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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 ...

  • Does Japanese market nosedive signal the end of Abenomics

    A stunning stock market plunge in Tokyo and unexpected volatility in the bond market have sparked fears that "Abenomics," the Japanese government's much-vaunted strategy to breathe life into the long-ailing economy, may already be coming unglued.The main thrust of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan is to instill confidence in Japanese consumers and businesses - and end more ...

  • Japans Own Worst Enemy - By Tobias Harris

    Obama to redouble efforts to shutter Gitmo, reduce drone strikes; Rosa Brooks wants POTUS in her classroom; Horror in the U.K.; Is Jon Stewart goading the WH on the VA?; Hagel: build a better software program; and a little bit more. - by Gordon ...

  • Fleeting Japan scare proves its all about the Fed

    'Euro crisis doesn't matter. Japan doesn't matter. China doesn't matter' NEW YORK -- Thursday had all the makings of an ugly, ugly day on Wall Street. Japan's stock market suffered a mini-crash, plunging more than 7%. A reading on China manufacturing came in soft, sending shivers down the spines of investors already concerned that weak global growth will weaken ...

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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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  • Yen higher after Japan stocks sell-off

    THE yen has gained amid a sharp sell-off of Japanese stocks while the US dollar has fallen against the euro after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke cautioned not to expect policy tightening at least for a few ...

  • Analyst Suggests Caution on Popular Japan ETF

    ETFs focused on the world's third-largest economy are tumbling today. That group includes the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund ...

  • Sony sues Imation over unlicensed Blu-Ray disc technology

    Sony Corp. and three other companies that helped invent Blu-Ray movie and data discs have sued Imation Corp., claiming the data-storage company broke patent laws by selling unlicensed blank recordable versions of the discs. Oakdale-based Imation violated several patents related to Blu-Ray technology, Sony and the other consumer electronics makers said in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court ...

  • 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, ...

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