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Sony Shareholders Press CEO on Proposed Hollywood Sell-Off
told shareholders at their annual meeting that entertainment is a vital part of the company, but that the board will consider the proposal from hedge fund Third Point to sell a 15 to 20 percent stake in the profit-making ...
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U.S. tries to save peace talks after Karzai objects to Taliban’s Qatar ‘embassy’
Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the militants. What provoked Afghanistan’s mercurial president and infuriated many of his compatriots was a ...
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Abe states intention to promote nuclear power via energy market safety reform
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
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Japan Brazil to restart talks on nuclear deal stalled since Fukushima crisis
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
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Fed to start tapering bond purchases this year Bernanke
Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program this year and end it next year because the economy is strengthening. The Fed’s purchases of Treasury and mortgage bonds have helped keep long-term interest rates at record lows. A pullback in its extraordinary $85 billion-a-month program would likely mean ...
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Speed up nod for infra projects Japan tells India
Foreign observers and investors continue to see India as a positive growth story, even as domestic players cower in the shadow of their own ...
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Sony Spin-Off Plan Under Radar
Sony Corp 's top investor to partially spin off the Japanese company's lucrative entertainment business will be the elephant in the room at an annual shareholders meeting on Thursday. Daniel Loeb, who heads New York-based hedge fund Third Point, will miss the gathering and those attending will not consider his suggestion, sources familiar with the matter said. They gave no reason why ...
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Nikkei plunges by break
(29 mins ago) Tokyo stocks fell 1.08 percent on Thursday morning following sharp falls on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed may start tapering off its massive stimulus later this year. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 143.69 points to 13,101.53 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section shares was 0.93 percent, or 10.32 points, lower at ...
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Sony holds shareholder meet as spin-off plan looms
Sony kicked off its annual shareholders' meeting on Thursday morning with markets waiting to see how the struggling Japanese giant will address a proposal to spin off a piece of its ...
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Japanese Market Tumbles On Wall Street Lead
Stocks tumbled in early trades in the Japanese market on Thursday, with investors indulging in some heavy selling following Wall Street's weak close overnight on the back of a negative reaction to the Fed's statement about an end to its asset purchase program by mid-2014.However, with some front line stocks bouncing back on strong support at lower levels, the market regained some lost ...
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US Japan ROK urge denuclearization steps by DPRK
/enpproperty--> WASHINGTON - The United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea on Wednesday called for "meaningful" steps on denuclearization by Pyongyang in exchange for better ties with them. "We agreed a path is open for ...
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Italy wins thriller over Japan to advance to Confed Cup semis
IVAN ALVARADO/Reuters RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Italy rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Japan 4-3 Wednesday, earning a spot in the Confederations Cup semifinals. First-half substitute Sebastian Giovinco scored the winner in the 86th minute of an entertaining match at the Arena Pernambuco, pounding home a cross from Claudio Marchisio. After a dismal start for the Azzurri ...
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Italy kick Japanese to touch
(35 mins ago) Italy booked their place in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup in Recife, Brazil with a thrilling come-from-behind 4-3 win over Japan that also sent Brazil into the last four. The Italians looked to be heading for a shock defeat after going 2-0 down to Japan midway through the first half, with Keisuke Honda slotting a 21st-minute penalty before Manchester United star ...
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Sony to consider Third Points proposal Sony CEO Hirai
Elon Musk, Tesla Motors CEO, tells the Reuters Global Tech Summit that he'll talk to politicians who back local car dealers trying to keep Tesla from selling directly to ...
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SDF joins U.S. Marines in California amphibious assault exercise
U.S. Marines and Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force members participate in Dawn Blitz on San Clemente Island off the California coast on June 17. (Takashi ...
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Ban on growing human organs in animals to be lifted
The government plans to lift a ban on basic scientific research to grow human internal organs in the bodies of other animals for potential use in transplants, raising concerns about compromising the dignity of human ...
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BIZ BRIEF MHI to provide maintenance service at 2 U.S. nuclear plants
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s subsidiary in the United States has won contracts to provide state-of-the-art water jet peening (WJP) services at two nuclear power plants, the company said June ...
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Italy Overhaul Japan to Reach Confederation Cup Semis
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Nikkei falls on U.S. stimulus withdrawal fears GS Yuasa soars
* Nikkei down 0.7 pct, Topix off 0.6 pct * Real estate shares down * GS Yuasa soars on battery JV with Bosch By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, June 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed market fears that the U.S. central bank could trim its bond buying programme later this year, but a weakening yen lifted some exporters and ...
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says There Is No Alternative to Abenomics
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe picked up on one of the key economic philosophies of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher at a speech in the heart of London's financial district Wednesday night when he said "there was no alternative" to his Abenomics approach to rebuilding Japan's economy.Abe was in London as the final part of his visit to Britain for the G8 ...
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Nikkei falls as Fed signals possible roll back of stimulus
Reset TOKYO (June 20): Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed market fears that the U.S. central bank could trim its bond buying programme later this year. The Nikkei dropped 1.1 percent at 13,100.86, while the broader Topix shed 0.8 percent to 1,097.75. - ...
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Japanese exports rise to US and China as the currency tumbles
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "shock and awe" tactics to revive the world's third biggest economy paid off in May with the biggest rise in exports since ...
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Italy rallies to beat Japan advances to semis
Italy rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Japan and countryman Alberto Zaccheroni 4-3 Wednesday, earning a spot in the Confederations Cup semifinals. First-half substitute Sebastian Giovinco scored the winner in the 86th minute of an entertaining match at the Arena Pernambuco, pounding home a cross from Claudio Marchisio. After a dismal start for the Azzurri that saw Japan score twice in ...
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Tokyo pimp procured prostitutes only for perverted pics
Glaringly absent from the articles is that the suspect, Naotake Fukayama, did not profit from the transactions monetarily; instead, he brokered the deals in exchange for erotic pictures. Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Friday announced the arrest of Fukuyama for allegedly providing a Web service that introduced male customers to high school girls under 18 years of age for sex - a violation of ...
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Tokyo stocks open down 1.08
TOKYO stocks have opened down 1.08 per cent following sharp falls in US markets after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed may begin to taper bond purchases later this ...
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Japan focuses on next big export
Smart grids are the way of the future, according to a Japanese consortium of seven companies that want to invest in the cities of the future and pave the way for the next big export to come out of Japan.
Japan is already one of the leading high-tech industries of the world, producing gadgets and appliances that are sold globally, from cars and microwaves to robots for use in surgery, space and mines. The country is a major manufacturing hub, there are Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba and Nintendo appliances in homes across the globe and many of the world’s most famous export brands have their headquarters in Japan or were founded in Japan. Read more
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