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&lt;/table&gt;</description><category>Technology</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:28:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US stocks recover to lift market to fresh 17-month high</title><link>http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/us-stocks-trade-mixed-investors-shrug-positive-signs-120293</link><guid>http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/us-stocks-trade-mixed-investors-shrug-positive-signs-120293842</guid><description>After a shaky start to the day's trading, blue-chip industrial stocks staged a late rally on positive manufacturing and employment news.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:40:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japanese Stocks Rise on U.S. Economy; Property...</title><link>http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-19/japanese-stocks-rise-on-u-s-economy-property-developers-slump.html</link><guid>http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-19/japanese-stocks-rise-on-u-s-economy-property-developers-slump.html843</guid><description>Japanese stocks rose, sending the Nikkei 225 Stock Average toward its sixth weekly advance, after reports on U.S. jobless claims and Philadelphia manufacturing boosted confidence in the world's biggest economy.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:58:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Dow in 8-day Rally; 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dollar pulls back UK's rise</title><link>http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Business_News&amp;subsection=market+news&amp;month=March2010&amp;file=Business_News2010031904837.xml</link><guid>http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Business_News&amp;subsection=market+news&amp;month=March2010&amp;file=Business_News2010031904837.xml846</guid><description>London: European stock markets wobbled yesterday on investor unease over ineffectual EU efforts to resolve a debt crisis gripping Greece.</description><category>Business News,Financial Markets</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:08:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks end mixed after price, jobs reports</title><link>http://my.earthlink.net/article/bus?guid=20100318/921ca887-c370-42d3-bd1b-56acdd1903b6</link><guid>http://my.earthlink.net/article/bus?guid=20100318/921ca887-c370-42d3-bd1b-56acdd1903b6847</guid><description>In this Tuesday, March 16, 2010 file photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York.</description><category>9,New York,Financial Markets</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:54:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Euro markets wobble over Greece crisis</title><link>http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/340183/euro_markets_wobble_over_greece_crisis/?fp=2</link><guid>http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/340183/euro_markets_wobble_over_greece_crisis/?fp=2848</guid><description>Stocks are trading in a narrow range on Thursday after a fresh batch of economic reports showed the economy continues to slowly regain its strength.</description><category>Financial Markets</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:29:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>European stocks wobble on Greek debt fears</title><link>http://www.theage.com.au/business/markets/european-stocks-wobble-on-greek-debt-fears-20100319-qis8.html</link><guid>http://www.theage.com.au/business/markets/european-stocks-wobble-on-greek-debt-fears-20100319-qis8.html849</guid><description>European stock markets wobbled on Thursday on investor unease over ineffectual EU efforts to resolve a debt crisis gripping Greece.</description><category>Financial Markets</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:29:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asian shares mixed; 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China&amp;#39;s Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.1 percent and Hong Kong&amp;#39;s Hang Seng Index dropped 0.3 percent. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2Fid%2F35921584&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHLoGhZh-po39DbTGqcndrRiZL7cg"&gt;Asian Stocks End Mixed; &lt;b&gt;Nikkei&lt;/b&gt;, KOSPI Slip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNBC&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forexpros.com%2Fnews%2Fforex-news%2Fmost-asia-stocks-slip-ahead-of-u.s.