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Japan's first quarter growth beats forecasts as first stimulus effects felt
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew faster than expected in January-March, expanding at its quickest pace in a year on the back of solid private consumption and a rise in exports spurred by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive monetary and fiscal...Tags: Japan, Tokyo (Japan), Consumers, Weather, Gross Domestic Product
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Google to face UK lawmakers again over tax
ReutersBy Tom Bergin LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Google Inc faces another grilling over its tax affairs from a committee of British lawmakers on Thursday who have called the company back after questions were raised about testimony given in an earlier hearing....Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry, Google Inc., United Kingdom, Justice System
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Analysis: For all the debt, there's a shortage of bonds
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Debt may be everywhere but there's a scarcity of bonds. With governments awash with debt and furiously selling new securities to fund bloated budget deficits, the idea of a bond shortage on the marketplace may sound puzzling. Yet...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Japan, Economy, Business and Finance, Mutual Funds, European Central Bank
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Budget Cuts Threaten Real-Time Tracking Of Active Alaska Volcanoes
Channel 2 NewsSome volcanoes here in Alaska have been rumbling lately, but federal budget cuts may mean less real-time monitoring of those eruptions. Since 2008, the Alaska Volcano Observatory’s budget has been cut nearly in half, from 8-million dollars to just...Tags: Volcanoes, Science and Technology, Landforms, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Geological Survey
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PREVIEW-Japan Q1 growth pickup to show early stimulus effects
Reuters* Q1 GDP forecast +0.7 pct qtr/qtr, 2.8 pct annualised * Consumption seen +0.9 pct qtr/qtr, capex +0.7 pct * First "Abenomics" report card to show early effects * Economy seen sustaining growth in Q2 as exports recover * No growth contribution from...Tags: Japan, Consumers, Consumer Confidence, Investments, Shinzo Abe
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Japan first-quarter growth pickup to show early stimulus effects
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy is expected to have grown in January-March at its fastest pace in a year due to solid private consumption and a recovery in capital investment encouraged by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recipe of aggressive monetary and...Tags: Japan, Consumers, Consumer Confidence, Investments, Shinzo Abe
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France must present credible reform plan: EU's Barroso
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday France needed to present a credible program of structural reforms as new data showed Europe's second largest economy slipping into a shallow recession. Barroso, who was...Tags: Finance, Francois Hollande, Economy, Business and Finance, France
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CORRECTED-ANALYSIS-Japan government-bond selloff sparks fears of too much, too fast
Reuters(Corrects recent range of 10-year JGB yield in 20th paragraph) * Narrowing spread of JGBs, US Treasuries could stem price fall * BOJ could frontload its JGB buying to calm markets -strategist By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - A three-day...Tags: Japan, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, G7, Credit Ratings
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Italy recession becomes longest on record as GDP slumps
ReutersROME (Reuters) - Italy's economy shrank by more than expected in the first quarter, extending the country's recession to seven straight quarters and making it the longest since quarterly records began in 1970. Gross domestic product fell 0.5 percent...Tags: European Union, Economy, Business and Finance, Italy, Labor Legislation, Weather
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EDITORIAL: Outrageous, indeed
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va."Outragaeous, if true." That's what President Obama called revelations that the IRS had been targeting conservative groups for special scrutiny. He's right �and Americans of all political persuasions should be equally outraged. According to an...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Lobbying, Civil and Public Service, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Destin fire tax proposal goes down in flames
Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton BeachVoters on Tuesday emphatically denied the Destin Fire Control District's request to increase its millage cap to 3.75 mills, the maximum the state allows. The measure was defeated by a vote of 1,685, or 80.7 percent, to 402, or 19.3 percent, according to...Tags: Elections, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Voting
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Maine shipyard workers get reprieve from furloughs
Portland Press Herald, MaineWorkers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery got a reprieve Tuesday from federal budget cuts that will require more than 600,000 civilian defense employees nationwide to take unpaid days off. The Pentagon announced that the Navy's four public...Tags: Angus King, Layoffs and Downsizing, Chellie Pingree, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense
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