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G7 bankers sell yen reserves to calm investors
• Emergency action halts currency's rise against dollar• Shares bounce back as global markets settle• 'Absolutely right thing to do' says OsborneShare prices have staged a comeback after G7 central...
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Japan credit rating downgraded over ballooning deficit
Japan has the highest debt-to-GDP ratio of any country in the world, with its borrowings estimated to hit 233% of annual economic output in 2011Credit ratings agency Moody's criticised the instability...
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Strong yen gives much-needed boost to British manufacturing as Japan suffers
Like many of its corporate counterparts, Nissan is a global company that happens to be based in Japan. It produced 3.75m cars last year and nearly 2.7m of them were built outside JapanJapan loves a...
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Nintendo expected to make £823m loss
Shares in video game and console maker slump after reports it is likely to make much bigger half-year loss than forecastVideo game firm Nintendo expects to make a pre-tax loss of about ¥100bn (£823m)...
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European debt crisis: MF Global files for bankruptcy protection
• MF Global files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection over $6.3bn of eurozone exposure• OECD predicts some negative growth in eurozone in 2012....• ... and calls for "bold" action from the G20•...
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The curse of success: Brazil suffers with high currency and knows not what to do
Country's rulers likely to sit tight despite concerns of exporters who have been punished with soaring price tags for their goodsOh, the curse of success. Brazil is suffering from a high currency and...
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Falling bond buying and rising yen present Japan with age-old problem
Japanese government has an implicit agreement that families invest in government bonds - but as the population ages this scheme is running out of steamJapan is a safe haven for global investors. So...
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Japan lives on borrowed money as hi-tech dream dies
Panasonic, Sharp and Sony have lost too much of their technological edge and mass appeal - as well as billions in solar panel making factoriesSharp made my first hi-fi. These days the Japanese...
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Japan falls into recession
Strong yen and diplomatic row with major trade partner China have harmed Japan's economyJapan – the world's third largest economy – has fallen into recession, hit by sluggish exports to China.Revised...
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Japan heralds 'epoch-making' monetary moves
Bank of Japan's move is the latest effort by a leading central bank to support a weak recovery from the global financial crisisThe Bank of Japan announced on Tuesday its most determined effort yet to...
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Currency war could cause lasting damage to world economy
When push comes to shove, country after country is being dragged into abetting a potentially harmful outcome for the global economy as a wholeNot many countries nowadays seek a strong exchange rate; a...
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G20 meeting: Japan won't be singled out for currency depreciation
IMF boss Christine Lagarde dismissed the possibility of an international currency conflict, saying that 'the current talk of currency war is overblown'Japan will escape censure from the G20 group of...
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George Soros 'makes $1.2bn betting against yen'
Hedge fund billionaire bet against Japanese economy in the last three months, according to reportsGeorge Soros, the hedge fund billionaire known as "the man who broke the Bank of England" for his $10bn...
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Japan banks on success of Abenomics | Joseph Sitglitz
Shinzo Abe is doing what many economists have been calling for in the US and Europe: a comprehensive programme entailing monetary, fiscal, and structural policiesThe Japanese prime minister Shinzo...
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Sony moves back into profit on weaker yen and cost cutting
Japanese electronics and entertainment company reports profits of ¥43bn for the year, following four years of lossesSony has dragged itself back to profit for the financial year to 31 March, reporting...
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Frantic phonecalls ahead of G7 yen move bring back chilling memories
Analysis: The credit crunch showed that a confidence-crushing event in one part of the globe can rapidly be transmitted – and amplified – worldwide by volatile financial marketsFor veterans of the...
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Yen currency intervention: Bank of England holdings
George Osborne has confirmed that the Bank of England is joining in the worldwide action to cap the yen, by selling some of its own yen reserves. It has just over $5bn-worth, so its share of the...
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Frantic phonecalls ahead of G7 yen move bring back chilling memories
Analysis: The credit crunch showed that a confidence-crushing event in one part of the globe can rapidly be transmitted – and amplified – worldwide by volatile financial marketsFor veterans of the...
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Yen currency intervention: Bank of England holdings
George Osborne has confirmed that the Bank of England is joining in the worldwide action to cap the yen, by selling some of its own yen reserves. It has just over $5bn-worth, so its share of the...
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G7 bankers sell yen reserves to calm investors
• Emergency action halts currency's rise against dollar• Shares bounce back as global markets settle• 'Absolutely right thing to do' says OsborneShare prices have staged a comeback after G7 central...
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