By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese retail sales rose for a ninth straight month in November, data showed on Tuesday, as the lifting of COVID-19 border controls[...]
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Vietnam central bank buys dollars to shore up reserves after selloff
By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s central bank said on Tuesday it was making efforts to shore up foreign exchange reserves by buying up more U.S. dollars, after it was forced to sell[...]
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Japan’s Inpex signs 20-year LNG deal with Venture Global
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Inpex Corp, Japan’s biggest oil and gas explorer, said on Tuesday that it has signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement with U.S.-ba[...]
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Apple Japan hit with $98 million in back taxes- Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) -Apple Inc’s Japan unit is being charged 13 billion yen ($98 million) in additional taxes for bulk sales of iPhones and other Apple devices to foreign tourists that were incorrec[...]
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Japan’s jobless rate falls to 2.5% in Nov
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate fell to 2.5% in November, while the availability of jobs stayed at its highest level since March 2020, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasona[...]
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South Korean inflation expectations hit 7-month low
SEOUL (Reuters) – A major measure of the inflation expectations of South Korean consumers hit a seven-month low in December, underscoring the market’s view that the Bank of Korea’s p[...]
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Japanese shares end higher on Wall Street gains, financials weigh
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese shares ended higher on Monday, underpinned by Wall Street’s strength in the previous session, with heavyweight technology and energy stocks leading the gains, wh[...]
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China’s October domestic smartphone shipments fell 27.2%
BEIJING (Reuters) – Shipments of smartphones within China in October fell 27.2% year on year to 23.78 million handsets, a report from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technolo[...]
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Volatile rouble recovers ground after biggest weekly slump since July
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian rouble strengthened sharply in a volatile session on Monday, recovering some ground after its largest weekly slump since early July on fears ov[...]
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