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Taiwan's Machine-Tool Makers Show Guarded Optimism About Their 2015 Outlook
Nov 13, 2014Taiwan's machine-tool makers show guarded optimism about their 2015 outlook, with over NT$10 billion (US$333.3 million) of combined orders booked and yet jittery about several potentially risky factors. According to the Taiwan ...
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Japanese Core Machinery Orders Jumped 13.4% in January From The Previous Month
Mar 17, 2014Japanese core machinery orders jumped 13.4% in January from the previous month, the government said Thursday, indicating that companies may be willing to boost their capital spending even after a sales tax increase in April. The large ...
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Nippon Steel Has Raised Its Financial Year 2014's Profit Forecast by 13%
Nov 1, 2013The world's second-largest steelmaker, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp, has raised its financial year 2014's profit forecast from ¥300 billion to ¥340 billion, up 13%. The company contributes the profit forecast rise to cost cut ...
Tags: Steel, Construction
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The US Congress' Dance with Default Impressed Policymakers
Oct 22, 2013Deal or no deal, the US Congress' dance with default impressed policymakers and investors in China and Japan with just how vulnerable their own economic revival plans are to the next political tantrum on Capitol Hill. The 11th-hour ...
Tags: Dollar Drama, Economy
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Unveiling of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Long-Awaited Growth Strategy Did Little to Stem
Jun 6, 2013The unveiling of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's long-awaited growth strategy did little to stem the recent slide in Japanese stocks, with the Nikkei 225 closing down 3.8 per cent yesterday. And analysts warned that the measures announced -- ...
Tags: Abenomics, Growth Strategy
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Taiwan's Central Bank to Adopt Necessary Measures to Stabilize Domestic Prices
Jan 31, 2013The Japan government recently started its quantitative easing (QE) policies putting pressure on other Asia currencies. Taiwan's premier Sean Chen has urged Taiwan's central bank to adopt necessary measures to stabilize domestic prices and ...
Tags: Taiwan, Central Bank, Global Currency Battle