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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 ...

  • Japan stocks plunge more than 7 percent triggering falls across global markets

    Global markets fall after weak Chinese manufacturing data and mixed messages from the Fed about when it will wind down its asset-buying ...

  • Stocks in Japan rebound

    earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster shook Japan's economy. The sharp plunge this week spooked investors in China and Europe, leading to sizable stock market losses around the globe. In the United States, stocks clawed back from steep losses. Thursday's sell-off was triggered ...

  • Japan stocks rebound after big plunge

    earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster shook Japan's economy. The sharp plunge this week spooked investors in China and Europe, leading to sizable stock market losses around the globe. In the United States, stocks clawed back from steep losses. Thursday's sell-off was triggered ...

  • Market eyeing Nikkei for signals risk-sentiment recovered in overnight trade

    There was a massive 8% intraday reversal yesterday in the Nikkei and this led to a huge clean-out in risk trades like AUD/JPY in particular. The question which will be answered today in the Tokyo stock-market is whether the Nikkei selling was purely technical or whether a reversal is underway. I'd expect the FX market to get most of its leads from the Nikkei. Today's risk events ...

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

While it isnt nearly as bad as being stuck on a planet full of wookies and lame C-grade guest stars for Life Day, the new animated feature Star Wars: The Clone Wars should take its place as one of the worst offshoots of George Lucass seemingly never-ending empi ... ...

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  • Historians tour Takeshima hit Japan

    Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...

  • GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks steadier Nikkei bounces back

    Thu May 23, 2013 8:29pm EDT * Nikkei up 3 pct in early trade, following 7.3 pct fall * Asian stocks outside Japan steadier after drop * Yen softer, reversing Thursday's gains * MSCI ex-Japan edges up By Ian Chua SYDNEY, May 24 (Reuters) - Asian shares opened cautiously higher on Friday with Tokyo's Nikkei steadying from its biggest one-day drop in two years as investors breathed a sigh ...

  • UPDATE 2-US-based Japanese stock funds up $1.5 bln in record inflow streak -Lipper

    By Sam Forgione NEW YORK, May 23 (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 weekly 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 week of cash gains into funds that ...

  • Nikkei regains ground after Thursdays 7.3 pct slide

    TOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average regained ground on Friday after a 7.3-percent dive in the previous session, its biggest one-day percentage drop in two years after weak Chinese factory data spooked investors. The Nikkei climbed 2.4 percent to 14,827.50, while the broader Topix index rose 2 percent to ...

  • 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 ...

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