| |   Japan shares climb on US gains
| Tokyo - Japanese stocks rose Wednesday morning, led by carmakers, after modest overnight gains on Wall Street. | The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 61.61 points, or 0.69 per cent, to trade at 8,979...
Kobe Bryant won't be charged in San Diego church fight
| SAN DIEGO -- San Diego prosecutors won't file criminal charges against Kobe Bryant after reviewing allegations by a man who accused the Los Angeles Lakers star of injuring him during a scuffle at church. | Th...
Wheat Prices in Japan May Dip Most Since 2009, Cutting Retail Food Costs
| Wheat prices in Japan, Asia’s second- largest importer, may decline in April by the most since October 2009, putting food makers including Yamazaki Baking Co. and Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. under pressure to...
TUV Rheinland Group: Electric Vehicle Makes a Hit in China
| 2011 Report on China's Electric-Vehicle Markets | HONG KONG, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The TUV Rheinland Global Electric-Vehicle (EV) Survey 2011, released in the fourth quarter, suggests that almost ...
AIP Global Places Strategic Investment in Australian-based Leading Online Financial Services Company
| HONG KONG, February 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- | | - The Company's principal activity is to invest in high-growth financial services companies worldwide | The Board of AIP Global Holdings Limited is pleased to...
Watch it, premium brands will boom
| When Seiko launched its new global line last week, the Japanese watchmaker named it Ananta -Sanskrit for infinite - a word that has instant recall in India and also hints at the growing importance of the coun...
Deployment of U.S. Marines to S.Korea Raises Questions
| Seoul and Washington are reportedly in favor of U.S. marines being deployed on South Korea's west coast to prepare for an emergency. The mooted redeployment of U.S. marines from a base in Okinawa, Japan to So...
Mining merger poses threat to Japan’s coal
Masumi Suga and Tsuyoshi Inajima Tokyo | Glencore International’s agreed £39.1 billion (R467bn) takeover of Xstrata, making it the biggest thermal coal exporter, poses a new threat to Japanese utilit...
Toyota lifts profit target less than forecast
Chang-Ran Kim Tokyo | Toyota Motor has raised its full-year profit forecast by more than a third as it cuts costs, trims spending and expects Japanese government schemes to boost sales, though the guidance was ...
Japan's JX, Cosmo cutting Iran crude imports -report
* Japan under pressure to cut imports due to US sanctions * JX, Cosmo may need to cut Iranian crude imports further (Adds details) TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp will cut crude oil imports...
Sánchez: At fault
| MY FAULT though is that I love living here in Negros Occidental. I have learned to live with all the faults, both human and natural. Maybe in my own way, I can help induce behavioral changes in human faults t...
Renesas, Fujitsu, Panasonic Rise on Chip-Unit Merger Report: Tokyo Mover
| Renesas Electronics Corp. rose the most in more than two years in Tokyo trading after the Nikkei newspaper said the company will merge its chip unit with those of Panasonic Corp. (6752) and Fujitsu Ltd. (6702...
Disney's first-quarter profit up 12%
Strong performances at Walt Disney Co.'s domestic theme parks and by ESPN and the Disney Channel helped drive a 12% increase in the company's first-quarter net income compared with a year earlier. | The Burbank...
GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares becalmed, euro eases as Greek talks drag
* MSCI Asia ex-Japan flat, Nikkei up 0.6 pct * euro around $1.3248, off 8-week high * U.S. crude up 22 cents to $98.63 a barrel By Alex Richardson SINGAPORE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Asian shares remained becalmed on ...
Japan 2011 current account surplus smallest in 15 years
(Adds analyst quotes, details) By Rie Ishiguro TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Japan's current account surplus shrank sharply last year to its smallest in 15 years as weak exports and surging fuel imports resulted in ...
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