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AYLESBURY, England (AP) ― Finance leaders from the Group of Seven leading industrial economies say Japan’s stimulus policies are directed at boosting its economy out of a two-decade period of stagnat...
Updated : 2013.05.12 20:29
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HANGZHOU, China (AFP) ― Alibaba chief Jack Ma stepped down Friday before a potential initial public offering as the Chinese online retail giant announced a $294 million stake purchase in digital map...
Updated : 2013.05.12 20:08
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TOKYO (AP) ― International Monetary Fund officials say they are watching carefully for signs that massive flows of cash unleashed in world markets by unprecedented monetary easing might lead to asse...
Updated : 2013.05.12 20:07
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AYLESBURY, England (AFP) ― The Group of Seven advanced economies on Saturday appeared to smooth over U.S.-European differences on how to balance deep austerity measures with ways to support fragile g...
Updated : 2013.05.12 20:07
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LONDON (AP) -- The role of central banks in shoring up the global economic recovery is set to be a key point of discussion among top financial officials from the world's seven leading economies when ...
Updated : 2013.05.10 21:09
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MANOR, Texas (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday launched yet another effort to pressure Congress to act on his plans to invest in education and innovation to create a new generation of ...
Updated : 2013.05.10 20:51
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Japan’s current-account surplus rose in March to the highest level in a year as a depreciating yen boosted repatriated earnings and brightened the outlook for the nation’s exports. The excess in the...
Updated : 2013.05.10 10:02
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The dollar surged on Thursday against major currencies, topping the 100-yen level for the first time in four years, helped by new jobs data adding to confidence in the US economy. The dollar jumped ...
Updated : 2013.05.10 09:59
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Sony is back in the black for its fiscal fourth quarter, recording a 93.9 billion yen ($948 million) profit, with big help from a weaker yen that boosts overseas earnings. The Japanese electronics a...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:46
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Gold fell after the biggest advance in almost two weeks as SPDR Gold Trust holdings extended the longest streak of declines and other commodities dropped after China’s producer prices retreated more ...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:43
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NEW YORK (AP) ― Coca-Cola says it will make lower-calorie options and clear calorie labeling more widely available around the world, intensifying a push against critics who say its drinks pack on th...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:40
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China's inflation rose slightly in April amid concern about the strength of its economic recovery. Consumer prices rose 2.4 percent over a year earlier, up from March's 2.1 percent gain, data showed...
Updated : 2013.05.09 11:56
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Youth unemployment is likely to rise globally to 12.8 percent by 2018, wiping out gains made in the recent economic recovery, the U.N.'s labor office said Wednesday. As of last year, some 12.4 perce...
Updated : 2013.05.09 10:07
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Convicted ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling's more than 24-year prison sentence for his role in the once mighty energy giant's collapse could be reduced by as many as 10 years if a federal judge ap...
Updated : 2013.05.09 09:54
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Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and during...
Updated : 2013.05.09 09:48
