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American movie director Michael Moore came to Japan for the first time Monday to plug his new movie "Capitalism: A Love Story" and to urge the country not to follow the path taken by the United States, where he says the gap between rich and poor is extreme....
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When he's not spot-welding on a car production line, he's flipping pancakes – with not a drop of spilled batter in sight – and can even be called on to perform routine blood tests. Motoman is one of hundreds of cutting-edge robots exhibited during the...
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The key Nikkei stock index fell sharply Thursday to a four-month closing low near 9,500 and the broader Topix tumbled to its worst level since late April as continued losses amid equity financing worries and economic policy uncertainties prompted investors...
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Today’s report suggests that the Japanese government is preparing itself for the horrors of a “double-dip” recession – a calamity which most economists currently believe can be avoided, but only if China and Asia retain their recovery momentum. The government’s...
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Tokyo stocks fell Wednesday, with the key Nikkei index logging a six-week closing low, as jitters about a series of corporate equity financing plans and economic policy uncertainties continued to haunt investors. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell...
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Tokyo stocks erased early gains to end lower Thursday, dragged down by sharp losses in shippers and pharmaceuticals as initial buying of exporters on confidence about a global economic recovery ran out of steam. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average snapped...
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The Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to hold its target for overnight interest rates to zero to 0.25 percent and pledged keep them at the record-low levels for an ''extended period'' in a bid to ensure a nascent recovery gains traction. To access full...
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U .S. stocks are poised to decline marginally, reversing some of the hefty gains from Thursday. Thursday's report on the U.S. economy, which showed growth of 3.5 per cent annualized in the third quarter, drove North American stocks sharply higher. Friday...
Tags: U.S, Japan, jones industrial, net loss, industrial average, japan series, Tokyo Stock Exchange
Electronics giant Hitachi Ltd said Monday it now expects a narrower group net loss for fiscal 2009 through next March thanks to the impact of economic stimulus measures worldwide as well as the economic recovery of China and other emerging countries.
Tags: billion yen, net profitable, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Honda Motor Co, Honda Civic, Toshiba Corp., Tokyo Kantei Co.
Tokyo stocks rose Monday as a weaker yen lifted exporters, outweighing losses in resource-linked shares on lower commodity prices, while investors awaited fresh cues from Japanese companies' interim earnings reports this week. To access full stories on...
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