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 Hong Kong Standard 
`Iron plate' replaces the glass ceiling for Japan's PM hopeful
In the United States, women face a glass ceiling in their struggle to get to the top but in Japan, an iron plate bars the way. | //--> Monday, September 08, 2008 | In the United States, women face a g... (photo: Public domain)
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 The Philippine Star 
Stocks fall on global slowdown fears
| Global equities reentered precarious territory last week led by the US market which threatened to test its lows established last July. Concerns over a US-led global economic slowdown have supplanted... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Cook Fest  The Times of India 
'Unclean' blood may save life
| 7 Sep 2008, 0405 hrs IST, Sujata Dutta Sachdeva,TNN             Many refer to it as ‘nature’s curse on women’. It’s commonly thought of as unclean. In some cult... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Survey: LDP woes caused by economy, divided Diet
| Many top executives of prefectural chapters of the Liberal Democratic Party believe the worsening situation surrounding the LDP is due to deteriorating economic conditions and legislative deadlock, ... (photo: GFDL / )
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Honda's Insight returning as a hybrid
| TOKYO - Honda is bringing back the defunct Insight nameplate for a hybrid-only vehicle planned for the Japanese, European and North American markets early next year, as... (photo: Creative Commons / Matthias93 )
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Lehman Brothers headquarters is shown in New York's Times Square on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. lost nearly half its value on Monday, as the investment bank was swept up in a crisis of confidence following news of JP Morgan Chase's government-backed takeover of Bear Stearns. The bank reports earnings Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)hg3 Syracuse
Report: Nomura considering stake in Lehman
| TOKYO (AP) - Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's largest brokerage group, is considering buying a stake in U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, a Japanese newspaper reported... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan)
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Honda's Insightreturningas a hybrid
| TOKYO - Honda is bringing back the defunct Insight nameplate for a hybrid-only vehicle planned for the Japanese, European and North American markets early next year, as... (photo: creative commons / )
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Motorcycle makers raise prices
| By Aamir Shafaat Khan | KARACHI, Sept 5: The Japanese motorcycle manufacturers have increased the prices by at least Rs1,500-2,000 making the cumulative hike of Rs4,000... (photo: WN / Geeta)
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Honda eyes hybrid cars in Europe expansion
| TOKYO: Honda Motor is counting on hybrid cars and the soaring Russian market to enter its next phase of expansion in Europe, where an economic slowdown in Western Europ... (photo: GFDL / S-8500)
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Toyota to build batteries for its hybrids in North America
|                 NEW YORK: Toyota Motor Corp will build batteries for its hybrids in North America eventually, as part of a ... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
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Pedestrians walk past a display showing the FTSE in London, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. The Bank of England cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 5.5 percent on Thursday after growing signs that the economy is slowin The Times
Job losses and falling house prices send FTSE spiralling towards 5,000
| The FTSE 100 finished its worst week in more than six years with a further 2 per cent slump yesterday, after a day of global gloom over job losses and sinking house pri... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Dell plans to sell plants worldwide
| 6 Sep 2008, 0111 hrs IST,Bloomberg             Dell Inc is seeking to sell all of its manufacturing plants worldwide and has approached co... (photo: WN/Patricia)
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- WWE wrestles for share of Japanese market
- WWE wrestles for share of Japanese market
- WWE Wrestles For Share Of Japanese Market
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- Tata Power loses Senoko bid to Japan’s Marubeni
- Oil Scene: No warning bells in OPEC capitals yet
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- Oil down on lower-than-expected US gas supplies
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- GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEKAHEAD-Light, or train, at end of tunnel?
- Exports to Japan grew to $4.5B as of June
- WWE wrestles for share of Japanese market
- Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors
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Lehman Brothers headquarters is shown in New York's Times Square on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. lost nearly half its value on Monday, as the investment bank was swept up in a crisis of confidence following news of JP Morgan Chase's government-backed takeover of Bear Stearns. The bank reports earnings Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)hg3
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- Exports to Japan grew to $4.5B as of June
- Friday Asia markets: Global stocks at two-year low, euro tum
- UN says US, Japan, EU not doing enough on poverty
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- UN says US, Japan, EU not doing enough on poverty
- Oil down on lower-than-expected US gas supplies
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- WWE wrestles for share of Japanese market
- WWE steps up push in Japan market
- WWE steps up push in Japan market
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- Woman's body discovered inside suitcase in Tokyo hotel
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