| Sat, 31 Jul 2010 Let's Ease Up On China About the Yuan
| "A currency, to be perfect, should be absolutely invariable in value." David Ricardo, in Proposals for an Economical and Sound Currency, 1816, sec. ii. | A past Wall Street Journal headline tells the tale of what passes for acceptable commentary when it comes to ... | China closer to becoming second-largest economy
| A senior Beijing official's reference to China as the "world's second-largest economy" has sparked excited speculation that Asia's new powerhouse may have already reached a long-looming milestone by surpassing Japan. | China's rapid recent growth has made it increasin... | China overtakes Japan as No 2 economy: FX chief
| BEIJING – China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. | Migrant labourers work at a construction site for a railway in Shanghai July... | JAL to spend $2.8 bn to procure 65 aircraft: Report
TOKYO: Japan Airlines plans to spend 241.5 billion yen ($2.8 billion) in the next five years to procure 65 aircraft as it rejigs its fleet toward smaller, more fuel-efficient airplanes, Jiji news agency reported on Saturday. | JAL, which filed for bankruptcy protection ... | China is now world's second largest economy, overtakes Japan
| New Delhi, July 31 (ANI): China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy. | The China Daily and the Xinhua news agency quoted Yi Gang, China's chief currency regulator, as saying that this achievement is the fruit of three decades of rapi... | China overtakes Japan as No.2 economy: FX chief
| BEIJING – China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. | Migrant labourers work at a construction site for a railway in Shanghai July... | Asian shares slip in early trade after US declines
| TOKYO — Asian stocks slipped early Friday, after shares on Wall Street fell amid uncertainty about current economic conditions. | Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average was down 1.2 percent at 9574.44, on track for its second straight decline. | South Korea'... | 48 Hours In: Rio de Janeiro
| Click here for In...Rio de Janeiro map | Travel essentials | Why go now? | The sun is shining again in Brazil's most flamboyant city - and new flights should mean lower fares. After landslides devastated parts of Rio in April, the former capital is back to its vibrant... | China overtakes Japan as No. 2 economy: Chinese forex chief
| China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. | Depending on how fast its exchange rate rises, China is on course to overtake the United... | Foreign Exchange intervention may be a losing game
The adverse effects of currency intervention, as a recent foray by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) shows, may deter governments in major economies from entering into an increasingly losing game. | The yen's recent strength, partly on the back of a weaker dollar stemming f... | Japan's budget to focus on jobs and growth
| Tokyo: Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said his focus for next year's budget will be job creation and measures to stimulate growth after the nation's unemployment rate unexpectedly rose for a fourth month. | "I want to attach importance to employment and ec... | Toyota to recall 480,000 vehicles
| Los Angeles/Tokyo: Toyota Motor Corp said it's preparing a global recall of about 480,000 Avalon sedans and Land Cruiser sport-utility vehicles to repair steering parts that may be defective. | About 400,000 US-built Avalons have a steering-column bracket that ca... | Rise in unemployment puts brakes on Japan's economy
By Aki Ito and Keiko Ujikane 4:00 AM Saturday Jul 31, 2010 Email Print | Japan's unemployment unexpectedly rose for a fourth straight month and industrial production fell the most in more than a year, signalling the economic expansion is poised to slow. | The jobless ra... | |
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