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Nikkei ends rollercoaster session in positive territory (Business)...
Shares in Tokyo closed 0.89 percent higher today in a rollercoaster session that came a day after the Nikkei suffered its worst one-day drop since Japan's March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster.
Coconut Grove woman to appear in People magazine for campaign
The Coconut Grove-based volunteer humanitarian has been called into action time and time again over the years, from the Sept.
Tokyo plunges more than 7% as Asian markets fall
Asian markets fell Thursday with Tokyo plunging more than seven percent as investors took profits after weak Chinese data and signs the US Federal Reserve could start tapering off its massive stimulus measures.
How Toshiba survived the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
The first words that come to mind are innovation and achievement. Innovation by definition means "a new method, idea or product". In the technology world it can mean this among many other things like implementing new ideas that can help you achieve business value or thinking "outside the box" when delivering exceptional service to your customers.
Thai shares and the baht yesterday took a hit from China's disappointing manufacturing output and mounting concerns that the US Federal Reserve will taper its asset-buying scheme to dampen demand for emerging markets' assets.
Petra Nemcova goes bra-less on return to modelling
London, May 23 : Petra Nemcova has gone bra-less in sheer lace lingerie as she made a spectacular return to modelling.
John Piper, former Mpls megachurch pastor, deletes insensitive tweets about OKC tornado
John Piper, the recently retired pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, has made a cottage industry out of attributing natural disasters to God's vindictive will.
UPDATE 1-Japan govt: Nikkei plunge temporary, won't derail Abenomics
The biggest plunge in Japanese stock prices since a 2011 earthquake and tsunami was a temporary pullback that will not derail the government's "Abenomics" policy of loose money and fiscal stimulus, officials said on Thursday.
Annual entrance passes eyed for Skytree
The operator of Tokyo Skytree is considering issuing annual observatory entrance passes, Michiaki Suzuki, president of Tobu Tower Skytree Co., said in an interview.
Japan watchdog: Nuclear plant sits on active fault
Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath one of two reactors at an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the reactor's restart virtually impossible.
UN agency to open nuclear emergency preparedness centre in Fukushima
The IAEA, supported by the Government of Japan, will designate a new Response and Assistance Network Capacity Building Centre in Fukushima next week, according to a news release from the UN nuclear watchdog.
Rice planting resumes near Fukushima nuke plant
Farmers have resumed planting rice for market only 15 kilometres from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a local official said Wednesday.
Hundreds seek compensation in Japan nuclear crisis
Hundreds of people living just outside Japan's Fukushima prefecture say they have been denied adequate compensation after the country's 2011 nuclear disaster despite suffering elevated radiation levels.
GOP donor pledges $1M to Okla. tornado victims
WASHINGTON a?? Republican donor Foster Friess is pledging $1 million to help Oklahoma tornado victims and challenging others to match his gift.
Fumiya Saeki's favourite hobby is watching TV. One day in 2011, he saw news reports on the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan.
TWO orphans of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami were welcomed to Cornwall on Saturday as they launched their new flip-flop brand, Gandys, in the county.
Unloved Uranium is About to Get Much More Attractive
Not only is it a commodity, but nuclear power has a stigma attached to it, thanks to the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear mishap in Japan.
'Quake risk higher than estimated'
Muscat: Recent research has revealed that the Makran Subduction Zone is more prone to earthquakes and tsunami hazards than previously thought.
Top 10: Bees Hunt, Virgin Birth
"Armani the anteater's surprising pregnancy has sparked a debate over what animals are capable of when it comes to sex." NBC News Animals Archeaologists have uncovered evidence that people living in Xincun 5,000 years ago may have practiced agriculture before the arrival of domesticated rice in the region.
GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement.