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Japan on Thursday passed its biggest-ever budget, a $937 billion spending package aimed at propping up growth as consumers brace for the country’s first...
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Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Thursday marked his first year in the job, with critics giving a mixed report card on his...
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First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits climbed last week but the overall trend continued to head slowly downward, government data released Thursday showed. Initial...
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China’s yuan weakened against the US dollar on Thursday to its lowest level in nearly 13 months, but analysts said it would help authorities...
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Switzerland’s central bank on Thursday kept its key interest rate unchanged and restated its longstanding pledge to prevent the Swiss franc from gaining too...
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US businesses in China are increasingly concerned about Internet censorship, data security and air pollution in the world’s second-largest economy, according to a survey....
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EU member states and the European Parliament reached an accord Thursday on a new regulatory system designed to prevent a failing bank from wrecking...
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New Zealand’s economy expanded 0.9 percent quarter-on-quarter in October-December 2013, taking annual growth to 2.7 percent, official data showed Thursday. The figures, driven by...
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Venezuela upped pressure on the opposition Wednesday after weeks of protests, arresting the mayor of the town where they started and seeking a probe...
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Venezuela’s intelligence service arrested and charged the opposition mayor of restive San Cristobal, where anti-government protests broke out more than a month ago. Interior...