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Japan market plunge sparks global sell-off; U.S. stocks dip, rebound
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Wall Street followed Europe in a broad sell-off following a 7.3% overnight plunge in Japan's stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 107.1 points, or 0.7%, to 15,200.07 shortly after the opening bell in New York. The broader Standard &...Tags: Labor Markets, NASDAQ, Federal Reserve, Nikkei, Unemployment Benefits
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Father, son sentenced to prison for rhino horn trafficking
Saying she wanted to send a message against the “extremely serious” crime of trafficking in rhinoceros horns, a federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a father and son to nearly four years in prison for selling hundreds of pounds of horns highly...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Africa, Lawyers, Organized Crime
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Alison Wright, photographer, chases faces, grace
Alison Wright got her first camera at age 10, a Kodak Instamatic. Then she learned there was such a thing as a photojournalist, a person who traveled the world taking pictures. So that was that. She had a career – a career that would eventually...
Tags: Indigenous People, Arts, Dalai Lama, Interior Policy, Haiti
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Toyota annual profit more than triples, sales rise 18.7%
Riding a wave of increased auto sales, a weakening Japanese yen and a fresh lineup of vehicles, Toyota Motor's profits more than tripled during its most recent fiscal year. The Japanese automaker said earnings for the fiscal year ended March 31 rose...
Tags: Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, General Motors Corp., Earnings Forecasts, Volkswagen
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Toyota profit booms
Toyota's quarterly profit more than doubled to 313.9 billion yen ($3.2 billion) as cost cuts and better sales worked with a weakening yen to add momentum to the automaker's comeback. Toyota Motor Corp., which last year reclaimed the title of world's...
Tags: Ford, Asia, Manufacturing and Engineering, Toyota Recalls, Shinzo Abe
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Russia, Japan renew quest for elusive WWII peace treaty
World War II lingers for Russia and Japan. Nearly 68 years after the fighting ended, the two Asian powers have yet to sign a peace treaty. That could change now that the leaders of both countries have solid nationalist credentials and could pull off...
Tags: Treaties, Politics, Japan, Russia, Shinzo Abe
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Summer Movie Sneaks complete list
The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...
Tags: Zachary Quinto, Movies, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen, Ron Livingston
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Pictures in the News | April 26, 2013
FrameworkFriday's Pictures in the News begins in New Jersey with a full moon rising behind a roller coaster that remains stranded in the ocean after Casino Pier was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. The six month anniversary of... -
The Week in Pictures | April 22 – April 28, 2013
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Pictures in the News | April 25, 2013
FrameworkThursday's Pictures in the News begins in Texas with the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The library features more than 70 million pages of paper records, 43,000 artifacts,... -
Pictures in the News | April 23, 2013
FrameworkTuesday's Pictures in the News begins with fan reaction to a last second playoff win for the Los Angeles Clippers over the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the NBA playoffs.... -
Pictures in the News | April 22, 2013
FrameworkMonday's Pictures in the News begins in China, where people run to avoid falling rocks during aftershocks on their way to the city of Ya'an, southwest . On Saturday, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake jolted China's Sichuan province, clogging roads and causing...
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