-data%3B-nikkei-down-0.95-126181&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHyujY3Au9y-FpAWITGG4PVBB3xdA"&gt;Most Asia stocks slip ahead of US data; &lt;b&gt;Nikkei&lt;/b&gt; down 0.95%&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Forex Pros&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fgulfnews.com%2Fbusiness%2Fmarkets%2Fasian-stocks-rise-after-us-keeps-rates-steady-profits-improve-1.599318&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFOSE3KKgK_ughkS5t8DDDI2MjPrA"&gt;Asian stocks rise after US keeps rates steady&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;GulfNews&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiz.thestar.com.my%2Fnews%2Fstory.asp%3Ffile%3D%2F2010%2F3%2F18%2Fbusiness%2F20100318134553%26sec%3Dbusiness&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFR8BL5r3czgQWk9kIuQJ8nAeW_Ng"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Malaysia Star&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Finsurancenewsnet.com%2Farticle.aspx%3Fid%3D172694%26type%3Dnewswires&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEQ8OsqpFyV0sycK-6GUTo-Y1SwJw"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Insurance News Net (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2Fstory%2Finvesting%2Funiqlo-takes-over-asia-china-droughts-send-water-companies-surg%2F19403012%2F&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGJz7zTIIGm7NThf8FYtbUH0TzwTw"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;DailyFinance&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dgE-LeCWihR-rCMPXowaNg6tdhgcM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 46 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:45:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LEAD: Tokyo stocks fall in morning on selling for quick gains after rally - istockAnalyst.com (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.istockanalyst.com%2Farticle%2FviewiStockNews%2Farticleid%2F3957626&amp;usg=AFQjCNHKW-e25HDlrDTb-ubtBDlZbXJawA</link><guid>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.istockanalyst.com%2Farticle%2FviewiStockNews%2Farticleid%2F3957626&amp;usg=AFQjCNHKW-e25HDlrDTb-ubtBDlZbXJawA852</guid><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theglobeandmail.com%2Freport-on-business%2Fjapan-seeks-to-boost-lending%2Farticle1502943%2F&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHREKjfojVUpJzN9Vva_76J6Gc-Xg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/7T5gBlOvU2KNdM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Globe and Mail&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.istockanalyst.com%2Farticle%2FviewiStockNews%2Farticleid%2F3957626&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHKW-e25HDlrDTb-ubtBDlZbXJawA"&gt;&lt;b&gt;LEAD: Tokyo stocks fall in morning on selling for quick gains after rally&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;istockAnalyst.com (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Tokyo stocks fell slightly Thursday morning with investors taking quick profits after the key &lt;b&gt;Nikkei index&lt;/b&gt; rose sharply the previous day to finish at an &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSLDE62H0FD20100318&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHMkYOxCy8X9MFXKanELruYiNBD8Q"&gt;European shares fall in early trade; banks slip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Reuters&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fnews%2F2010-03-18%2Fjapanese-stocks-fluctuate-real-estate-drops-commodities-gain.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH_ygMpR1DFj3Fkx9nTp1MSKsfyvA"&gt;Japanese Stocks Fall the Most in Two Weeks on Real-Estate, Euro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;BusinessWeek&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rttnews.com%2FContent%2FAsianMtUpdates.aspx%3FNode%3DB3%26Id%3D1244142&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHh8tPC3RB5Lo87dH-C-tHZ2Ss9hg"&gt;Higher Open Expected For Japan Stocks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;RTT News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.123jump.com%2Fmarket-update%2FBoJ-Provide-Expands-Lending-Program%2F37206%2F&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHAGoydzw6uFpu8Z9MWyIP66WX0FA"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;123Jump.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canadianbusiness.com%2Fmarkets%2Fmarket_news%2Farticle.jsp%3Fcontent%3DD9EGU0H00&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHMTPf5pPitW0mE2tQZLTDK8lSwpQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CanadianBusiness.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FBT-CO-20100317-704880.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesAsia&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG8JVzanL0jZMStV0nowiQ6Ml_7Cg"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=du0RMQIEmVSYjhMg5IOkpi8xy7SEM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1,187 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:14:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>World markets weigh upbeat US data, Greek worries - Forbes</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Ffeeds%2Fap%2F2010%2F03%2F18%2Fgeneral-world-markets_7446249.html%3Fboxes%3DHomepagebusinessnews&amp;usg=AFQjCNF8cQgEsJKI1FZEM-F8xYuIJ9Z6bg</link><guid>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Ffeeds%2Fap%2F2010%2F03%2F18%2Fgeneral-world-markets_7446249.html%3Fboxes%3DHomepagebusinessnews&amp;usg=AFQjCNF8cQgEsJKI1FZEM-F8xYuIJ9Z6bg853</guid><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Ffeeds%2Fap%2F2010%2F03%2F18%2Fgeneral-world-markets_7446249.html%3Fboxes%3DHomepagebusinessnews&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF8cQgEsJKI1FZEM-F8xYuIJ9Z6bg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;World markets weigh upbeat US data, Greek worries&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Forbes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Japan&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;Nikkei 225&lt;/b&gt; stock average closed down 102.95 points, or 1 percent, to 10744.03. South Korea&amp;#39;s Kospi index lost 0.5 percent. