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  • Japanese economy has begun to recover central bank

    Japan's central bank said Wednesday that it will continue pursuing its current stimulus program and that the country's economy "has begun to recover" thanks to a reversal in the decline of exports, which account for 40 percent of Japanese GDP. "Domestic demand remains resilient due to the effects of the monetary relaxation measures" and the recently-approved stimulus policies, the Bank of Japan ...

  • UN agency to open nuclear emergency preparedness centre in Fukushima UN agency to open nuclear emergency preparedness centre in Fukushima

    22 May 2013 150 Experts from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are heading to Japan to launch an emergency preparedness and response centre in Fukushima, the coastal city devastated two years ago when a massive earthquake and tsunami set off meltdowns at a nuclear power plant. The IAEA, supported by the Government of Japan, will designate a new Response and ...

  • Japan to host world conference on disaster risk reduction next year - UN

    Print 23 May 2013 &#150 Japan will host the world conference slated to be held next year at which countries will adopt the successor to the current global blueprint for disaster risk reduction efforts, it was announced today at a United Nation forum on the issue that wrapped up in Geneva. The 10-year Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) came out of the world conference held in Kobe, Hyogo, ...

  • U.S. investors shrug off big fall in Japanese stocks

    All eyes are on Asian markets overnight to see if the one-day selloff stops there Fears a stock selloff in the land of the rising sun would cause the sunset of the U.S. bull market proved to be unfounded. U.S. investors with their fingers perched on the sell button after waking up to news of a 7% selloff of Japan's Nikkei 225 index button found that what happens in Asia, at least this time, ...

  • Network18 sells 80 stake in Webchutney to Japanese firm Dentsu India

    Capital18 has sold 80 per cent stake in digital agency Webchutney to a leading Japanese firm for an undisclosed amount. Dentsu subsidiary in India, Dentsu Media and Holdings India (DMHI), has reached an agreement with venture capital ...

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Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

The only things that George A. Romeros 1978 Dawn of the Dead and the new remake by music video director Zack Snyder have in common are (1) there are flesh-eating zombies taking over the world and (2) a group of human survivors take refuge in a shopping mall. Thats whe ... ...

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  • Talking Japan the U.S. and the economy at the Duquesne Club

    Matthew Goodman, William E. Simon Chair of Political Economy at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, discusses the economies of the U.S., Japan and China at the Duquesne Club. To frame his discussion about the economies of the United States, Japan and China, Matthew Goodman from the Center for Strategic and International Studies noted that on Thursday morning U.S. media were ...

  • Japans weak currency means tourism

    The number of tourists coming to Japan dropped dramatically after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. But between the weak currency and fading memories of the disaster, tourism saw a record high last ...

  • Japanese official discussion finished for resuming talks with N. Korea

    Japanese official: discussion finished for resuming talks with N. Korea . MAY 24, 2013 06:01. . Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said Thursday that when he visited North Korea last week, he finished working-level talks for the proposed resumption of negotiations for establishing formal diplomatic relations between the two countries. His remark suggested that ...

  • U.S.-based Japanese stock funds up $1.5 billion in record inflow streak Lipper

    By Sam Forgione NEW YORK | Thu May 23, 2013 5:40pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in funds based in the United States poured $1.51 billion into Japanese stock funds in the latest week, marking the longest streak of inflows into the funds on record, data from Thomson Reuters' Lipper service showed on Thursday. The latest inflows in the week ended May 22 marked the 27th straight ...

  • Sony board examines hedge fund spin-off plan

    (MENAFN - Arab News) Sony chief Kazuo Hirai said Wednesday the company was examining a hedge fund proposal to sell off part of its entertainment unit in a bid to boost profits in its core business. Hirai told a press conference board members have started discussing the idea raised by key shareholder Daniel Loeb, whose investment fund Third Point suggested spinning off as much as 20 percent of ...

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