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| | | ... Japan's powerhouse export sector, potentially dealing another problem to an economy already wracked by an earthquake, tsunami and evolving nuclear crisis. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed higher on Friday after the Group of Seven nations agreed to ... |
| | | | ... attention in the markets centred on Japan, which is trying to deal with the effects of last week's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, notably a potential meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant. So far, there is some relief that the worst scenarios ... |
| | | | ... contemporary times - the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98, September 11 terrorist attacks on the US in 2001, the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the GFC in 2008 -- spooked and tested investors' nerves. All turned out to be ... |
| | | | ... stronger yen hurts Japan's exporters, potentially dealing another blow to the economy already racked by an earthquake, tsunami and evolving nuclear crisis. Meanwhile, the Commerce Department reported that new home construction fell to the second-lowest ... |
| | | | ... reaction is denting investors' portfolios unnecessarily. "The response of financial markets to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami is becoming increasingly unrelated to the potential impact on the economy and Japan's trading partners. We believe this ... |
| | | | ... Japan remains the dominant theme for global investors, with concerns the disaster caused by last week's earthquake and tsunami will slow global growth. It sparked plunges on Asian markets on Tuesday, and the local market hit a six-month low, but falls ... |
| | | | ... 11 March 2011 when Japan was ravaged by a 9.0 magnitude (initially measured as 8.9) that triggered an equally forceful tsunami and now melting down of its nuclear reactors. A warning to financial markets to "beware the ides of March." According to enotes.com ... |
| | | | ... dangerous levels of radiation were leaking from a crippled nuclear plant. The plant was damaged in last week's earthquake and tsunami. Japan, the world's third-largest economy, accounts for 10 per cent of US exports. "It's a situation where you sell ... |
| | | | ... as the worst since WW2. At a press conference in Tokyo, the PM declared that, "The current situation of the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear plants is in a way the most severe crisis in the past 65 years since World War II." It may well be, perhaps ... |
| | | | ... reflect uncertainty over the effects of political turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East, and the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. On the ASX 24 at 0718 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was five points lower at 4,604. In economics ... |
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