Yen hits 15-year high vs dollar; Asian stocks tumble The Times Of India SINGAPORE: The yen struck a 15-year high against the dollar and a nine-year peak against the euro on Tuesday as investors and speculators tested the resolve of Japanese authorities to stem the yen's steady rise. | Despite Tuesday's gains, Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda declined to comment ...
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 21:50 ET Insurance Newsnet | Sep 03, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 03-Sep-10 21:50 ET | 17:02 | Reminder: Equity and bond markets are closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day | 16:51 | OC Owens Corning increasing production of continuous fi...
The Dow vs. the economy The Christian Science Monitor | What passes for business reporting in the United States is too often a series of breathless reports about the stock market. When the Dow rises precipitously, as it did today (Wednesday), the business press predicts an end to the Great Recession. Wh...
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Japan trading firms bet on Asian fertiliser demand The Guardian * Mitsui wants more crop nutrient mines after Peru Vale deal * Share of profits shifting to owners of upstream assets * Sumitomo eyes mine to hedge against market volatility * Mitsui to start selling phosphate rock in India, Asia in H2 * Rising suppl...
Japanese cut BHP Billiton coal prices due to reduced steel Chinese demand The Australian | SEVERAL Japanese steelmakers have agreed a lower coking coal price with supplier BHP Billiton amid a slowdown in Chinese steel demand. | The move could also flow over to iron ore prices. UBS analysts and Japan's Nikkei financial newspaper reported ...
Sino-Japan partnership to help global recovery China Daily 2010-08-30 07:23:58.0Ding QingfenSino-Japan partnership to help global recoveryChina,Japan,,economic growth,double dip recession11020263Foreign and Military Affairs2@webnews/enpproperty--> | BEIJING - China and Japan, the world's second and third lar...
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China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy The New York Times | SHANGHAI — After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United States, ...
Gains by Yen Hit Japanese Stocks Wall Street Journal By SHRI NAVARATNAM in Singapore and CHRIS OLIVER in Hong Kong | The yen's strength weighed on Japanese exporters' stocks, leaving the Nikkei Stock Average with a 2.1% loss. | Weak ...
In Japan, Party Ex-Leader Will Challenge Premier Herald Tribune | TOKYO — After just three months in office, Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan faces a challenge from a scandal-tainted power broker within his own party in a leadership race that could hamper the government’s response to a debilitating...
Foreign Market Wrap Insurance Newsnet | Most Asian stock markets ended higher Thursday, with Japanese technology exporters climbing on the yen's pullback from recent sharp gains, while Chinese coal shares gained on hopes of industry consolidation. Japan's Nikkei 225 Index gained 61.09 po...
Asia Ends Higher Following Yen Drop Wall Street Journal By COLIN NG And PHILIP VAHN in SingaporeAnd V. PHANI KUMAR in Hong Kong | Most Asian stock markets ended higher Thursday, with Japanese technology exporters climbing on the yen's pullback from recent sharp gains, while Chinese coal shares gained on h...
Daily Press Briefing - August 25, 2010 Scoop Thursday, 26 August 2010, 6:07 pm | Press Release: US State Department | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:07:56 -0500 | Mark C. Toner | Acting Deputy Department Spokesman | Daily Press Briefing | Washington, DC | August 25, 2010 | INDEX: | DEPARTMENT | Negotiatin...
Copper edges off lows but economic concerns linger Business Report | Submit your comment | Copper edged higher in Europe on Wednesday, recovering from the near one-month lows it hit in the previous session after disappointing US housing data, as investors eyed further economic news due later in the session. |...
BHP Billiton results dominate JSE Business Report | Submit your comment | The JSE remained in the red at midday on Wednesday, with the main 'talk of the town' being resources giant BHP Billiton's results. | Although the global mining giant reported a doubling of earnings per share to 228.6 US...
Sony expands video-on-demand business Asahi News | With rival Apple Inc. stealing headlines across the world with the unveiling Wednesday of the new Apple TV, Sony Corp.'s announcement the same day of an expansion of its Qriocity online movie delivery service to five European countries this fall was somewhat overshadowed. | But, with the online content delivery business developing into the key st...
