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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> TOKYO (AP) — Jitters over a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve helped pull share prices mostly lower in early Asian trading Tuesday. Asia’s biggest benchmark, Japan’s Nikkei stock average, shed early gains to fall 0.6 percent by mid-morning in choppy trading, to 12,956.78. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 0.7 percent to 21,075.01, while South Korea’s KOSPI index rose 0.1 percent to 1,885.77. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Police in Shropshire are searching an area of woodland following the disappearance of 17-year-old Georgia Williams.
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A man arrested over the disappearance of a teenager is now being questioned on suspicion of murder, police say.
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading across West Africa. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> TOKYO (AP) — A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan’s main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their own currencies will be offset by gains from a recovery in the world’s third-largest economy. It’s not such good news for entrepreneurs like Thamonwan Thawornthaweewong, whose Angry Bird fish balls, squid rings and other products now cost more to sell in Japan. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A powerful suicide car bomb targeting a Nato military convoy in Kabul killed eight Afghan civilians including two children on Thursday in the first major attack in the capital for more than two months. Government officials said eight passers-by died in the explosion in the Shah Shaheed residential district in southeast Kabul, while the Nato coalition was unable to give details of any casualties. Hezb-i-Islami, an insurgent group that is independent from Taliban militant forces, claimed responsibility for the attack. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By HIROKO TABUCHI, on May 8th, 2013 The Japanese carmaker benefited from a weak yen and improving sales in the United States, with net income in the year to March more than tripling from the previous year.
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> TOKYO (AP) — Toyota quarterly profit more than doubles to 314 billion yen ($3.2 billion) on yen, cost cuts. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 1st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> GM Canada admitted the ad, which on Wednesday was still available to view on Chevrolet’s European website and can be seen here, had “received some negative feedback”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN, on April 11th, 2013 Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Mazda are recalling about 3.3 million vehicles worldwide because the passenger-side air bag could deploy with too much force.
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By By REUTERS, on April 11th, 2013 Four Japanese automakers, including Toyota Motor and Honda Motor, are recalling the vehicles because of defective air bags supplied by Takata Corp., the companies said Thursday.
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By , on April 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A French force of 1,000 soldiers in a major offensive has swept a valley thought to be a logistics base for Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists near the Malian city of Gao. Operation Gustav, one of France’s largest actions since its intervention in its former colony, involves dozens of tanks, helicopters and aircraft, said General Bernard Barrera, commander of the French land forces in Mali, on Monday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LOS ANGELES (AP) — California official says Toyota to pay $16 million consumer protection settlement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The vast majority – some 94 per cent – of Americans cannot name a single Chinese brand, according to an online survey conducted by a New York-based consultancy. Lenovo, the world’s second-biggest maker of personal computers, was the least unknown of all Chinese brands. 2.5 per cent of 1,500 respondents could name the company which gained an international profile when it bought IBM’s PC production unit in 2005. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on March 30th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The death of Ieng Sary – one of three Khmer Rouge leaders accused of genocide and war crimes before a tribunal in Phnom Penh – may have also killed off attempts by victims and their families to recover his assets and hidden wealth, including a bank account in Hong Kong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on March 29th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Unless its celebrity customers such as teen idol Justin Bieber and actor Leonardo DiCaprio want to put a lot of their own cash into the business, it looks like hybrid sports car company Fisker Automotive is nearing the end of the road. Fisker has hired Kirkland & Ellis, a major bankruptcy law firm, to review the company’s options while it continues to seek investment partners. “We are not commenting at this stage in the game,” said Roger Ormisher, a Fisker spokesman. “There are too many moving factors and a number of different directions this can go.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on March 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Vice-President Li Yuanchao made his diplomatic debut in his new role in a meeting with Japanese business leaders in Beijing yesterday. Li was the highest-level official to attend the three-day Japan-China Economic Association meeting, which ends today. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on March 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Japanese researchers said on Thursday they have found a rich deposit of rare earths on the Pacific seabed, with reports suggesting it could be up to 30 times more concentrated than Chinese reserves. Mud samples taken from 5,800 metres below the waves contained highly concentrated amounts of the precious minerals, which are vital for high-tech manufacturing and used in products including wind turbines and iPods. The proving of resources is significant for Japan, which currently relies largely on China, the source of around 90 per cent of the world’s supply of rare earths. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on March 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Jailed businesswoman Lily Chiang Lai-lei yesterday walked free on parole, tight-lipped about the chances of her winning an appeal against her conviction over a HK$3 million share-option scam. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on March 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> TOKYO (AP) — Toyota chief: Growth must be sustainable after turnaround from crises, halts new auto plants . <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Uncertainty over US stimulus drags shares lower
<!– google_ad_section_start –> TOKYO (AP) — Jitters over a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve helped pull share prices mostly lower in early Asian trading Tuesday. Asia’s biggest benchmark, Japan’s Nikkei stock average, shed early gains to fall 0.6 percent by mid-morning in choppy trading, to 12,956.78. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 0.7 percent to 21,075.01, while South Korea’s KOSPI index rose 0.1 percent to 1,885.77. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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