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TOKYO (AFP) ― The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on Tuesday backed Japan’s bid to end years of deflation, but called on Tokyo to step up efforts to shrink its huge debt pile...
Updated : 2013.04.23 20:08
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NEW YORK (AP) ― Flight delays piled up across the country Monday as thousands of air traffic controllers began taking unpaid days off because of federal budget cuts, providing the most visible impac...
Updated : 2013.04.23 20:08
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Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz is accelerating its dealer expansion in China and streamlining sales to fix past missteps that have contributed to a growing gap with Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and Audi ...
Updated : 2013.04.22 19:58
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will not attend the central bank’s marquee conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this year because of a personal scheduling conflict, a Fed spokeswoman said. Th...
Updated : 2013.04.22 19:57
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Bright spring sunshine filtered through the windows to light up the faces of elderly men and women as they moved and twirled in a ballroom dance hall. With arms waving, hips swinging and some missing...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:47
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WASHINGTON (AP) ― Boeing’s beleaguered 787 could be flying again within a week after federal officials approved a fix for its batteries, even though the root cause of a fire on one plane and smoke ...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:44
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Delegates pose for a group photo after the opening ceremony of the APEC trade ministers’ meeting in eastern Java’s Surabaya, Indonesia, Saturday. (Xinhua-Yonhap News) SURABAYA, Indonesia (AFP) ― ...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:44
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ― Cyprus’ president said Friday that the bailed-out country will open casinos and bolster its tourism sector to get the economy going again. Nicos Anastasiades unveiled a firs...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:43
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LONDON (AFP) ― Fitch on Friday stripped recession-threatened Britain of its top “AAA” rating, moving it down one notch to “AA+” as a weaker economic outlook continues to push up the country’s d...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:43
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WASHINGTON (AP) ― World finance leaders issued a somber assessment on Saturday of the global economy, saying the recovery remains uneven with growth and jobs in short supply. The steering committee...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:43
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U.K. inflation expectations tumbled to the lowest in almost four months this week as energy prices fell and government reports signaled growth is slowing, gilt yields show. The so-called 10-year bre...
Updated : 2013.04.20 16:17
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WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Advanced and developing countries alike voiced worries over fragile global growth, eurozone stagnation and the swamp of excess monetary liquidity as the IMF and World Bank spring ...
Updated : 2013.04.19 20:58
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Microsoft is working with manufacturers to produce a line of small touch-screen devices powered by Windows, apparently intended to compete with tablets like the iPad Mini and Amazon Kindle Fire. Pet...
Updated : 2013.04.19 10:32
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France will not support the opening of EU-US free trade talks if audiovisual content is not excluded from the negotiations, French trade minister Nicole Bricq warned Thursday. The European Union and...
Updated : 2013.04.19 10:23
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The U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Bloomberg) WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The Federal Reserve slightly upgraded its view of the U.S. economy Wednesday, its Beige Book report on regional ...
Updated : 2013.04.18 20:10
