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Toshiba - Laptops - Computers
Electronics   Photos   Profit   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Toshiba  
 Reuters 
Toshiba plans to double operating profit by 2014-15
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said on Thursday it aims to more than double its annual operating profit in three years to $5.6 billion, by expanding its social infrastructure busine... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Sharp - Television - Technology
Economy   Japan   Photos   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Tokyo Stock Exchange  
 The Times Of India 
Tokyo stocks rebound, close up 0.86%
TweetTOKYO: Tokyo stocks reversed early losses to finish 0.86 percent higher Thursday, as Japan reported better-than-expected growth figures although concerns over political turmoil in Greece continue... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Jollibee branch in Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City - PHilippines  Xinhua 
Investments up, stocks tumble in the Philippines
| By Alito L. Malinao | MANILA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine economy was marked by both positive and negative developments in the past few days, with a huge surge in investments registered last m... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Economy   Investments   Market   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Philippines  
The Nikon D70 reveals a recent F-mount design, including aperture lever (left), CPU contacts (top), and mechanical AF linkage (lower left).  The Times Of India 
Nikkei slips on Greece fears but Japan GDP supports
Tweet | TOKYO: The Nikkei share average slipped on Thursday on heightened concerns over Greece after news that some Greek banks have been denied funding by the European Central Bank, though upbeat Jap... (photo: Creative Commons / Jastrow)
Economy   Greece   Japan   Photos   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225  
Top Stories
Samsung Mobile Phones The Guardian
Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple order report
SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares in Samsung Electronics Co slumped more than 6 percent on Wednesday, wiping $10 billion (6 billion pounds) off the electronics giant's market valu... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Apple   Market   Photos   Samsung   Wikipedia: Samsung Electronics  
20082010 Toyota Yaris (NCP90R) YR 3-door hatchback, photographed in Sandringham, New South Wales, Australia. Reuters
Nikkei falls 0.9 pct, deep in "oversold" territory
| * Index falls to fresh 3-1/2-month low * Big banks offer support on strong earnings guidance * Hankyu Hanshin, Taiheiyo Cement surge on MSCI inclusion * Hokuhoku Financ... (photo: Creative Commons / OSX)
Economy   Market   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Toyota  
A small pile of snow is seen outside an Isuzu branch office in Springfield, Illinois, USA as seen on this January 22, 2010 file photo. Atlanta Journal
World stocks mixed amid Greek political impasse
| BANGKOK — World stocks were held in check Tuesday by a political impasse in Greece that could lead it to a destabilizing exit from the euro currency union. Shizuo... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Bangkok   Greece   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225  
Nissan - Automaker The Times Of India
Nikkei closes at 3-1/2 month low on Greece fears
Tweet | TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a 3-1/2 month closing low on Tuesday, weighed down by exporters with exposure to Europe after Greece struggled to form... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Greece   Nikkei   Photos   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Nissan Motors  
Mazda - Automaker Jakarta Globe
Mazda Leads Japanese Automaker Shares Lower on Yen
Mazda Motor Corp., Japan’s most export-reliant carmaker, led shares of the nation’s automakers lower as mounting concerns about the European debt crisis drove the yen... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Business   Economy   Motor   Photos   Wikipedia: Mazda  
Business Entertainment
- G-8 leaders put focus on European financial crisis
- G8 Leaders Put Focus on Europe
- G8 leaders tackle Europe's woes
- G-8 leaders put focus on European financial crisis
US President Barack Obama is pictured in the oval office at the white House at the end of his meeting with France's new President Francois Hollande on May 18, 2012 in Washington DC prior to attend the G8 summit in Camp David.
Obama weighs in on Euro economic crisis
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- Japanese woman, 73, scales Everest for the second time
- NIS America struck gold with the “Kimi ni Todoke: From Me
- Hollywood Movie Marketing Makes For a Great Use of This Aban
- >Which Insane Stunt Crew Will Be the Jackass of the Future?
Tokyo Sexwale, South African Businessman, human rights activist and former politician at the 2007 World Economic Forum on Africa, Jun 13-15 2007, Cape Town
Sexwale could be compromise candidate
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Crime Health
- Sexwale lashes back at report by insisting Mdluli be probed
- Sexwale calls for Mdluli probe
- Army Convoy Heading Towards NATO Summit As Chicago Law Enfor
- Are Americans Catching On, Waking Up, Unplugging?
The Milwaukee Art Museum from the north at night. The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) is located on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Milwaukee Art Museum makes proposal to restore War Memorial
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- SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
- Indians rewriting Everest story
- Tiananmen Square activist loses latest bid to return to Chin
- Fukushima Still Grapples With Nuclear Stress
onservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh talks with guests in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, prior to a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Australian Prime Minister John Howard.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Rush Limbaugh Defends Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Over Tax Allegations
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Trading Politics
- Japan looks to central bank to pay for Iran oil: Nikkei
- Japan looks to central bank to pay for Iran oil: Nikkei
- Japan looks to central bank to pay for Iran oil: Nikkei
- Japan looks to central bank to pay for Iran oil: Nikkei
Sharp - Television - Technology
Tokyo stocks rebound, close up 0.86%
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- G8 Camp David summit targets 'growth and stability'
- Something's happening here; What it is, is exactly clear
- Quebec Students Mobilize Against Draconian Law Aimed at Brea
- G8 leaders to discuss Afghanistan, European crisis
File - Chinese soldiers look at cars confiscated from a company owned by fugitive smuggling suspect Lai Changxing, including a bullet-proofed Mercedes Benz, at an anti-smuggling exhibition in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004.
China sentences fugitive smuggler Lai to life term
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