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d8YZyXJkGTfpXpM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:11:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>European Stocks Trim Losses - Wall Street Journal</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704207504575128982324753588.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_business_EuropeNewsBucket&amp;usg=AFQjCNFw6iswGzZyY_G-34vg_mD5dSqInw</link><guid>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704207504575128982324753588.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_business_EuropeNewsBucket&amp;usg=AFQjCNFw6iswGzZyY_G-34vg_mD5dSqInw854</guid><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSLDE62H0LL20100318&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEqcSwZxJfcwmRxpW_Ihp_k2QAUDw"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/4ir_DrF99rFaaM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Reuters&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704207504575128982324753588.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_business_EuropeNewsBucket&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFw6iswGzZyY_G-34vg_mD5dSqInw"&gt;&lt;b&gt;European Stocks Trim Losses&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Japan&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;Nikkei 225&lt;/b&gt; ended down 0.9%, Hong Kong&amp;#39;s Hang Seng Index fell 0.2% and the Shanghai Composite dropped 0.2%. In the European foreign exchanges, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5h3kgMAkbLwyfxBdjzw8Pc4KZ7DhQD9EH0K0O0&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGtfh2ItiB6ZgOOWaDKuDa5QRRuIQ"&gt;European stocks slip on doubts over Greek rescue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Associated Press&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasdaq.com%2Fnewscontent%2F20100318%2Fasian-markets-pull-down-euro-plunges-as-greece-woes-persist.aspx%3Fstoryid%3D20100318_b3d865a9-e415-41f0-b639-d238cf8e2652_fxstreet.com&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGihTfiMmJQrYe35zUZAU58s5869Q"&gt;Asian markets pull down; Euro plunges as Greece woes persist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.todayonline.com%2FBreakingNews%2FEDC100318-0000207%2FAsian-stock-markets-mixed-as-euro-slips-amid-concerns-about-Greece&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHvtLu9lFd462RFaEEEuSCzh2XQgg"&gt;Asian stock markets mixed as euro slips amid concerns about Greece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;TODAYonline&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestreet.com%2Fstory%2F10705675%2F1%2Fasian-stocks-fall-greece-bailout-concerns.html%3Fcm_ven%3DGOOGLEFI&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHqzDPsXQSCqGRGqC9zv98azFNWPQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;TheStreet.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fapps%2Fnews%3Fpid%3D20601087%26sid%3Daq_uPASB47.A%26pos%3D1&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFQFig_uWVHpUaL2cMSQINprIRqAA"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dfjVAHKTKCqeQxMHfd3MBTWttrISM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1,072 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:39:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese Internet and TV Companies Surge, HK Automakers Rev Up - DailyFinance</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2Fstory%2Finvesting%2Fchinese-internet-and-tv-companies-surge-hk-automakers-rev-up%2F19404655%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAESnT6Nz1ZZo_7mRbOxYh3NV8vw</link><guid>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2Fstory%2Finvesting%2Fchinese-internet-and-tv-companies-surge-hk-automakers-rev-up%2F19404655%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAESnT6Nz1ZZo_7mRbOxYh3NV8vw855</guid><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSTRE62025220100315&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEqyXFlIVPE-X6h4J4rdDmwvAAMnw"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/LPdB8YIhk158-M/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Reuters&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2Fstory%2Finvesting%2Fchinese-internet-and-tv-companies-surge-hk-automakers-rev-up%2F19404655%2F&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEAESnT6Nz1ZZo_7mRbOxYh3NV8vw"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chinese Internet and TV Companies Surge, HK Automakers Rev Up&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;DailyFinance&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;In Japan, the &lt;b&gt;Nikkei 225&lt;/b&gt; lost 1% to end the day at 10744. 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In Asia, Japan&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;Nikkei 225&lt;/b&gt; fell 1 per &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2010%2F03%2F18%2Fmarkets%2Fmarkets_newyork%2F&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFIYk4isT7HLeFFEDNmo-Z9C4Rp0A"&gt;Stocks sputter at the open&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNNMoney.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FBT-CO-20100318-706381.