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WisdomTree Finds That Japan Giveth and Japan Taketh Away

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 10:40 am

WisdomTree Investments Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF) has been winning and winning due to its great Japan bet on a hedged Japan Equity ETF, which moved to eliminate the currency risks of the ...
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As Rebuilding Tapers Off, So Does Japan’s Economy

Posted: October 2, 2012 at 9:01 am

Japan’s recovery from the devastating tsunami and earthquakes of March 2011 have boosted the country’s gross domestic product to real growth of 2% in 2012. But the building boom is ...
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Japan Boosts Payments for Solar Power (FSLR, SPWR, TSL, STP, YGE, SHCAY, MMM)

Posted: June 18, 2012 at 1:13 pm

The solar PV industry just got a little bright. The government of Japan has approved a new feed-in tariff plan for the country that will pay developers of solar energy ...
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Japan Considers Yen Intervention

Posted: June 1, 2012 at 1:01 pm

A sharply rising Japanese yen raises the possibility that the Bank of Japan will intervene in currency markets to push down the nation’s currency. The USD-JPY exchange rate plunged to ...
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Micron Bids for Japan’s Bankrupt Elpida (MU, INTC)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 9:50 am

Japanese DRAM maker Elpida Memory filed for bankruptcy last month, and the company has now decided to find a new management team to run the company. A report in Taiwan’s ...
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China Holdings Of US Debt Soars

Posted: February 28, 2011 at 8:29 pm

MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES: Treasury Dept (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD New 5/ Old 5/ Series Series Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug ...
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Japan’s Economy Dismantled One Piece At A Time: Yen Rises, Stock Market Fall

Posted: August 24, 2010 at 4:52 am

Japan's Nikkei hit a 15-month low and traded below the 9,000 level. The yen reached a 15-month high against the dollar at 84.24. Japan Finance Minister reacted by saying that ...
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Finally Official: China Passes Japan In GDP, Now The Hard Part

Posted: August 16, 2010 at 4:57 am

It is finally official. China passed Japan in GDP in the second quarter and is likely to lengthen its lead as Japan's growth is stalled at under 1% and China's ...
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Yahoo! Japan To Use Google Search Technology

Posted: July 27, 2010 at 4:59 am

Yahoo! Japan will use the Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) search engine technology. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has a stake in the Japan operation, but is not the controlling shareholder. The decision ...
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Japan Election: The First Blow To Global Austerity Plans

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 5:17 am

The ruling Japanese party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), lost its control of the upper house of the nation's legislature. The results may make it harder for the DPJ ...
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