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Olympus To Take Legal Action Against Executives

Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Olympus Corp, Serious Fraud Office, Video, Bank of Japan, Stock Market, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Investment Losses, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Securities Exchange and Surveillance Commission, Japan, Shuichi Takayama, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Nikkei, Business News

(Reiji Murai) - Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp is preparing to take legal action, including possible criminal complaints, against any executives f...

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Honda Chief Financial Officer: 'To Put It Bluntly, We're In A Really Tough Spot'

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Nissan, Video, Japan Earthquake, Profits, Renesas Electronics Corp., Hyundai, Honda, Chibagin Asset Management, Thailand Floods 2011, Nikkei, Consumer Reports, Business News

TOKYO (Chang-Ran Kim) - Honda Motor Co withdrew its annual earnings guidance in an unusual move on Monday due to uncertainty surrounding currency ...

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Asian Stocks Tumble Following Wall Street Plunge

AP | PAMELA SAMPSON | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Asian Stocks Tumble, Dow Jones, Japan Nikkei, Wall Street, South Korea, Hong Kong, Michael Mccarthy, Cmc Markets, Standard & Poor's, Asian Stocks, Japan, Asian Stocks Fall, Nikkei, Sony, Business News

BANGKOK — Asian stock markets jumped Wednesday following a surge on Wall Street prompted by an unprecedented pledge from the Federal Reserve to ...

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Honda Lifts Profits With Speedy Earthquake Recovery

Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Automakers, Japan Earthquake, Great Recession, Civic, Toyota Motor Corp, Mitsubishi Motors Corp, Economic Recovery, Quarterly Profit, Auto Industry, Nikkei, Honda Motor Co, Supply Shortage, Business News

(Chang-Ran Kim) - Honda Motor Co reported an unexpected quarterly profit and raised its annual outlook by more than a third, as Japan's No.3 autom...

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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde Likely To Be Next IMF Chief: Nikkei

Reuters | Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: French Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde, Imf Lagarde, Lagarde Imf, Next IMF Chief, IMF Chief, French Finance Minister Lagarde, Nikkei, World News

TOKYO (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde will likely become the next head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with backin...

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Bin Laden's Death Gives Markets Boost Of Optimism, Eases Fear Of Recession

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Death, Stock Market, Standard and Poor's, Economic Crisis, Business News, Oil, Nikkei, Brent Crude, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Business News

This post has been updated. Osama bin Laden's death has decreased the risk of doing business around the globe and especially in the Middle East, pr...

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Warren Buffett: Japan Presents A 'Buying Opportunity'

Reuters | Hyun Joo Jin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Warren Buffett, Japan Earthquake, Group of Seven Industrial Nations, Japan Disaster, Posco, Berkshire Hathaway, Daegu, Nikkei, Lubrizol, Business News

DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett believes Japan's devastating earthquake is the kind of extraordinary event that c...

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Japanese Government Plans To Aid Struggling Businesses

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Damage Repair, Japanese Government, Yen, Economic Recovery, Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, Japan Disaster, Economic Devastation, Nikkei, Business News

(Reuters) - The Japanese government plans to dedicate up to 10 trillion yen ($127 billion) in crisis lending to businesses to help them finance da...

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Libya Ceasefire, Yen Stabilization Help Stock Market Rally On Friday

Reuters | Al Yoon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gaddafi, Libya Ceasefire, Currency Manipulation, Yen, Jpmorgan, G7, Oil Prices, Stock Market, New York Federal Reserve, Wall Street, Dow Jones, Nikkei, UN Security Council, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks rose on Friday as traders took on riskier investments following a Libya ceasefire that reduced tension in the reg...

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Yen Intervention Resolves Immediate Crisis, But Japan's Economy Still Threatened

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Group of Seven, Yen, Trade, G7, Japan Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News, Yen Intervention, Central Banks, Monetary Policy, Japan Yen Intervention, Japan, Nikkei, Business News

The yen eased off its all-time high Friday as the world's major central banks lent their support, but Japan's economic troubles are far from over, exp...

