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Iconic Pepsi sign gets landmark designation in New York
An immense Pepsi-Cola sign on the banks of New York's East River has been declared a historic landmark after 25 years of discussion. The red neon sign was built in 1936 and installed atop a Pepsi bottling plant in an industrial area bordering the East River in Long Island City.
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Market would have been worse without negative rate, Kuroda says
The nation’s financial markets would have been in worse shape if the Bank of Japan had not adopted a negative interest rate, BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said, rejecting suggestions the new policy has been counterproductive. “I really don’t think that the introduction of the negative interest rate backfired or caused ...
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Sharp’s new humanoid phone handles more than just calls
Sharp Corp. has announced the launch of a small humanoid smartphone that responds to voice commands and can project movies on a wall. Debuting May 26, RoBoHon resembles a robot and has a screen that reflects its cellphone ancestry. It is priced at ¥198,000 with an additional monthly usage fee, ...
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Dollar climbs above ¥109
The dollar climbed above ¥109 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, as a rally on the stock market allayed investors’ risk-averse sentiment, but the currency’s topside was capped by moves to lock in profits. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥109.30-31, up from ¥108.92-92 at the same time Wednesday. The ...
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Nikkei leaps to two-week high as yen eases
The Nikkei average surged to a two-week high on Thursday, boosted by an overnight rise in U.S. equities and a pause in the yen’s ascent against the dollar. The Nikkei jumped 529.83 points, or 3.23 percent, to close at 16,911.05, its highest finish since March 29. On Wednesday, it surged ...
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Most seats empty on Hokkaido Shinkansen
Slightly more people have been riding the new Hokkaido Shinkansen Line than expected, but not enough to avoid losses, according to the bullet train’s operator. The line, which opened March 26, saw average seat occupancy of 27 percent in its first 16 days, JR Hokkaido Co. President Osamu Shimada said ...
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Japan Inc. faces biggest Abe-era profits drop on strong yen
For the past three years, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could usually count on surging corporate earnings to back up the case that his policies were turning around Japan, but that is no more. Pretax profit at the biggest companies will drop about 10 percent in the three months ending June, ...
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Intuition helps humans beat computers in thorny physics game
Computers may have us beat at chess and checkers, but new research suggests our brains still have an edge when it comes to solving certain tricky problems thanks to a very human trait: intuition. Scientists in Denmark have found that people who played a game that simulated a complex calculation ...
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Abe ally urges double dose of stimulus exceeding $184 billion
The nation needs a fresh, double-dose of stimulus to counter mounting signs of economic weakness, according to one of the key members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s brains-trust of pro-reflation advisers. The government should assemble a ¥10 trillion fiscal package, and the central bank should add the same amount to ...
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In Iowa corn fields, Chinese national’s seed theft exposes vulnerability
Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds. Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region, he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and ...