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGYEhybtGgTGEFAOxkUxVlT4jPP5Q"&gt;BEFORE THE BELL: US Stock Futures Mixed; Concerns On Greece Debt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5h3kgMAkbLwyfxBdjzw8Pc4KZ7DhQD9EGEE501&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGD5rsOkD8pomYfjbLS1EZconEmKA"&gt;Central banks give world markets a boost&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Associated Press&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketmoves.com%2Fcategory%2FNews%2FMarket-Comment-(18th-March-2010-6-00)-201003180001%2F&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFIUH2MqSvscfAjyogAUfsrKhTnew"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Market Moves&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxbusiness.com%2Fstory%2Fmarkets%2Ffutures-rise-commodities-copper-jumps%2F&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGBzPGxbplQKaOfsdm6vqP0QC-CLA"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;FOXBusiness&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.benzinga.com%2Fmarkets%2Ffutures%2F177908%2Fus-stock-futures-signal-gains&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGM1kPYQ2NPMC7XyJmyUf7RGrHcTg"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Benzinga&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dZN7GG4hSenFQZMdJV-vEChHqRUrM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1,587 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:17:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan's Nikkei rises to 8-week high - Economic Times</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com%2Fmarkets%2Fglobal-markets%2FJapans-Nikkei-rises-to-8-week-high%2Farticleshow%2F5693593.cms&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzvdThK5NEEo76io9yb3L57Eo2gg</link><guid>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com%2Fmarkets%2Fglobal-markets%2FJapans-Nikkei-rises-to-8-week-high%2Farticleshow%2F5693593.cms&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzvdThK5NEEo76io9yb3L57Eo2gg857</guid><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSTRE62G1NF20100317&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHhkXD9J3oeEjxMhIQQy7iPN8jhBQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/49JBIq1BvhCxIM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Reuters&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com%2Fmarkets%2Fglobal-markets%2FJapans-Nikkei-rises-to-8-week-high%2Farticleshow%2F5693593.cms&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHzvdThK5NEEo76io9yb3L57Eo2gg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Japan&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;Nikkei&lt;/b&gt; rises to 8-week high&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Economic Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The benchmark &lt;b&gt;Nikkei 225&lt;/b&gt; stock index rose 125.27 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 10846.98, the highest finish since Jan. 21. The broader Topix index gained 1 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forexpros.com%2Fnews%2Fforex-news%2Fasia-stocks-hit-2-month-high-on-fed-vow%3B-nikkei-up-1.17-125977&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG32xeooxgKYidcs9yUx8p2bOPa8g"&gt;Asia stocks hit 2-month high on Fed vow; &lt;b&gt;Nikkei&lt;/b&gt; up 1.17%&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Forex Pros&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fnews%2F2010-03-17%2Fasian-stocks-rise-on-federal-reserve-s-rate-pledge-mazda-gains.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNETsS4WfNZ_Hzxy_pmAy2ds6AxVmg"&gt;Asian Stocks Rise on Federal Reserve&amp;#39;s Rate Pledge; Mazda Gains&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;BusinessWeek&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSTOE62F04Q20100316&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGvpXQzbuwZwZxbxP-jpyazZgXRbw"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nikkei&lt;/b&gt; takes breather after rally; BOJ, Fed awaited&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Reuters&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rttnews.com%2FArticleView.aspx%3FId%3D1242640%26SMap%3D1&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE2J29KgI-j4PIRu2H1VI0BPMo-NQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;RTT News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Fasian-shares-mostly-up-after-fed-boj-move-aids-tokyo-2010-03-17&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEeMkoA3iddkbHkAS6SeAaMwLBH1A"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MarketWatch&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sharecast.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsharecast%2Fstory.cgi%3Fstory_id%3D3341340&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHJy0YeqdKhuCFW2LjaXUbKxKiiKQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ShareCast&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dyjHnl9-JIJnSNMNV7yeYHZEthUpM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1,242 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:19:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asian Stocks Rise on Federal Reserve's Rate Pledge; Mazda Gains - BusinessWeek</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fnews%2F2010-03-17%2Fasian-stocks-rise-on-federal-reserve-s-rate-pledge-mazda-gains.