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* Nikkei hits highest since July 2007 * Financials, insurance stocks higher * Fanuc contributes hefty positive points on capital spending news By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average rose to a near eight-year high on Monday, helped by Wall Street’s gains, while investors digested weaker-than-expected domestic growth data. The Read More

TOKYO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average hit the highest level in nearly eight years on Monday morning after Wall Street gained on the previous session. The Nikkei rose 0.7 percent at 18,047.07 in early trade, the highest level since July 2007. The broader Topix added 0.7 percent to 1,459.48 and the JPX-Nikkei Read More

The Nikkei 225 average turned lower Friday amid growing downward pressure from a rebound in the yen. The key TSE gauge lost 66.36 points to close at 17,913.36. On Thursday, the Nikkei surged 327.04 points. The Topix fell 0.01 point to 1,449.38 after rising 21.67 points Thursday. It finished lower for the first time in Read More

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Friday, retreating from a 7-1/2 year closing high as investors took profits from the previous day’s gainers such as Fanuc Corp, but buying in cyclical stocks exposed to consumer demand limited the losses. Fanuc, which rose 6.2 per cent on Thursday on media reports saying that Third Point bought Read More

North Carolina Muslims call for calm as students buried The families of three Muslim students shot dead by a white neighbor said an emotional farewell to their loved ones Thursday, reiterating calls for the killings to be treated as a hate crime. More than 5,000 people gathered for the funeral of Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, Read More

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Friday, retreating from a 7-1/2-year closing high the previous day as investors took profits from gainers such as Fanuc Corp, but buying in cyclical stocks exposed to consumer demand limited the losses. A ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine also eased tensions in the market. [ID:nL5N0VM0DB] Read More

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Former U.S. exchange student Amanda Knox is engaged: reports Former U.S. exchange student Amanda Knox, back in Seattle after being acquitted in the slaying of her British roommate in Italy and then being convicted again in absentia, got engaged last week to a rock musician she has known since middle school, U.S. media reported on Read More

* For the week, Nikkei is up 1.5 pct * Topix outperforms Nikkei as defensive shares bought * Japan Display soars on strong profit By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Friday, retreating from a 7-1/2 year closing high as investors took profits from the previous day’s gainers Read More

Feb 12 (Reuters) – Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank is in exclusive talks with Citigroup Inc to buy its credit card business in the country, the Nikkei reported, as the U.S. lender goes ahead with plans to exit consumer banking in the country. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust, part of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc, is eyeing Read More