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Reuters - Business News, 24.04.13 06:50 UTC

Insight: Ageing deepens debt-laden Europe's economic woes

By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent RIGA/LISBON | Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:35am EDT RIGA/LISBON (Reuters) - Long after the debt crisis is over, Europe will be grappling with an even more ...

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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 06:05 UTC

Australia central bank to invest in Chinese bonds

Australia's central bank says it will invest up to 5 percent of its foreign currency reserves in Chinese government bonds as economic and business ties between the two countries deepen.

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Reuters - Business News, 24.04.13 05:31 UTC

Asian shares rise on firm U.S. earnings, soft money outlook

By Chikako Mogi TOKYO | Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:14am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares advanced on Wednesday, tracking global equities higher on the back of solid U.S. earnings, but the euro was ...

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Reuters - Business News, 24.04.13 05:20 UTC

BOJ's new price forecasts Friday to be credibility test

By Leika Kihara TOKYO | Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:07am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is set on Friday to project that it will meet its 2 percent inflation target in two years, a forecast analysts ...

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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 05:08 UTC

Toyota still world's No. 1 in global vehicle sales

Toyota is still the world's No. 1 automaker in global vehicle sales after the first quarter of this year, although the three-way race with General Motors and Volkswagen is proving tight.

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Telegraph, 24.04.13 04:34 UTC

Fukushima nuclear plant struggling with rat problem

Japan's damaged nuclear power plant is suffering from a growing problem with rats.

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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 00:34 UTC

Boeing: Tests of 787 battery should have been tougher

At Tuesday s hearing by the National Transportation Safety Board into the 787 Dreamliner battery design, Boeing conceded that its certification testing fell short and needs to be tightened in the future.

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 18:55 UTC

Nevada quake lab has new $4M research project

The University of Nevada's world-renowned earthquake laboratory has launched a nearly $4 million research project aimed at making nonstructural parts of buildings more earthquake proof.

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Popular Science, 23.04.13 18:20 UTC

Radioactive Gases Detected From North Korea's Recent Nuclear Bomb Test

The gases help confirm it really was a nuclear test.

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Reuters - Business News, 23.04.13 16:44 UTC

Bank of Japan QE needed, but structural reforms also important

By Stanley White TOKYO | Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:19pm EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan should stick with its expanded quantitative easing to achieve its inflation target, but this may not be ...

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