| Thu, 2 Sep 2010 North Korea Appears Ready to Extend Dynastic Rule
| SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader, is expected to convene a rare congress of the ruling Workers’ Party in coming days to pave the way for his son to succeed him, a feat of political engineering that would be a first in the Communist... | While you were sleeping: Outlook a bit brighter
Friday, 3 September 2010, 7:04 am | Article: Businesswire | While you were sleeping: Outlook a bit brighter | September 3 (BusinessDesk) - Stocks in Europe and on Wall Street held their ground as an unexpected gain in pending home sales, a decline in claims for jobless ... | Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial robots are a common site on auto assembly lines around the world. | Kuka said last month th... | Rivals avoid rorts in Japanese debate
| JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his leadership challenger Ichiro Ozawa both attacked the power of Japan's bureaucracy and pledged to reclaim power for elected officials in a campaign debate held yesterday. | In a subdued affair, Mr Kan, 63, passed up the ch... | Hiroshima's poisonous past
| Sep 3, 2010 Hiroshima's poisonous past | By Peter J Brown | In late August, several historians and others from South Korea, China and Japan announced the joint publication of an East Asian history book next year. The authors include prominent ... | Japan Minister Warns China on Business Rules
By YUKA HAYASHI And REBECCA BLUMENSTEIN | TOKYO—Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada warned Thursday China risks losing foreign investments unless it introduces more transparency and consistency into its business rules, including its legal framework to deal wit... | Japan to sentence Greenpeace anti-whaling activists
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* Euro up 0.1 pct vs dollar ; bond auctions support * ECB leaves rates on hold as expected * Markets await U.S. monthly payrolls report * Swedish crown hits 2-yr high on Riksbank rate hike (Recasts, throughout. Adds comments, details.) By Vivianne Rodrigues NEW YORK, Se... | |
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