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNETsS4WfNZ_Hzxy_pmAy2ds6AxVmg</link><guid>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fnews%2F2010-03-17%2Fasian-stocks-rise-on-federal-reserve-s-rate-pledge-mazda-gains.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNETsS4WfNZ_Hzxy_pmAy2ds6AxVmg858</guid><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theglobeandmail.com%2Freport-on-business%2Fhedge-funds-bet-against-euro%2Farticle1482165%2F&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGW0x5wzsQdMHvCEVK5pW8lokX93w"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/EKct7VbCYrwJtM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Globe and Mail&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fnews%2F2010-03-17%2Fasian-stocks-rise-on-federal-reserve-s-rate-pledge-mazda-gains.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNETsS4WfNZ_Hzxy_pmAy2ds6AxVmg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Asian Stocks Rise on Federal Reserve&amp;#39;s Rate Pledge; Mazda Gains&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BusinessWeek&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 1.5 percent to 124.76 as of 6:26 pm in Tokyo, set to close at the highest level since Jan. 19. Japan&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;Nikkei 225&lt;/b&gt; Stock &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasdaq.com%2Fnewscontent%2F20100317%2Fasian-markets-rally-as-fed-buoys-risk-appetite-euro-and-pound-gain-strength.aspx%3Fstoryid%3D20100317_b58b52ff-9a27-4c18-8b77-a9cbe3648c9e_fxstreet.com&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFydwg7ejuZUbNoTNFOBa4svyJ0-w"&gt;Asian markets rally as Fed buoys risk appetite; Euro and Pound gain strength&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rttnews.com%2FContent%2FAsianMtUpdates.aspx%3FNode%3DB3%26Id%3D1243005&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG9BnE4km_m2a6YzNtXjo6HqGm-Mg"&gt;Asian Markets Rally After Fed Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;RTT News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Fworld-forex-euro-down-vs-dollar-yen-as-asian-equities-weigh-2010-03-15&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF9t6YVAn9ZcrKMos-O7UnK_A0XoA"&gt;WORLD FOREX: Euro Down Vs Dollar, Yen As Asian Equities Weigh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MarketWatch&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5h3kgMAkbLwyfxBdjzw8Pc4KZ7DhQD9EFKKJG0&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHggYeBNifh0kx5bQGP0IPXvwQwCQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Associated Press&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fapps%2Fnews%3Fpid%3D20601087%26sid%3Da4mNyVC4xeMA%26pos%3D2&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHaEZwYgXRH-_PR1aiozCmTCIdLIQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dgD0tnyf33OxWOM68JAzE23_cMb-M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 660 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:17:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asian Stocks Rise on Federal Reserve?s Rate Pledge ... - BusinessWeek</title><link>http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-17/asian-stocks-rise-on-federal-reserve-s-rate-pledge-mazda-gains.html</link><guid>http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-17/asian-stocks-rise-on-federal-reserve-s-rate-pledge-mazda-gains.html219</guid><description>The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 1.3 percent to 124.55 as of 2:06 p.m. in Tokyo, set to close at the highest level since Jan. 19. Japan?s Nikkei 225 Stock ... The S&amp;P/ASX 200 Index rose 0.9 percent in Sydney. The Hang Seng Index jumped 1.6 percent ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asian markets up after Fed signals no rate change - BusinessWeek</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fap%2Ffinancialnews%2FD9EG3F4O0.htm&amp;usg=AFQjCNGLTFkdJRwUt5rWrYPeAoeqLRSzbA</link><guid>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fap%2Ffinancialnews%2FD9EG3F4O0.htm&amp;usg=AFQjCNGLTFkdJRwUt5rWrYPeAoeqLRSzbA220</guid><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeta.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FEconomy%2Farticle248382.ece&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHPVdKxEtn9-foMfBoYO7E1JE-CiA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ZKIZpsO2P-yB3M/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;The Hindu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fap%2Ffinancialnews%2FD9EG3F4O0.htm&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGLTFkdJRwUt5rWrYPeAoeqLRSzbA"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Asian markets up after Fed signals no rate change&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BusinessWeek&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Tokyo&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;Nikkei 225&lt;/b&gt; stock average rose 83.92 points, or 0.8 percent, to 10805.63 in early trading. 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ended up 1.2% while South Korea&amp;#39;s Kospi Composite was up 2.1%. 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In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index advanced 1.7%, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704416904575122460390699450.