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A businessman walks past an electric market board in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. Japan's Nikkei 225 plunges 7 percent in early trade following heavy Wall Street losse
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| Sep 03, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Stock Market Update | Updated: 03-Sep-10 | The market at 15:30 ET | Dow: +104.98... | Nasdaq: +28.24... S&P: +11.85... | NYSE Vol: 660.2 mln.. Adv: 2216... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
One US Dollar - Currency
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Dollar falls vs euro, higher-yielding currencies
* Risk appetite increases; yen, Swiss franc under pressure * U.S. payrolls fall less than expected in August * U.S. service sector activity growth slows in August (Updates prices, adds quotes, details... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Pedestrians are reflected on an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days as the government moved to shore up the country's banking system amid the global credit crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose almost 3.6 percent to 9,005.59. In Tokyo, shares rose amid hopes for better-than-expected corporate earnin  Money Week 
What's crimping Japan?
| Currency traders may talk of the yen soaring to a new record against the dollar, but no one is getting excited about Japanese stocks. Indeed, the Nikkei 225 index has fallen even as the yen has stre... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
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A high school student passes by a stock indicator in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 12, 2007. Japanese stocks rose Friday, helped by another record close on Wall Street and the dollar's rise above 120 yen, a boon to the nation's key export sector. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 218.84 pints, or 1.30 percent, to finish the day's trading at 17,057.01 points on the Tokyo Stock Exc  Insurance Newsnet 
Briefing.com: Stock Market Update - 09:02 ET
| Sep 03, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Stock Market Update | Updated: 03-Sep-10 | The market at 09:02 ET | Dow: ... | Nasdaq: ... S&P: ... | NYSE Vol: .. Adv: .. Dec: | Nasdaq Vol: .. Adv: ..... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
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Experts see trouble ahead for developed world
| Israeli President Shimon Peres, center, arrives for the "Intelligence on... | CERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) - Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltd... (photo: Creative Commons / Ichwan Palongengi)
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An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a stock securities company Thursday Nov. 13, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have climbed, shrugging off losses in other Asian markets as newly released details of Beijing's economic stimulus plan helped boost construction and other stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 3.68 percent, or 68.5 points, to close at 1927.61. (AP Photo) Philadelphia Daily News
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
| JOE McDONALD | The Associated Press | BEIJING - Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators am... (photo: AP)
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An investor trades online at a private securities company Friday July 31, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Herald Tribune
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
| TOKYO - Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators amid lingering worries over the pace of th... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
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A businessman walks past an electronic stock board in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Japanese stocks veered sharply downhill Wednesday, as spreading pessimism over corporate earnings and a strengthening yen sent the benchmark index tumbling almost 7 percent. The Nikkei 225 stock average fell 631.56 points, or 6.79 percent, to 8,674.69. The broader Topix index lost 7.05 percent to 88 The Times Of India
Asian stocks rise on improving US data
TOKYO: Asian stock markets climbed in early trading Friday as investors took heart from improving US housing and jobs data amid lingering worries over the pace of the glo... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
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A chinese structures stands inside the Mischief Reef Thursday, Dec. 10, 1998 off South China Sea BBC News
Why are South China Sea tensions rising?
Imagine an exchange of fire between Chinese and Vietnamese navies in the South China Sea. | Or just an accidental bump between Chinese and American warships, as high-stak... (photo: AP / Pat Roque)
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An investor checks the share index at a investment bank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. The Star
Analysts see new high for Malaysia's main market index
| PETALING JAYA: With four months to go before 2010 ends, a number of brokerages have unveiled their 2011 year-end targets for FTSE Bursa Malaysia KL Composite Index (FBM... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)
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A filipino worker seen unloading San Miguel brand alcohol liquors from the delivery truck , Pasay City , Philippines , March 23 , 2009. Malaya
Southeast Asia drinks sector sparkles
BY ALBERT CASTRO--> | SINGAPORE/TOKYO - Global drinks firms, thirsty for acquisitions to expand their offerings and reach, are eyeing assets in Southeast Asia, as tough r... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007. The New York Times
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange in... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
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Pedestrians wait to cross a street in front of an electric board in Tokyo as Japan's key stock index plunged a stunning 9.6 percent Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 to close out its worst week in history. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index tumbled 881.06 points to 8,276.43, its lowest since May 2003. It was its biggest one-day percentage loss since the stock market crash of October GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, dollar rise on signs recovery on track The Guardian
Pedestrians are reflected on an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days as the government moved to shore up the country's banking system amid the global credit crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose almost 3.6 percent to 9,005.59. In Tokyo, shares rose amid hopes for better-than-expected corporate earnin What's crimping Japan? Money Week
A filipino worker seen unloading San Miguel brand alcohol liquors from the delivery truck , Pasay City , Philippines , March 23 , 2009. Southeast Asia drinks sector sparkles Malaya
Hiroshima
Hitoya Yaguchi, who heads a support group for victims of poison gas produced by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, shows photos of the latest poison gas victims in the northeastern Chinese city of Qiqihar after drums of mustard gas dumped by Imperial Japanese soldiers decade ago were dug up last week, sickened at least 34 people, during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003. Hiroshima's poisonous past Asia Times
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A masked woman looks away while crossing a street in the city center shrouded in fog, caused by air pollution, in Beijing Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Negotiators in Copenhagen are trying to set targets for controlling emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming cases, including by the leading contributors, China and the United States. Why failure of climate summit would herald global catastrophe: 3.5° The Independent
In this Feb. 25, 2008 file photo the tower of a church is seen between the smoke billowing chimneys of the brown coal power plant Frimmersdorf near Duesseldorf, Germany. Leading industrial nations on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, Japan's prime minister said, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping short of tough, nearer-term tar Cap-And-Trade Is Beginning to Raise Some Concerns The New York Times
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An aerial view of Japan's Monju prototype fast breeder nuclear reactor at Tsuruga, central Japan, in this August 31, 2004 photo. The Burden of Nuclear Waste The New York Times
Enola Gay, a Silverplate version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress landing after delivering Little boy over Hiroshima Nobel peace prize winners call on Obama to visit Hiroshima KDVR
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One US Dollar - Currency Dollar falls vs euro, higher-yielding currencies The Guardian
Pedestrians wait to cross a street in front of an electric board in Tokyo as Japan's key stock index plunged a stunning 9.6 percent Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 to close out its worst week in history. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index tumbled 881.06 points to 8,276.43, its lowest since May 2003. It was its biggest one-day percentage loss since the stock market crash of October GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, dollar rise on signs recovery on track The Guardian
Philippine flags seen in a motorcade truck that was used for Manny Pacquiao's welcome victory over boxer Ricky Hatton on a Knock Out ( KO ) decision , Manila City , Philippines , May 11, 2009. National shame is global, not Filipino Inquirer
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