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THE troubled US labour market saw a dramatic improvement in November as the number of jobs lost narrowed to 11,000 and the unemployment rate dipped to 10pc, official data showed yesterday. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto , the world's largest mining companies,...
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The TSE must pay Mizuho Securities the compensation after admitting that a system fault prevented a trader from cancelling an erroneous share sale. The trader had entered an order to sell 610,000 shares for one yen each instead of one share at 610,000...
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The city has grown a lot in terms of infrastructure in the past few years. Highways and roads in particular undergo a constant makeover as the city prepares to accommodate a growing population and growing number of vehicles each day. Mumbai, which also...
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Andrew Montano, a director of Toronto-based bullion dealer ScotiaMocatta, said that investment flows into the gold market are driving prices to record highs. "Physical gold continues to be piling up in vaults. There is a lot of metal built up in vaults...
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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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