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Stocks ended trading sharply higher Monday as a rising dollar cooled some concerns about inflation and helped keep oil prices in check. The Dow Jones industrials gained 130 points. ... Dollar’s advance on major currencies eases some inflation concerns NEW YORK - Wall...
Road-related tax bill set to pass Diet by lower house revote+ ... TOKYO, May 13_(Kyodo) _ The ruling parties on Tuesday are set to ram through parliament a bill to keep certain tax revenues earmarked for road building for 10 years from this fiscal year, using its majority...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose 0.6 percent on Tuesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, led by exporters such as Canon Inc <7751.T> on a softer yen. ... TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose 0.6 percent on Tuesday, tracking...
TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar steadied against the yen on Tuesday, as investors eyed stock markets to see if they could continue buying risk assets, while awaiting U.S. data and comments from several Federal Reserve officials later in the day. ... By Chikako Mogi TOKYO...
G-8 labor meeting on environmentally friendly working to wrap up+ ... NIIGATA, Japan, May 13_(Kyodo) _ Senior labor officials from the Group of Eight nations will wrap up their three-day meeting in Niigata on Tuesday after issuing a chairman's statement in which they are...
Cigarette vending machines in Japan may soon start counting wrinkles, crow's feet and skin sags to see if the customer is old enough to smoke. ... Comapny claims system could correctly identify about 90 percent of users TOKYO - Cigarette vending machines in Japan may soon...
TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar edged up in tight ranges on Tuesday as investors eyed stock markets to see if they should keep buying risky assets, while they awaited more clues from upcoming data and the Federal Reserve about the path for U.S. interest rates.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Pioneer Corp <6773.T> plans to slash nearly 5 percent of its workforce, or about 2,000 jobs, Japan's Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday, as the electronics maker restructures its struggling plasma TV operations. ... TOKYO (Reuters) - Pioneer Corp...
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda sent a message later Monday to Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, pledging Japan's "every support" to China if necessary over the powerful earthquake, according to local media on Tuesday ... ... Japanese Prime Minister...
MediaFLO Platform Complements International ISDB-T Services to Enable Optimum Mobile TV Business Model and User Experience for Japan and Brazil - - Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading devel... [WebWire - Monday, May 12, 2008] ... WEBWIRE – Monday, May 12, 2008...