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF9tQbNRpoizMNJXekwUwMgpGZBKg"&gt;Asian Shares Fall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fnews%2F2010-03-14%2Fasian-stocks-rise-after-u-s-retail-sales-buoy-recovery-hopes.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHEFkSyS8K_FH8_CHq-W0mZ4fJf_w"&gt;Asian Stocks Drop for First Time in Three Days on China Concern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;BusinessWeek&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketnewsvideo.com%2F%3Fid%3D201003WeekAhead031510%26mv%3D1%26start%3D%26rpp%3D&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGW_pukQv_L57cHUFswMrfwZ9XlQw"&gt;Week Ahead Market Report: March 15, 2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MarketNewsVideo.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2Ff84ed192-3002-11df-8734-00144feabdc0.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE7SX0m5ylIG5SrdWiio8WnILZssg"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Financial Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.people.com.cn%2F90001%2F90776%2F90884%2F6920445.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFCuuMjbR9Lv44q3qYdagsuccbHXQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;People's Daily Online&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rttnews.com%2FArticlePrint.aspx%3Ftype%3DMKTANALYSIS%26id%3D474&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGmKOmytE6M318WTmNrHMwCjHdJuQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;RTT News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dyYVodES9_BYZ2M_At1kxTFs2UuuM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 333 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:16:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asian stocks end positive on Fed comments - Myiris.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myiris.com%2FnewsCentre%2FstoryShow.php%3FfileR%3D20100317155151199%26dir%3D2010%2F03%2F17%26secID%3Dlivenews&amp;usg=AFQjCNGBQApW2IfGYFHM_GViWig1HAz9Ug</link><guid>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myiris.com%2FnewsCentre%2FstoryShow.php%3FfileR%3D20100317155151199%26dir%3D2010%2F03%2F17%26secID%3Dlivenews&amp;usg=AFQjCNGBQApW2IfGYFHM_GViWig1HAz9Ug224</guid><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbusiness.rediff.com%2Freport%2F2010%2Fmar%2F17%2Ftrade-in-hang-seng-index-on-nse.htm&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEUwRWqiLE8uD36j1dbrnoEo94rBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/b91fAqqoJs-8OM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Rediff&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myiris.com%2FnewsCentre%2FstoryShow.php%3FfileR%3D20100317155151199%26dir%3D2010%2F03%2F17%26secID%3Dlivenews&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGBQApW2IfGYFHM_GViWig1HAz9Ug"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Asian stocks end positive on Fed comments&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Myiris.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Japanese benchmark index &lt;b&gt;Nikkei 225&lt;/b&gt; rose 125.27 points, or 1.17%, to end at 10846.98. Hong Kong`s Hang Seng increased 52.93 points, or 1.78%, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.rti.org.tw%2FContent%2FGetSingleNews.aspx%3FContentID%3D98024&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFIUXz9bGgsElveLudLHltVKeU6pQ"&gt;Regional Stocks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Radio Taiwan International&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.asiaone.com%2FNews%2FLatest%252BNews%2FBusiness%2FStory%2FA1Story20100316-205023.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEZtl3zjAke1UA06VwL20o_e4ErNw"&gt;Asian shares mixed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;AsiaOne&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d4Cgw424tYSPfRMnYv5FZhRjmlyJM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 58 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:49:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CORRECT: Tokyo Shares End Higher As Market Lauds BOJ Easing, FOMC Stance - Wall Street Journal</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FBT-CO-20100317-704880.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesAsia&amp;usg=AFQjCNG8JVzanL0jZMStV0nowiQ6Ml_7Cg</link><guid>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FBT-CO-20100317-704880.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesAsia&amp;usg=AFQjCNG8JVzanL0jZMStV0nowiQ6Ml_7Cg225</guid><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FBT-CO-20100317-704880.