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Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom | FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial robots are a common s... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File) The New York Times Currency Export Germany Photos Wikipedia: Economy of Germany |
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain | TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | With the yen at 15-year highs a... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara) The New York Times Automaker Currency Markets Photos Wikipedia: Toyota |
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Four die in China landslides | BEIJING: At least four people died and 44 were missing after rain-triggered landslides struck in southwestern China. | The landslides swept through a mountain village n... (photo: AP) The Australian China Landslide Photos Weather Wikipedia: 2010 China floods |
Ferrari recalls supercar after fires | FERRARI has been forced into an embarrassing recall after a series of fires engulfed its new half-million-dollar supercar, the 458 Italia. | Five cars in Europe, the US... (photo: AP / Michael Probst) The Australian Automaker Industry Photos Safety Wikipedia: Ferrari 458 Italia |
Key to limitless energy | It is one of mankind's most daring experiments — a quest to produce virtually limitless clean energy that, if successful, would revolutionise life on Earth by har... (photo: AP / Claude Paris) Gulf News Energy Environment Nuclear Photos Wikipedia: Nuclear fusion |
Hiroshima's poisonous past | Sep 3, 2010 Hiroshima's poisonous past | By Peter J Brown | In late August, several historians and others from South Korea, China and Japan ann... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara) Asia Times Japan Photos War Crimes Weapons Wikipedia: World War II |
China makes its North Korea move | Sep 3, 2010 Page 1 of 2 | China makes its North Korea move | By Peter Lee | The Barack Obama administration's policy of "strategic reassur... (photo: AP / CCTV via APTN) Asia Times China N Korea Photos US Wikipedia: ROKS Cheonan sinking |
Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike | A spike in food prices has triggered deadly riots in Mozambique this week, and experts worry other countries that saw such unrest during the last global food crisis in ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Press Democrat Food Market Photos Prices Wikipedia: Inflation |