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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... Madrid rose 0.60 per cent and Milan added 0.55 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell, with Tokyo hit by a stronger yen and data that showed household spending tumbling after a sales tax hike, while investors await the release of key manufacturing ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... prices. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell, retreating from the previous day's gains, but Tokyo bucked the trend as the yen dipped against the US dollar. The euro edged up after suffering losses in the previous session. Tokyo rose 0.23 per cent or ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... a close eye on simmering tensions in the Ukraine and events in Thailand following a military coup, while movements in the yen will also be in focus, analysts say. On Friday, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.87 per cent, or 124.38 points, to close ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... Reserve's latest meeting. HONG KONG - Asia's markets were mixed after a tumble on Wall Street, with Tokyo weighed by a stronger yen as the Bank of Japan held off fresh monetary easing measures and said the economy was picking up. Tokyo slipped 0.24 per ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... Berlusconi leading the plunge with a fall of 8.5 per cent to 3.17 euros. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed, with a stronger yen and a slump in Sony shares pushing Tokyo's Nikkei lower despite data showing the Japanese economy accelerated in the first ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... KONG - Asian markets mostly rose following another record close on Wall Street, with Japan's Nikkei boosted by a weakening yen and Indian shares surging on an expected clear win for the BJP's Narendra Modi in general elections. Tokyo jumped 1.95 per ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... -it's massive monetary and fiscal stimulus measures (and perhaps, more to come) are designed, aimed and targeted to get the yen's exchange value down against its frenemies to boost Japanese growth and turned deflation into low-flation and then 2% inflation. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... Tokyo closed up 0.59 per cent, or 35.81 points to 14,199.59, as bargain-hunting reversed opening losses triggered by a strong yen. Sydney slipped 0.29 per cent, or 16.0 points, to end at 5,460.8, while bargain-hunting saw Seoul close up 0.31 per cent ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... markets mostly rose following Monday's pick-up on Wall Street, while the US dollar largely held on to gains made against the yen in New York. But investors were warily watching Ukraine as diplomats try to avert a civil war. Shanghai ended flat, edging ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... policy, Japan's stock market continues to trend lower. The Nikkei-225 index has sunk by 11.4% so far this year plagued by the yen's renewed strength and uncertainty over the longer-term impact of the recently implemented increase in the consumption tax ...