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesAsia&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG8JVzanL0jZMStV0nowiQ6Ml_7Cg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;CORRECT: Tokyo Shares End Higher As Market Lauds BOJ Easing, FOMC Stance&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Nikkei 225&lt;/b&gt; Stock Average rose 125.27 points, or 1.2%, to 10846.98. The Topix index of all Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section issues rose 9.33 points, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dwmtD-TG-jOk8RM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:45:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asia stocks mixed before Fed statement; Europe up - The Associated Press</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5h3kgMAkbLwyfxBdjzw8Pc4KZ7DhQD9EFKKJG0&amp;usg=AFQjCNHggYeBNifh0kx5bQGP0IPXvwQwCQ</link><guid>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5h3kgMAkbLwyfxBdjzw8Pc4KZ7DhQD9EFKKJG0&amp;usg=AFQjCNHggYeBNifh0kx5bQGP0IPXvwQwCQ226</guid><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5h3kgMAkbLwyfxBdjzw8Pc4KZ7DhQD9EFKKJG0&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHggYeBNifh0kx5bQGP0IPXvwQwCQ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Asia stocks mixed before Fed statement; Europe up&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Associated Press&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;As trading got started, markets in Britain and Germany added 0.6 percent, and France&amp;#39;s index rose 0.7 percent. Earlier in Asia, Tokyo&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;Nikkei 225&lt;/b&gt; stock &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasdaq.com%2Fnewscontent%2F20100316%2Fasian-market-mixed-fed-and-greece-ahead-euro-and-pound-stabilize.aspx%3Fstoryid%3D20100316_0d00f981-1f08-4d4b-885d-effb4584dd76_fxstreet.com&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFJ4C1mXKwkq_C_27ti_rH5euv_5A"&gt;Asian market mixed, Fed and Greece ahead; Euro and Pound stabilize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2Fid%2F35884623&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHtzuawOQGJmoY4yD50FaAzGGDLng"&gt;Asia Ends Mixed; Eyes Fed, BOJ Decisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNBC&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Fworld-forex-euro-down-vs-dollar-yen-as-asian-equities-weigh-2010-03-15&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF9t6YVAn9ZcrKMos-O7UnK_A0XoA"&gt;WORLD FOREX: Euro Down Vs Dollar, Yen As Asian Equities Weigh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MarketWatch&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestreet.com%2Fstory%2F10703384%2F1%2Fasian-shares-end-mixed-europe-gains.html%3Fcm_ven%3DGOOGLEFI&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF3nOTQrLxWDjgHhXHAIe9SeAoiDQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;TheStreet.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.etaiwannews.com%2Fetn%2Fnews_content.php%3Fid%3D1203857%26lang%3Deng_news%26cate_img%3D35.jpg%26cate_rss%3Dnews_Business&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF8pkHOrsml4XLXzcLOtkoyIGmiZg"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;eTaiwan News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fwbfo%2Fnews.newsmain%2Farticle%2F0%2F0%2F1624199%2FBusiness%2FAsian.shares.firm..dollar.holds.ground.before.Fed&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEOsfk-Ff1tYpVbsF5c2CVP5YU_nA"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;WBFO&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d-Wc0z_F01wfrWM-CYpa8w1CaoUUM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 485 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:16:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asia stocks mixed as Fed eyed; Nikkei sheds 0.28% - Forex Pros</title><link>http://www.forexpros.com/news/forex-news/asia-stocks-mixed-as-fed-eyed;-nikkei-sheds-0.28-125732</link><guid>http://www.forexpros.com/news/forex-news/asia-stocks-mixed-as-fed-eyed;-nikkei-sheds-0.28-125732227</guid><description>South Korea's Kospi Composite Index dropped 0.09%; the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.53%; and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was down 0.28%, shortly before the European trading session. Australia's S&amp;P/ASX 200 Index rose 0.27%, after minutes from ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nikkei falls as investors remain cautious - Financial Times</title><link>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9dcd7bc-30c9-11df-b057-00144feabdc0.html</link><guid>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9dcd7bc-30c9-11df-b057-00144feabdc0.html228</guid><description>TOKYO, March 16 ? Japan?s Nikkei average fell 0.3 per cent on Tuesday, with profit-taking in recent gainers such as Canon weighing on the index in the wake of its rise to a seven-week high the previous day. But Sony Financial Holdings surged on a ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nikkei takes breather after rally; BOJ, Fed awaited - Reuters</title><link>http://www.reuters.com/article/tokyoMktRpt/idUSTOE62F04Q20100316?rpc=77</link><guid>http://www.reuters.com/article/tokyoMktRpt/idUSTOE62F04Q20100316?rpc=77229</guid><description>TOKYO, March 16 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.3 percent on Tuesday, with profit-taking in recent gainers such as Canon Inc ( 7751.T ) weighing on the index in the wake of its rise to a seven-week high the previous day. 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The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.72 point, or 0.01</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LEAD: Nikkei stock index closes flat ahead of BOJ, FOMC ... - Big Hollywood</title><link>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EETUSG0&amp;show_article=1</link><guid>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EETUSG0&amp;show_article=1233</guid><description>The Nikkei stock index closed almost flat Monday with investors taking a step back to await the outcome of upcoming policy decisions by the Japanese and U.S. central banks, while selling for quick profits weighed on the market. 