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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong. Ben Bernanke, chairman o...
Updated : 2013.05.19 13:34
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Japan’s earnings season has drawn to a close with the sharply weaker yen helping inflate profits at some of the nation’s top exporters, but, warn some commentators, the drop is not all good news. So...
Updated : 2013.05.19 13:33
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European car sales rose for the first time in 19 months, on gains in the U.K. and a rebound in Germany, amid signs that governments may take measures to stem a contraction in the economy of the count...
Updated : 2013.05.17 15:17
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Japanese car manufacturer Honda is returning to Formula One in 2015 as an engine supplier to the automaker's former partner McLaren of Britain. Honda president Takanobu Ito announced the decision at...
Updated : 2013.05.16 20:28
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Toyota has accelerated past South Korea's Samsung Electronics to become Asia's biggest company by market value, after the Japanese automaker's shares doubled in the past year. Toyota's market capita...
Updated : 2013.05.16 16:14
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Japan's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 3.5 percent in annual terms in the last quarter, giving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a boost as his government tackles tough reforms needed to ensure a r...
Updated : 2013.05.16 10:45
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Apple Inc. will be the subject of a May 21 Senate hearing on U.S. companies’ offshore tax practices, said two people familiar with the inquiry. Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will testify at...
Updated : 2013.05.16 09:45
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President Barack Obama announced the resignation of the top official at the federal tax agency following a controversy over the targeting of conservative political groups for extra scrutiny, moving a...
Updated : 2013.05.16 09:41
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DHAKA (AFP) ― Bangladeshi garment manufacturers on Wednesday hailed an agreement by top retailers to make the country’s factories safer, saying it reflected their long-term commitment to improving ...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:39
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Three of Europe’s biggest oil explorers are among companies being questioned by European antitrust regulators about potential manipulation of prices in the $3.4 trillion-a-year global crude market. ...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:39
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PARIS (AFP) ― The global economic crisis worsened income inequality in the world’s leading economies substantially and there is a growing risk that the most vulnerable will be hit harder still, the...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:35
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BRUSSELS (AP) ― European Union governments want to shift the cost of rescuing troubled banks from taxpayers to the banks’ creditors ― including the holders of large deposits― as part the region’...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:35
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ORLANDO, Florida (AP) ― Research In Motion unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets on Tuesday, stepping up its efforts to regain market share lost to Apple’s iPhone ...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:30
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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― Google co-founder and chief Larry Page ended the mystery about his soft, sometimes raspy voice with a personal online post Tuesday about being diagnosed with partially paralyzed...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:15
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Financial data and news service Bloomberg LP moved to repair damage to its reputation Monday as a published report said that more than 10,000 of its clients' private messages containing sensitive pri...
Updated : 2013.05.15 09:47
