a government report said Wednesday, as unemployment soared and cash-strapped consumers continued to limit spending. The total amount of...
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The pending home sales index rose 6.4% in August to the highest level since March 2007, the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday...The pending-home sales index has been much stronger than existing-home sales, which are recorded at the closing...
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Hoyu Co, a leading maker of hair-coloring products, said Thursday it will acquire Kracie Holdings Ltd. Kracie, which holds companies in the toiletry-cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food businesses, has taken over the household goods operations of the now-defunct...
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Ailing Japanese consumer finance company Aiful said Friday it will ask creditors to let it delay repayments of 280 billion yen in debt, triggering massive sell orders of its stock and pressuring other financial shares. Aiful shares were untraded Friday...
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