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Japan posts bigger-than-expected trade gap as energy imports jump
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan reported a wider-than-expected trade deficit in February as an energy-driven surge in import costs added to vulnerabilities for the world's third-largest eco...
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Japan to revoke Russia’s most-favoured nation trade status -sources
By Kentaro Sugiyama and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will revoke Russia's most-favoured nation trade status as part of further sanctions against Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine,...
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S.Korea’s February jobless rate falls record low
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's annual unemployment rate fell to the lowest on record in February, with jobs growth staying at a near 22-year-high, though the increase was mainly due to a ...
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For one Japanese salaryman, nearly a decade of $4 annual pay rises
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese accountant Masamitsu has not travelled or gone to the cinema in years and rarely eats out. Instead, his annual salary of about $34,000 goes to support his fam...
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Japan March manufacturers’ mood up, Ukraine crisis clouds outlook – Reuters Tankan
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturers' business confidence improved for the first time in three months in March, as automakers became less pessimistic, though firms feared a fresh...
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Japan Inc expected to announce modest wage hikes after annual talks
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top firms are set to offer pay rises of around 2% or more as annual labour talks wrap up on Wednesday, a boost from last year's razor-thin increase that ...
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Buttressing Greenland – a bailout in China’s distressed property sector
By Engen Tham and Xie Yu SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Greenland Holdings Corp Ltd, a major Shanghai-based Chinese state-backed property developer responsible for marquee projects at home and abroad,...
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Brazil unveils plan to cut taxes on forex transactions by 2029
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government published a decree on Tuesday to phase out taxes on financial operations using foreign exchange, known as IOF taxes, as part of an effort to join the Organizat...
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Man facing child porn charges out of federal custody
PEORIA, Ill. – The Stark County man accused of using his in-home tanning bed to try and get nude photos of minors is out of federal custody. 25 News reports Jason Musselman, 34, of Toulon, was r...
Will Stevenson Mar 15, 2022
Mexico’s Grupo Aeromexico shares slump after public tender offer closes
MEXICO CITY, Mar 15 (Reuters) - Mexico's Grupo Aeromexico shares plunged for a fourth day in a row on Tuesday after nearly a fifth of the company's capital was sold at 1 cent a share through a public ...
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