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TOKYO Japan's economy grew at an annual rate of 4.1 percent from January to March amid a gradual recovery from last year's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.The Cabinet Office said Thursday the preliminary

Instant View: Japan economy rebounds in Jan-March - 81 Minutes ago

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy rebounded in January-March from a lull in the previous quarter, shaking off the pain of a strong yen and Europe's debt crisis on solid consumer spending and rebuilding

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Singapore Q1 economic growth slows to 1.6 percent - 36 Minutes ago

SINGAPORE Singapore says its economic growth slowed in the first quarter as manufacturing fell.The Trade and Industry Ministry said in a statement Thursday that gross domestic product expanded 1.6 percent

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Japan's Furukawa: Japan economy continuing in uptrend - 81 Minutes ago

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Economics Minister Motohisa Furukawa said on Thursday that the economy continued its uptrend in January-March and that it was expected to see moderate growth in the second quarter.Furukawa

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Japan January-March GDP +1% From Previous Quarter; Reuters Consensus 0.9% (click - 100 Minutes ago

Japan's economy grew 1.0 percent in January-March from the previous quarter, powering ahead of other major industrial nations thanks to rebuilding of the tsunami-battered northeast, solid private spending

G-8 meeting at presidential retreat at Camp David, Md. - 111 Minutes ago

WASHINGTON _ U.S. presidents have long sought relief from battles inside the Beltway and have entertained visiting heads of state at Camp David, the presidential retreat nestled in a mountain range in

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Putin, Medvedev discuss issues related to G8 summit - 50 Minutes ago

MOSCOW, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday discussed issues related to the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit, the Kremlin press service

Rebuilding spurs Japan economy - 97 Minutes ago

Japan's economy grew 1.0% between January and March compared with the previous three months, official figures have shown. The expansion was slightly more than analysts had expected. Much of the growth

Japanâ??s Economy Grows More-Than-Forecast 4.1% in First Quarter - 2 Hours ago

Japanâ??s economy grew more than economists forecast in the first quarter as reconstruction from last yearâ??s earthquake boosted public investment and consumer spending rose. Gross domestic product gained

Japan Jan-March GDP up 1.0% on quarter - 65 Minutes ago

AFP - Japan's economy grew by 1.0 percent in the January to March quarter compared with the previous three months, according to the latest official data, as the world's third-largest economy mounts a

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Japan economy grows at 4.1 pct annual rate from January to March amid disaster recovery - 54 Minutes ago

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Japan PM Noda says hopes BOJ continues bold action vs deflation - 54 Minutes ago

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Thursday he hopes the country's central bank continues to take appropriate, bold monetary policy action when necessary to beat deflation. BOJ Governor Masaaki

Singapore Revised GDP Unchanged Versus Expected Rise - 58 Minutes ago

Singapore said on Thursday the economy grew 1.6 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, unchanged from its earlier estimate, confounding economists who had predicted an upward revision.ï¿½ ï¿½ Economists

Japanese Stocks Decline as Greece Crisis Outweighs Economic Data - 66 Minutes ago

May 17 (Bloomberg) --ã?? Japanese stocks fell, with the Topix Index sliding a seventh day, as concern Greeceâ??s debt crisis is worsening outweighed better-than-expected economic growth in Japan, and

Most Japanese Stocks Decline as Greece Outweighs Economic Data - 86 Minutes ago

May 17 (Bloomberg) --ã??Most Japanese stocks fell, with the Topix Index sliding for a seventh day, as concern Greeceâ??s debt crisis is worsening outweighed better-than-expected economic growth in Japan.

Japan First Quarter GDP Up 1% From Previous Quarter - 101 Minutes ago

Japan's economy grew 1.0 percent in January-March from the previous quarter, government data showed on Thursday, recovering from a lull late last year due to solid consumer spending, post-quake rebuilding

Japan First Quarter GDP Up 1% From Pervious Quarter - 111 Minutes ago

Hollande, Merkel agree on Greece, differ on fiscal policy - 116 Minutes ago

New French President Francois Hollande, who went to Berlin shortly after taking office Tuesday, engaged in a war of nerves with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over resolving Europeâ??s fiscal crisis.

ECB Stops Lending to Some Greek Banks as Draghi Talks of Exit - 116 Minutes ago

(See EXT4 GO for European crisis news.) May 17 (Bloomberg) -- The European Central Bank said it will temporarily stop lending to some Greek banks to limit its risk as President Mario Draghi signaled the

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