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<title>Asian stocks drop on sour U.S. market</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180217989</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 19:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  take profits after a recent rally. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index shed almost 2  ...  market heavyweights were down, including China Life Insurance, the country&apos;s biggest life insurer, which fell  ...  the dollar bought 106.66 yen midafternoon in Tokyo, down from 107.29 yen late Thursday in  ...
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<title>Tokyo Stocks Turn Down on Wall Street&apos;s Slide, Firmer Yen</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180217803</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 19:32 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  Press) - Stocks fell back on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, as U.S. equities&apos; overnight  ...  of important quarterly earnings announcements scheduled in Japan next week, including those by technology heavyweights  ...  losers included Mizuho Financial Group, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and online broker Matsui Securities. Shipping firms  ...
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<title>European shares slide, insurers hit by Munich Re forecast</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180217003</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 19:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  markets dropped on Friday, led by the insurance sector which tumbled after German re-insurance giant  ...  home loan crisis. In earlier Asian trading, Japanese share prices had closed down 1.97 percent  ...
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<title>Chinese mainland, HK to sign new economic accord</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180215497</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  have advantages in doing business with Russia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic  ...  responding to the resignation of Export Credit Insurance Corporation Commissioner Cheung Kam-kay following allegations that  ...
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<title>Yorkshire Bank owner pulls out of possible Aussie acquisition</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180212176</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 18:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  dollars (390.8m). Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Japan&apos;s Nomura have also been linked. RBS is  ...  to offload its Churchill and Direct Line insurance business, but this was dealt a blow  ...
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<title>Bangladeshi people wish Beijing Olympics a success</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180206916</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 15:49 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Olympics. Shamsul Alam, former chairman of Bangladesh Insurance Association, said in an interview with Xinhua  ...  &quot;I hope China, India, South Korea and Japan as well as other Asian countries will  ...
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<title>Lone Star raised $10 billion funds: sources</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180205517</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 14:20 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
... NEW YORK/TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Lone  ...  and investment planning at Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. Recent investments by Lone Star include  ...
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<title>KLCI down 7.5 pts at midday</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180205036</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 13:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  Seng Index down 1.93% to 22,641.04 points, Japan&apos;s Nikkei 225 down 1.91% to 13,343.14 points,  ...  which gained 18 sen to RM2.50, Manulife Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd up 15 sen to RM2.78  ...
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<title>Asia markets fall sharply, tracking Wall Street lower amid US housing, financial worries</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180204618</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 13:47 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  at US$125.49 a barrel on Thursday. In Japan, Wall Street&apos;s hefty losses took the biggest  ...  market heavyweights were down, including China Life Insurance, the country&apos;s biggest life insurer, which fell  ...  the dollar bought 106.66 yen midafternoon in Tokyo, down from 107.29 yen late Thursday in  ...
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<title>Aflac stock falls after 2Q report</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180203672</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 10:09 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  stock. A day after the Columbus-based supplemental insurance company released second-quarter earnings, the stock fell  ...  slowing policy sales in the U.S. and Japan, where the company does 70 percent of  ...
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<title>Rupee ends four paise cheaper at 42.13/14 against a dollar</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180203054</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 09:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  would relax FDI limits in sectors like insurance. In high volatility at the Interbank Foreign  ...  the euro while held steady against the Japanese Yen. The local unit strengthened against the  ...
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<title>Pink rummage sale to support cancer research</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180199303</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  her garden from Just 2 Dads Allstate Insurance.  Lynne Shrum, who won her garden  ...  . Minimum age to participate is 11. Japanese students Adopt-A-Stream Twenty-seven high school students and  ...
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<title>NZ on sale; delicious Mauritius</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180198116</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Brest and Lyon. Vehicles comes with comprehensive insurance and unlimited mileage. More: 1300 789 992;  ...  only. The ship will visit ports in Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand. More: 1300 766  ...
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<title>Tokyo Stocks Retreat in Morning on Wall St. Pullback</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180190682</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Press) - Stocks ceded ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday morning, as U.S. equities&apos;  ...  host of important earnings announcements scheduled in Japan next week, including those by technology heavyweights  ...  losers included Mizuho Financial Group, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and brokerage Nomura. Kirin Holdings, by contrast,  ...
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<title>Hino&apos;s bucking a trend</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180181590</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 05:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  The workers also will retain their health insurance benefits. Soaring gasoline prices have sent sales  ...  American vehicle manufacturers are cutting payrolls, a Japanese company has come up with a way  ...
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