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WALL

COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 3, 2015
Fix fundamental TPP flaws to fit 21st century
The TPP is fatally flawed, and would allow big corporations to run roughshod over national regulations, flattening workers and family farmers alike.
WORLD
Mar 20, 2015
Body found in New Jersey river is missing WSJ reporter
A body found in a New Jersey river has been positively identified as David Bird, a Wall Street Journal reporter who disappeared more than a year ago, officials said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 13, 2015
Wall St. bounces back in broad rally; bank shares gain
U.S. stocks rose in a broad rally on Thursday, bouncing back from two straight days of losses, helped by a weaker dollar and a rally in banking shares.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 14, 2015
Wall St. gains after two-day drop; tech shares rise
U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday after a two-day decline, helped by gains in technology shares.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 8, 2015
Wall St. bounces back on job data, ECB targeting deflation
U.S. stocks bounced back on Wednesday after five sessions of losses, following strong private sector jobs data and as deflation concerns in the eurozone were seen pushing the bloc's central bank into action.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 6, 2015
Wall St. plunges 1%, weighed by commodity stocks
U.S. stocks fell on Monday, dragged down by commodity-linked shares as crude prices fell to fresh 5-1/2 year lows and a strong dollar also weighed on metals prices.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 31, 2014
Wall St. retreats from record levels; utilities fall
U.S. stocks edged lower on Tuesday, with major indexes pulling back from record levels as the recent rally lost steam, and the trend of modest moves and low volume continued heading into the final trading day of the year.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 19, 2014
Wall St. gains sharply for second day; Oracle drives tech shares
U.S. stocks climbed more than 1 percent on Thursday, extending a rally from the previous session as tech shares gained with upbeat results from Oracle.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 18, 2014
Wall St. climbs with energy shares; Fed rate decision looms
U.S. stocks climbed in early afternoon trading on Wednesday as energy sector shares surged more than 4 percent, though investors were preparing for a Federal Reserve statement that may set the stage for interest rate hikes in 2015.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Dec 13, 2014
Wall Street scores in Washington, eyes more anti-reform victories
Five years after President Barack Obama slammed Wall Street "fat cat" bankers, some of the nation's biggest banks this week successfully lobbied Congress to roll back a hotly debated provision in the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2014
For whom the Berlin Wall fell?
A quarter century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, democracy and prosperity have not really arrived for most people in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2014
Eastern Europe's 25 years of transition
Four key ingredients contributed to Central and Eastern Europe's successful transitions after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 11, 2014
China stock market-opening deal sends shares to one-month high; ruble surges
World equity markets hit their highest level in more than a month on Monday, lifted by a deal to give global investors easier access to China's $3.9 trillion stock market and more gains in U.S. equities.
EDITORIALS
Nov 10, 2014
Wall long gone but vacuum remains
The commemoration of the collapse of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, reminds us of the power of the elemental yearning for freedom as well as the failure of our leaders, in the quarter-century since, to build a world that better responds to that driving force.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 6, 2014
Wall St. up after midterm polls, ADP data; Dow hits record
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with the Dow advancing to a record after the Republican Party took control of the Senate in the midterm elections, as expected, and following a stronger-than-anticipated report on the labor market.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 31, 2014
Wall St. up on GDP, earnings; fund yearend lifts winners
U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, boosted by a strong reading on quarterly economic growth and by another round of upbeat earnings reports, including Visa, which accounted for nearly 140 points in the Dow industrials.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 14, 2014
Wall St. drops in late selloff; energy, airlines fall
U.S. stocks dropped more than 1 percent on Monday, with the S&P 500 closing below a key technical support level, as declines in energy and airline shares led a late-day selloff.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2014
Hewlett-Packard plans to split into two companies, WSJ reports
Silicon Valley stalwart Hewlett-Packard Co , which has struggled to adapt to the new era of mobile and online computing, plans to split into two companies as it looks to put more focus on the faster-growing corporate services market, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Sunday.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Toyota chairman proposes record buyout of its supplier at $42 billion valuation
Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda after a meeting in Beijing last month
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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