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Cabin attendant strike prompts Lufthansa to scrub 930 flights
Lufthansa has canceled 930 flights scheduled for Wednesday at three hubs in Germany after efforts failed to halt an ongoing strike by flight attendants. The cancellations affect 100,000 travelers going to or from Frankfurt, Munich and Duesseldorf. They were announced even as the airline and the union said late Tuesday ...
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Mitsubishi Regional Jet’s maiden flight set for Wednesday
The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan’s first domestically produced passenger jet, will make its maiden flight Wednesday morning at Nagoya Airport, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. said. Mitsubishi Aircraft, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., had said the first flight of the small passenger jet would take place between Monday and Friday. ...
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Sony finally to stop making Betamax videotapes
Sony Corp. says it will stop making Betamax videotapes, calling it quits after sticking with the product for four decades after it was beat in the marketplace by the more popular VHS format. “Sony will stop the shipment of Betamax videocassettes and micro MV cassettes in March 2016,” the company ...
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Dollar steady above ¥123.30 in Tokyo trade
The dollar held steady above ¥123.30 in late Tokyo trading on Tuesday amid a dearth of fresh incentives following strong U.S. jobs data released late last week. At 5 p.m., it stood at ¥123.35-35, against ¥123.38-39 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.0758-0759, against $1.0763-0764, and at ...
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Panel to urge sharp rise in higher minimum wage to help meet GDP goals
A government panel of representatives from academic and business sectors will call for a sharp hike in the minimum wage to boost nominal gross domestic product to ¥600 trillion within five years, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. At Wednesday’s meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, ...
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Nikkei climbs as traders buy on dips
The Nikkei reversed early losses to close higher on Tuesday thanks to buying on dips. It gained 28.52 points, or 0.15 percent, to finish at 19,671.26. On Monday, the Nikkei surged 377.14 points. The Topix closed down 1.49 points, or 0.09 percent, at 1,589.48, after gaining 27.38 points the previous ...
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Current account surplus quadruples in April-September as imports fall
The current account surplus in the April to September period more than quadrupled from a year earlier, the government said Tuesday. There was a notable gain in the travel surplus in addition to a fall in the value of imports due to cheaper crude oil. The surplus of ¥8.69 trillion, ...
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Bigeye tuna prices expected to rise by end of year
Bigeye tuna prices are expected to rise sharply toward the end of the year, chiefly because domestic inventories are decreasing due to falling imports reflecting the weaker yen. Bigeye tuna is mainly served at kaitenzushi conveyor-belt sushi restaurants and sold at supermarkets. As its wholesale prices rise gradually, retailers and ...
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U.S. says Takata air bag recalls may widen to more carmakers
The Takata Corp. air bag recall already affecting a dozen automakers in the U.S. may widen as the nation’s regulator heightens its scrutiny of the devices. Volkswagen, Daimler, Jaguar Land Rover and Tesla Motors are among carmakers still using Takata air bags with ammonium nitrate, a chemical propellant that U.S. ...
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Tag Heuer, Intel, Google boast $1,500 ‘world’s smartest luxury watch’
A leading Swiss watchmaker and two technology titans have combined forces to produce a computerized wristwatch billed as the “world’s smartest luxury watch.” Tag Heuer CEO Jean-Claude Biver said his company has been building mechanical watches for 155 years but knew little about building an Internet-connected device that younger buyers ...