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WTOL 11 Toledo - Mon Nov 9, 10:30 pm ET
Japan on Tuesday announced $5 billion in fresh aid to Afghanistan even as it plans to bring home refueling ships supporting U.S.-led forces there. The pledge comes just days before President Barack Obama arrives in Tokyo for...
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INO News - Mon Nov 9, 10:26 pm ET
(RTTNews) - Japan posted a current account surplus of 1.568 trillion yen in September, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday, climbing 0.2 percent on year.
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Fast Company Magazine - 2 hours 5 minutes ago
D-barcode specializes in turning barcodes into something fun and memorable. Barcodes grace almost every product for sale. Given how much package real estate they command, why shouldn't they look cool? Since 2005, D-Barcode has been creating custom barcodes for a mostly Japanese clientele. They've even begun selling their wares to anyone who wants to license them, starting at $1,500 for the ...
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Nasdaq - 2 hours 28 minutes ago
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has expressed his continued desire for a stronger dollar, Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii said Tuesday.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 12:07 am ET
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese bonds gained, snapping a four-day drop, as yields near the highest since June lured buyers amid signs of deflation. Demand also increased at a Ministry of Finance sale of 300 billion yen ($3.3 billion) in 40-year bonds today.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 19 minutes ago
Chinese wine imports have soared more than ten-fold in the past few years but foreign producers hoping to cash in on the boom are warning the market is fickle and not for the faint of heart.
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INO News - Mon Nov 9, 8:27 pm ET
(RTTNews) - Japan saw a current account surplus of 1.568 trillion yen in September, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday, adding 0.2 percent on year.
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INO News - Mon Nov 9, 8:26 pm ET
(RTTNews) - Overall bank lending in Japan was up 1.5 percent on year in October, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday, matching expectations following the revised 1.5 percent annual gain in September.
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USA Today - 43 minutes ago
Singapore Airlines and Korean Air, two of Asia's biggest airlines, flagged a recovery in travel demand after their quarterly results showed some signs of improvement.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 47 minutes ago
For women in Tanzania's humid Dar es Salaam port city, the "kanga" is must-have material, functioning as an everyday wraparound dress, bath towel, shawl and, when ragged, dish cloth and mop too.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 54 minutes ago
Hotel occupancy in Hawaii rose slightly in September, the first increase after 18 months of declines, Hospitality Advisors LLC reported.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
A top Democratic U.S. senator on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to announce the United States will join trade talks with Vietnam, New Zealand and others as part of an emerging transpacific trading bloc.
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Fox News - 1 hour 7 minutes ago
Authorities are investigating whether a man whose home and yard harbored the remains of at least 11 people is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military, including Japan, California and the Carolinas.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 11:15 pm ET
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii said he’s “very concerned” about a recent increase in interest rates, a day after yields on 10-year government debt climbed to the highest in more than four months.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 27 minutes ago
European and U.S. stock markets took a breather Tuesday after a big rally in the previous session had pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest level this year.