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Japanese Growth Japan?s Nikkei 225 Stock Average increased 3.7 percent in the past five days amid speculation the ...</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:49:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asian stock markets mixed after S&amp;P 500 index clears ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune</title><link>http://www.startribune.com/business/87335447.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU</link><guid>http://www.startribune.com/business/87335447.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU235</guid><description>... YORK - Asian stock markets ... Nikkei 225 stock average was up 43.52 points, or 0.4 percent, to 10,708.47. The Shanghai benchmark, meanwhile, fell 13.94, or 0.5 percent, to 3,037.39. Investors are wary China may start raising interest rates</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tokyo's Nikkei index closes at seven-week high - Financial Times</title><link>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9f2d6b7c-2db5-11df-a971-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=a423d7b4-30d1-11da-ac1b-00000e2511c8,print=yes.html</link><guid>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9f2d6b7c-2db5-11df-a971-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=a423d7b4-30d1-11da-ac1b-00000e2511c8,print=yes.html236</guid><description>TOKYO, March 12 ? Japan?s Nikkei average hit its highest close in seven weeks on Friday, with exporters helped by speculation that the yen may weaken if the Bank of Japan takes additional steps to ease monetary policy next week. Hitachi rose nearly 2 per cent after its incoming president said he</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan's Nikkei index hits seven-week high - Boston Globe</title><link>http://www.boston.com/business/markets/articles/2010/03/12/japans_nikkei_index_hits_seven_week_high/</link><guid>http://www.boston.com/business/markets/articles/2010/03/12/japans_nikkei_index_hits_seven_week_high/237</guid><description>TOKYO? Japanese stocks advanced Friday, with the benchmark Nikkei index hitting a seven-week high on hopes for further monetary easing by the central bank. The Nikkei 225 stock average rose 86.31 points, or 0.8 percent, to 10,751.26 -- its best ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tokyo's Nikkei index closes at seven-week high - Financial Times</title><link>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f2d6b7c-2db5-11df-a971-00144feabdc0.html</link><guid>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f2d6b7c-2db5-11df-a971-00144feabdc0.html238</guid><description>TOKYO, March 12 ? Japan?s Nikkei average hit its highest close in seven weeks on Friday, with exporters helped by speculation that the yen may weaken if the Bank of Japan takes additional steps to ease monetary policy next week. Hitachi rose ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan's Nikkei index hits seven-week high - Daily Oklahoman</title><link>http://www.newsok.com/japans-nikkei-index-hits-seven-week-high/article/feed/141077</link><guid>http://www.newsok.com/japans-nikkei-index-hits-seven-week-high/article/feed/141077239</guid><description>TOKYO (AP) ? Japanese stocks advanced Friday, with the benchmark Nikkei index hitting a seven-week high on hopes for further monetary easing by the central bank. The Nikkei 225 stock average rose 86.31 points, or 0.8 percent, to 10,751.26 ? its ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Monetary easing hopes boost Japan stocks; Nikkei at ... - Washington Examiner</title><link>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/monetary-easing-hopes-boost-japan-stocks-nikkei-at-seven-week-high-87446792.html</link><guid>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/monetary-easing-hopes-boost-japan-stocks-nikkei-at-seven-week-high-87446792.html240</guid><description>TOKYO ? Japanese stocks advanced Friday, with the benchmark Nikkei index hitting a seven-week high on hopes for further monetary easing by the central bank. 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The broader Topix index climbed 0.4 percent to 933.83, with four shares falling for three that rose. ?The BOJ is increasingly seen as determined ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Major Asian Markets Flat - Wall Street Journal</title><link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704784904575112362567283700.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn</link><guid>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704784904575112362567283700.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn243</guid><description>In Tokyo, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average of 225 companies, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index and Australia's S&amp;P/ASX 200 finished flat after moving in and ... China's Shanghai Composite declined 0.7% after rising in the previous three sessions.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>