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A migrant worker picks up a bottle of water during a break from his work near a construction site at Beijing's Central Business District Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. China has overtaken Japan as the world's second-largest economy.
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 The Independent 
Boom...or bust: Is China heading for big trouble?
| A surge in bank lending. A speculative rush to buy houses - not just second properties, but third or fourth homes. Soaring property prices. Banks hiding the loans off their balance sheets. Surely it... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan)
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Europe stocks gain and yen near 15-year high
| London: European stocks edged higher yesterday after US shares climbed, but the dollar struggled as markets braced for a key US labour report expected to show more job losses, clouding the outlook f... (photo: Creative Commons / Atamari )
Pedestrians wait to cross a street in front of an electric board in Tokyo as Japan's key stock index plunged a stunning 9.6 percent Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 to close out its worst week in history. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index tumbled 881.06 points to 8,276.43, its lowest since May 2003. It was its biggest one-day percentage loss since the stock market crash of October  The Guardian 
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, dollar rise on signs recovery on track
* Risk assets rally on jobs report, falter on other data * Dollar rallies versus yen after U.S. jobs data * U.S. bonds fall sharply, then pare losses on ISM report * Oil flip-flops, falls after servic... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
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Pedestrians are reflected on an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days as the government moved to shore up the country's banking system amid the global credit crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose almost 3.6 percent to 9,005.59. In Tokyo, shares rose amid hopes for better-than-expected corporate earnin  Money Week 
What's crimping Japan?
| Currency traders may talk of the yen soaring to a new record against the dollar, but no one is getting excited about Japanese stocks. Indeed, the Nikkei 225 index has fallen even as the yen has stre... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
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A high school student passes by a stock indicator in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 12, 2007. Japanese stocks rose Friday, helped by another record close on Wall Street and the dollar's rise above 120 yen, a boon to the nation's key export sector. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 218.84 pints, or 1.30 percent, to finish the day's trading at 17,057.01 points on the Tokyo Stock Exc Insurance Newsnet
Briefing.com: Stock Market Update - 09:02 ET
| Sep 03, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Stock Market Update | Updated: 03-Sep-10 | The market at 09:02 ET | Dow: ... | Nasdaq: ... S&P: ... | NYSE Vol: .. Adv: ..... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
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Experts see trouble ahead for developed world
| Israeli President Shimon Peres, center, arrives for the "Intelligence on... | CERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) - Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltd... (photo: Creative Commons / Ichwan Palongengi)
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Wines - Alcohol - Drinks The Daily Telegraph
Alcohol drinking in Britain sees sharpest fall since 1948
Consumers drank on average five bottles of wine fewer last year as health concerns and the recession combined to bring biggest drop in alcohol consumption since records b... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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Chocolate The New York Times
Local Chocolate, for Local Consumption
| BERGL, AUSTRIA — In 1996, Josef Zotter’s bakery business in Graz, Austria, was floundering. Facing bankruptcy, he decided to close shop and go back to his r... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007. The New York Times
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange in... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius is on display at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. Toyota said on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 it has received 77 complaints in Japan over brake problems with its popular hybrid. The New York Times
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
| TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | W... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
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A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris The New York Times
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain t... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
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A Fiat logo is seen on a car retailer's window in Milan, Italy, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Fiat Group CEO Sergio Marchionne will become the chief executive of Chrysler after the U.S. automaker emerges from bankruptcy, a Fiat spokesman confirmed Thursday. Marchionne, the 56-year-old dual Canadian and Italian citizen, has been tipped for the job since the Italian automaker reached a deal to take a 20-percent stake in the bankrupt Chrysler. U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has said Chrysler could comes out of a "surgical" bankruptcy in 30 to 60 days  much more quickly than usual. Marchionne, meanwhile, also is in talks to take over General Motor's operations in Europe  Germany's Opel, Britain's Vauxhall and Sweden's Saab, and Fiat confirmed that it is also interested in GM's Latin American operations. The Examiner
Auto News: Ferrari parent company Fiat strikes rental car deal with Hertz
| Go Green Cars! | If you are a fan of European exotic cars and the new eco friendly design of the Fiat 500 (made by Ferrari parent company Fiat Group), check this story ... (photo: AP / Luca Bruno)
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