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Breaking News Tue, 9 Mar 2010
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Economy   Investment   Market   Photos   US  
 The New York Times 
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
| Shares traded within a tight range Tuesday, a year after major market indexes hit 12-year lows. | With little in the way of economic reports or earnings to help drive shares higher, investors are ta... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) enters Yokosuka, Japan
Defence   Japan   Nuclear   Photos   US  
 The New York Times 
Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
| TOKYO — Japan ended decades of denials on Tuesday by confirming the existence of secret cold-war-era agreements with Washington that, among other things, had allowed American nuclear-armed war... (photo: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau )
Sony Bravia Televisions - LCD TVs  Wall Street Journal 
Sony Plans TV, 3-D Push
By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI | TOKYO—Sony Corp. said on Tuesday that its television business will shift to "attack" mode in the coming fiscal year by ramping up TV shipments by about 70% to more than ... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Electronics   Photos   Sony   Television   Tokyo  
Sony LCD TVs - Electronics  Khaleej Times 
Sony to start selling 3D TVs in Japan from June
TOKYO - Sony Corp said it will launch 3D televisions in Japan in June, entering an increasingly crowded field of competition for what many see as the next hot product in the electronics industry. | So... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Competition   Photos   Selling   Sony   TVs  
Top Stories
20072008 Toyota Landcruiser (VDJ200R) VX, photographed at the 2008 Australian International Motor Show The Siasat Daily
Toyota says no flaw found with safety electronics
| Tokyo, March 09: Toyota Motor Corp on Monday sought to discredit an outside study critical of its electronic safety systems and said it had found no flaw with its throt... (photo: Public Domain / OSX)
Industry   Japan   Motor   Photos   Technologhy  
South Korean Army soldier stands guard with his machine gun near the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 28, 2009. South Korean and U.S. troops raised their alert Thursday to the highest level since 2006 after North Korea renounced its truce with the allied forces and threatened to strike any ships trying to intercept its vessels. The New York Times
Report: NKorea Has Medium-Range Missile Division
| Filed at 12:14 a.m. ET | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of newly developed intermediate-range missiles capable o... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
Military   Nkorea   Photos   Politics   USA  
Japanese Yen - Currency - Money The Guardian
Yen rises as equities slip; sterling falters
* Higher-yielding currencies dip vs yen * Some talk of euro/yen selling by Japanese exporters * But BOJ easing speculation seen likely to temper yen rise * Sterling falte... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Business   Currency   Japan   Market   Photos  
People try to enter a tax office in Lisbon closed due to a civil servants national strike Wednesday, March 4, 2010. The New York Times
Portugal Readies Austerity Measures
| LISBON — Portugal plans to cut its budget deficit by reducing investment and capping public sector wage growth, although it will also rely on an economic recovery... (photo: AP / Francisco Seco)
Economy   Finance   Investment   Photos   Portugal  
US Dollar - USD - Currency - Money - Forex. (ps1) Breitbart
Dollar dips into 89 yen range, tracking euro's fall on weak Asia shares+
shares+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 9 (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar fell into the upper 89 yen zone Tuesday morning in Tokyo, dragged down by the weakness of the risk-sensitive eu... (photo: WN / patricia)
Business   Dollar   Market   Photos   Trade  
Business Entertainment
- Japan's Kan: wary on idea of policy accord with BOJ
- Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius
- Toyota to fix more US Tundras for rust problems
- Dollar gains as ratings agencies warn on Europe
Cigarette Smoking
Govt may ban FDI in cigarette making
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- Stop-motion discourse
- The art of sharing secrets, slowly
- A Classic in Stripes
- The Cove' to segue into Animal Planet series
Sony LCD TVs
Sony to Launch 3D TVs in June, Rivals Samsung
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Crime Health
- Behemoth Frontman Charged With Insulting Catholics After Rip
- Iran calls US a 'murderous administration' after Pet
- Perjury trials in Air India 'Kanishla' bombing case
- Soldier Accused in 2 Murders to Face Court-Martial
Dogs - Pets - Animals
Owners will be forced to microchip dogs in new curbs on 'weapon' pets
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- A Boho Bow
- Demand for Lithium Is Poised to Take Off
- Need to know: BP investment ... Inmarsat earnings ... Eurotu
- A Classic in Stripes
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
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Trading Politics
- Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
- Japanese yen gains broadly, debt woes hurt euro
- European stock markets fall as earnings from EADS disappoint
- Europe down, Asia flat as investors step back
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
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- Flu Shots in Children Help People of All Ages
- Demand for Lithium Is Poised to Take Off
- Canadian leaders tuck into 'seal meal' to defy EU ba
- Board backtracks on new cancer centre comments
US Navy  Iraqi citizens come out in masses to vote for the first ever Free Elections in Iraq.
Insurgents kill 24 in Iraq election day attacks
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