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Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400 ready to take off at Montral-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in September 2009.
Aerospace   Japan   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Japan Airlines  
 The Times Of India 
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 agen... (photo: Creative Commons / Patrick Cardinal)
A toyota Camry with a vanity plate - Cagayan de Oro City - Philippines
Auto   Motor   Photos   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Toyota  
 Gulf News 
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. |... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
 Hitachi-technology-industry (sl1)  LA Daily News 
Hitachi returns to profit as demand in Asia fuels turnaround
| Associated PressPosted: 07/30/2010 08:41:47 AM PDTUpdated: 07/30/2010 08:41:48 AM PDT | TOKYO — Hitachi, a maker of everything from home appliances to nuclear reactors, returned to p... (photo: creative commons)
Asia   Consumer   Electronics   Photos   Wikipedia: Hitachi  
An All Nippon Airways 777-300ER taking off. Aircraft takeoff. Quarter view of aircraft ascending in the sky, with landing gear still deployed. The next-generation freighter model, the 777F, rolled out on May 23, 2008.  Business Report 
ANA books $60m net loss in first quarter
  | Submit your comment | Japan's All Nippon Airways on Friday said its quarterly net loss narrowed to $60 million on last year and retained its full-year net profit forecast of $57 million. | Th... (photo: Creative Commons / Altair)
Aerospace   Japan   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: All Nippon Airways  
Top Stories
 Euro - Money - Currency. (ps1)  Wall Street Journal
European Stocks Open Lower
By ISHAQ SIDDIQI | LONDON—European stock markets fell at the open Friday, with declines on Wall Street and in Asian markets overnight adding weight to worries about... (photo: Public Domain file)
London   Markets   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: FTSE 100 Index  
Sony 3D Television - Technology - Electronics The Times Of India
Asia stocks fall as data takes shine off earnings
TOKYO: Asian markets fell Friday, overlooking strong earnings from some of the region's biggest companies as Japanese shares tumbled on dour economic figures and a strong... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Asia   Market   Photos   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225  
In this photo released by the Emirates News Agency (WAM), The 'M. Star' oil supertanker anchors offshore Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates Thursday, July 29, 2010. The New York Times
Questions Swirl About Damaged Japanese Tanker
| Shipping officials said Thursday that they were examining the hull of a Japanese oil tanker that was mysteriously damaged this week as it traversed a strategically vita... (photo: AP / Emirates News Agency)
Accident   Japan   Mideast   Photos   Shipping  
In this photo released by the Emirates News Agency (WAM), damage is seen on the side of the 'M. Star' oil supertanker offshore Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Star
Japan supertanker probe reveals smashed hull
| FUJAIRAH/TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese supertanker that reported suffering an "explosion" near the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route may have hit a submarine or a mine... (photo: AP / Emirates News Agency)
Accident   Japan   Mideast   Photos   Shipping  
In this Jan. 13, 2009 photo, people walk out from Sony Corp. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Sony said Thursday, May 14, 2009, it lost 98.9 billion yen ($1 billion) in the fiscal year through March, its first annual net loss in 14 years, and projected it would lose even more money this year amid a slump in consumer demand for electronics goods The New York Times
Comeback Heralded for Japan Giants in Electronics
| TOKYO — Buoyed by a long-awaited turnaround in its television and video game businesses, Sony said Thursday it swung to a net profit of ¥25.7 billion, or $293... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Business   Electronics   Japan   Photos   Wikipedia: Sony  
Business Entertainment
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- Let's Ease Up On China About the Yuan
Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400 ready to take off at Montral-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in September 2009.
JAL to spend $2.8 bn to procure 65 aircraft: Report
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- Gary Sinise's Lt. Dan Band to rock NC army town
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- Devil may wear Prada, but Virgin Mary dons Louis Vuitton
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A Metro Railway Transit ( MRT ) located in Ortigas Station , Ortigas City , Philippines , April 1 , 2009.
MRT bonds sold at 35% discount
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Crime Health
- Arizona Immigration Law Sets Dangerious Precedent
- School principal found guilty of sexually abusing boys
- Ramsey vows to weed out bad officers from Philadelphia polic
- Hanged serial killer leaves legacy so others can learn from
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
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- Red Bull's Vettel takes pole in Hungary
- Cheers! Drinking red wine 'can help you live longer'
- Drinking red wine 'can help you live longer'
- Lewis: King Tut spins gyros, not economic myths
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in New York.
Escaping the 'Capitalism-Trap'
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Trading Politics
- Nikkei slips on fears US recovery stalling; Sony up
- World stocks fall as data takes shine off earnings
- Nikkei slips on fears US recovery stalling; Sony up
- European Stocks Open Lower
Specialist Neil Gallagher smiles as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. A surprised Wall Street jumped Tuesday at the Federal Reserve's historic decision to further slash interest rates and pledge broad support to reinflate the troubled economy
World stocks fall as data takes shine off earnings
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- 'Sympathetic' terrorist play gets boost
- Canada of Green Gables
- RCMP command is still a mess
- All those in favour of making a decision, say maybe
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, people wait to board trains at the West Railway Station in Beijing, China.
Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis
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