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Bank Of Japan's Emergency Funding Hits $700 Billion

AP | TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Economic Recovery, Bank of Japan, Japan Emergency Funding, Japan Earthquake 2011, Nikkei, Japan Economy, Business News

TOKYO — Japan's central bank continued to flood money markets with cash on Wednesday, bringing its total emergency funding to nearly $700 billion as...

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Greek Debt Crisis: Fears Intensify That Crisis Will Hit U.S.

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Stocks, South Korea, Lehman Brothers, Dow Jones Industrials, Wells Fargo, Greece Debt Crisis, Eu, Greek Debt Crisis, Nikkei, Greece Bailout, Business News

WASHINGTON — The stock market's slump this week reflects a widespread concern among many economists that the European debt crisis could slow the...

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Toyota Will Launch Lithium-Ion Prius Minivan in 2011

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prius Minivan, Toyota Prius, Panasonic, Nikkei, Reuters, Business News

Toyota will launch a Prius hybrid minivan in 2011, according to Reuters, which received the news from Japan's Nikkei newspaper. The minivan will h...

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Greece Unsettles Markets as US Stocks Weaken

AP | ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Gordon Brown, Bank of England, Ftse, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Greece, Greece Debt, Federal Reserve, Imf, Europe, British Pound, European Central Bank, Nikkei, Euro, Business News

ATHENS, Greece — Greece's borrowing costs shot up Tuesday following a report, later denied, that Athens was seeking to revise a deal hammered ou...

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Nikkei Closes After Worst Year Ever

AP | TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nikkei, Japan, Business News

TOKYO — A miserable year for Japanese stocks ended with a modest gain Tuesday that did little to mitigate the market's worst annual performance ...

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Republicans Kill any Help for Detroit

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Automotive News, Congress, Chrysler, Election Day, United Auto Workers, Honda, Federal Reserve, Mercedes-Benz, Cars, Ford, Trifecta, Nikkei, Nissan, General Motors, Troubled Asset Relief Plan, Hyundai, Christmas, US Senate, Bill Clinton, Uaw, Gm, Detroit Three, European Union, Democrats, Walkman, Barack Obama, Tokyo, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Wall Street, Detroit Three Loans, Bmw, Transplant, Harry Reid, NY Times, Southeast, Asian, China, Sony, Republicans, Business News

Late last night, Senate Republicans derailed a bill, passed the day before by the House, to loan $15 billion to the Detroit Three, with 10 Republicans joining 40 Democrats and two Independents in favor.

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McCain Helps SNL Score 2nd Best Ratings In A Decade: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 3, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ads, Fcc, Cms, Saturday Night Live, Digital Transition, Sanyo, Mediabytes, Panasonic, Nikkei, Election, Ad Units, Auditude, Shelly Palmer, Barack Obama, Mtv, Snl, Media News, Tina Fey, Myspace, John McCain, Media News

John McCain's appearance on Saturday Night Live helped the show average a 9.0 household rating/ 20 share in metered markets. Saturday's SNL was only...

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World markets dodge another day of sharp losses

AP | CARLO PIOVANO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, World Economy, Finance, Financial Crisis, Recession, Yen, Nikkei, Personal Finance, Ukraine, Business News

LONDON — World stocks took another beating Monday, although some markets showed resilience by bouncing off session lows, as global economic gloo...

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Global stocks volatile on bailout rejection

AP | EMILY FLYNN VENCAT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Asian Markets, Wall Street, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Bailout Rejection, Nikkei, Economy, Finance, Personal Finance, Business News

LONDON — Volatile world stock markets showed mixed reactions Tuesday to U.S. lawmakers' rejection of a $700 billion economic rescue plan, with g...

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In Japan, Shorter Hairstyles Indicate A Weak Economy

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recession Fears, Recession, Kao Corp, Japan's Economic Performance, Long Hair, Nikkei, Short Haircuts, Women's Haircuts, Business News

Economic forecasters beware: Japanese women are cutting their hair again. Women tend to wear their hair long when Japan's economy is doing well and s...

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Japan's Nikkei Hits New Low

CNN/Money | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nikkei, Nikkei New Low, Japan Nikkei, Business News

Japanese shares closed lower on Monday as continuing worry about the US credit crisis prompted investors to lock in early gains, sending the benchmark...

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