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 A woman walks past a stock indicator in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Japanese stocks plunged Friday, following a sharp fall on Wall Street overnight, sparked by fears about a spreading credit crunch. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues shed 2.37 perce
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 Dayton Daily News 
Asia stocks rise as Greece debt deal appears near
| BANGKOK — Asian stocks rose Wednesday as Japan's powerhouse exporters got a boost from hopes of new moves to weaken the yen while a deal appeared within reach between Greece and its creditors ... (photo: (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara))
An investor looks at a stock price board at a private security company Friday June 27, 2008, in Shanghai, China. China's shares are joining the rest of the Asia market in tumbling in response to crude oil spiking above $140 a barrel for the first time. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed down 5.29 percent at 2748.43 points Friday.
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 The Times Of India 
Asia stocks rise as Greece debt deal appears near
| Asian stocks rose Wednesday as Japan's powerhouse exporters got a boost from hopes of new moves to weaken the yen while a deal appeared within reach between Greece and its creditors to cut the count... (photo: AP Photo)
Toyota - Automaker  The Times Of India 
Toyota raises annual profit forecast, eyes on recovery
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp 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 stil... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Toyota - Automaker - Car  The Times Of India 
Nikkei slips from 3 month high; shippers outperform
| Japan's Nikkei share average pulled back from a three-month high on Tuesday as a delay in Greece's response to the painful terms for a new bailout tempered increasing optimism over the U.S. economic... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Toyota Motors  sales office branch located in San Fernando , Pampanga Province , Philippines , February 19 , 2010. m&c
LEAD: Toyota posts drop in quarterly profits, raises year forecast
| Tokyo - Toyota Motor Corp said Tuesday that its net profit declined 13.5 per cent for the October-December quarter from a year earlier, amid a rising yen and falling sa... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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Japan Airlines The Times Of India
JAL sees 787 delivery delay as Boeing tackles fresh glitch
| TOKYO: Flag carrier Japan Airlines said on Tuesday it no longer expects its first Dreamliner from Boeing Co. by the end of February as a fresh manufacturing glitch is s... (photo: Creative Commons / J o)
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Japanese food - crusine -  - hot soba noodle- (mv2) The Guardian
Japanese food: use your noodle
| Cold noodles are a source of great rivalry and pride in Japan. Jamie Lafferty slurps down 36 bowls and rustles up some soba of his own | • As featured in our Tokyo ci... (photo: WN / mervin)
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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 Springfield News-Sun
Asian stocks rise after US unemployment falls
| BANGKOK — Asian stock markets climbed Monday after U.S. unemployment fell to its lowest in three years, suggesting a stronger recovery in the world's No. 1 econom... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
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A money trader at a Tokyo dealing room reacts as U.S. dollar is traded below 90 yen level Friday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2008. The dollar's fall to a 13-year-low against the yen also accelerated selling on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, hitting hard exporters such as autos and electronics. The greenback fell as far as 88.16 yen in the afternoon, its lowest level since Aug. 2, 1995 when the U.S. currency fell to 88.02 yen while the Nikkei average lost 484.68 points, or 5.56 percent, to close at 8,235.8 The Times Of India
Tokyo stocks end up 1.10%
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks added 1.10 percent Monday, supported by positive performances on other Asian bourses, that followed last week's strong gains on Wall Street after robu... (photo: AP / Shuji Kajiyama)
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FILE - In this April 13, 2008 file photo, the company logo shines off the grille of an unsold 2008 Avalaon sedan at a Toyota dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo.Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., Friday, May 1, 2009, reported month-end sales of 126,540 vehicles, a decrease of 41.9 percent from last April, on a daily selling rate basis.
Toyota to Invest $534m for New Indonesia Plant
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People walk by a Samsung store in Sydney, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011.
EU Investigates Samsung For Possible Breach Of Antitrust Rules In Apple Patent War
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GSK GlaxoSmithKline office in Makati City, Philippines
Nervous GlaxoSmith-Kline pulls cash out of eurozone to avoid crisis
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Trading Politics
- Japan firms talk on system chip tie in reform drive: sources
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- Nikkei ends above 9,000 for first time in 3 months
- Japan shares jump 1.1 per cent on yen’s decline, U.S. gain
 A woman walks past a stock indicator in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Japanese stocks plunged Friday, following a sharp fall on Wall Street overnight, sparked by fears about a spreading credit crunch. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues shed 2.37 perce
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a Fatah Central Committee and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Feb 18, 2011.
Baird backs Israeli call for peace talks without conditions
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