JAPAN: Wealth effect could push up spending

Retail sales rose 4.2% year-on-year in February, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry...

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Dubai plan is clever first step

Nakheel, the troubled Dubai World subsidiary, yesterday announced its recapitalisation plan....

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WTO members today conclude a 'stocktaking exercise' to review the state of Doha round...

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet US President Barack Obama tomorrow, after addressing...

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International media and government commentary on China's response to the financial crisis...

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Having emerged from the recession in the second quarter of last year, and having consolidated its...

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Oil Search Ltd released a timetable today for the expansion of the 15 billion dollar Exxon...

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Sergei Bagapsh last week paid his first foreign visit -- to Moscow -- since starting his second...

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The administration has signalled that it is not planning any major GSE reform until the economic...

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EU finance ministers yesterday set Greece specific targets to bring its public deficit and debt...

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