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1 week ago | 
gurutrade.com | Junko Fujita |Tom Hogue |Varun H K |Rashmi Aich
TOKYO, April 14 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average ended higher on Monday, as iPhone-related shares jumped after the United States excluded smartphones and other electronics from steep tariffs.
The Nikkei gained 1.18% to close at 33,982.36, after gaining as much as 2.22% earlier in the session.
The broader Topix rose 0.88% to end at 2,488.51.
"The market is still swayed by various headlines," said Yugo Tsuboi, chief strategist at Daiwa Securities.
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1 week ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Tom Hogue |Andrea Shalal |Kantaro Komiya |Jeff Mason
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he doesn't think a foreign company should control U.S. Steel, repeating comments made last week that dimmed hopes for the $15 billion bid by Japan's Nippon Steel to buy...
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2 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Stella Qiu |Tom Hogue |Sonali Paul
SYDNEY, April 8 (Reuters) - A measure of Australian business activity was largely unchanged in March before the turmoil from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs hit, a survey showed on Tuesday, while confidence dipped further into negative territory.
The survey from National Australia Bank (NAB) showed its index of business conditions edged up 1 point to +4 in March, but remained below long-run averages.
The confidence index fell 1 point to -3.
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2 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Leika Kihara |Tom Hogue |Shri Navaratnam
BOJ keeps economic assessment steady for all 9 regions Some firms worried of US tariff impact on profits, BOJ says BOJ paints rosy view on domestic wage, inflation outlook Trump-induced uncertainty casts shadow over BOJ's rate-hike path Govt to compile extra budget to cushion blow, Kyodo says TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan said uncertainty over Japan's economy was growing as some firms worried about the hit to profits from higher U.S. duties, a sign President Donald Trump's...
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2 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Ankur Banerjee |Tom Hogue
SINGAPORE, April 7 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has raised the odds of a U.S. recession to 45% in the next 12 months, joining other investment banks in revising their forecast as fears of a trade war grip markets after sweeping tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump.
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1 month ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Tom Hogue |Jack Queen |Ross Colvin |Nia Williams
(Reuters) -A federal judge said on Thursday the Social Security Administration likely violated privacy laws by giving tech billionaire Elon Musk's aides "unbridled access" to the data of millions of Americans, and ordered a halt to further record...
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Liz Lee |Shi Bu |Tom Hogue |Saad Sayeed
BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) - Joblessness among youth in Chinese cities rose a second month in February, tracking the nation's jobless rate which reached a two-year high, official data showed on Thursday.
The urban jobless rate for 16-to-24-year-olds, excluding students, grew to 16.9% from 16.1% in January, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
The unemployment rate for 25-29-year-olds climbed to 7.3% from 6.9%, as did the jobless rate for 30-59-year-olds at 4.3% from 4.0%.
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1 month ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Cynthia Osterman |Tom Hogue |Jack Queen |Muralikumar Anantharaman
(Reuters) -Cable outlet Newsmax Media has paid $40 million to settle allegations it defamed Smartmatic by reporting false claims that the voting machine company helped rig the 2020 U.S. election for Joe Biden over Donald Trump, according to a...
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Ananda Teresia |Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman |Jacqueline Wong |Tom Hogue
JAKARTA, March 12 (Reuters) - Indonesia is set to impose an anti-dumping import duty on nylon film from China, Thailand and Taiwan, according to a finance ministry regulation published on Wednesday.
The regulation will take effect this month and last for the next four years, the regulation said.
The ministry listed companies from China, Thailand and Taiwan that would be slapped with the import duty, which will range from 1,254 rupiah to 31,510 rupiah ($0.076-$1.92) per kg.
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1 month ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Laurie Chen |Tom Hogue |Lincoln Feast |Ethan Wang
BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing will "resolutely counter" U.S. pressure on tariffs and the fentanyl issue, China's foreign minister said on Friday, adding that major powers "should not bully the weak", in a veiled swipe at the Trump administration's...
