Japan manufacturer sentiment improves sharply: BoJ – Channel News Asia

July 1, 2013

TOKYO: Business confidence among Japan’s biggest manufacturers surged in the past three months, a closely watched central bank survey showed Monday, in the latest sign of an uptick in the world’s number three economy. In the first reading since the government and Bank of Japan embarked on a huge spending drive to spur growth, the quarterly […]

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Japan Stocks Rise for Third Day on Tankan Survey, Yen – Bloomberg

July 1, 2013

Japanese shares rose, with the Topix (TPX) index capping the biggest three-day rally in almost three months, as the yen fell and a survey showed positive sentiment among manufacturers for the first time in seven quarters. Mazda Motor Corp. (7261), an automaker that gets 73 percent of sales abroad, rose 4.9 percent. Brokerages gained the […]

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Manufacturer sentiment improved sharply in last quarter: BOJ ‘tankan’ poll – The Japan Times

July 1, 2013

Sentiment among major manufacturers jumped in the quarter to June, the Bank of Japan’s “tankan” corporate sentiment survey showed Monday, in the latest upbeat sign for the world’s third-largest economy. The results come days after separate data showed factories put in an unexpectedly strong performance in May, supplying fresh evidence that the government’s huge drive […]

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Crain’s Detroit wins 6 awards at national biz pub contest – Crain’s Detroit Business

June 30, 2013

Crain’s Detroit Business received four gold and two bronze awards June 22 at the annual summer conference for the Alliance of Area Business Publications, including gold for best website. Crainsdetroit.com was cited by judges for standing “high above the competition, offering readers a reason to visit and return often. Readers are treated to […]

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BSP: Economy safe from overheating – Business Mirror

June 30, 2013

BSP: Economy safe from overheating Details Category: Top News Published on Sunday, 30 June 2013 21:01 Written by Jun Vallecera The relationship between money supply and inflation waned the past 18 years so liquidity, which grew the fastest in six years to 16.3 percent in May, should not prove worrisome, monetary authorities said. […]

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More companies commit to Made in the USA – phillyBurbs.com

June 30, 2013

When Motorola launches Moto X this summer, it’ll have at least one feature no other smart phone to date can claim: It’ll be made in the USA. At a conference last month, Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside confirmed the phone would be made at Flextronics, a manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, that used to make […]

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Letter: Jobs are not coming to Connecticut – Norwich Bulletin

June 30, 2013

Perhaps The Bulletin should do more to inform readers of “on-shoring,” that’s where foreign companies build manufacturing plants in the U.S. and American companies come back home. The reasons are low energy costs, the cheap dollar, highly productive workers, a larger network of research-based universities, and “Made in America “ still carries some cache in […]

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Asian shares surge on growth optimism – 台北時報

June 29, 2013

Asian shares rose this week, with the regional benchmark posting its biggest increase since April, amid signs the Japanese and US economies are improving. Stocks in Hong Kong rebounded on optimism the recent rout amid concerns of a Chinese cash crunch was overdone. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 2.2 percent this week, its biggest […]

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The economists – Huffington Post

June 29, 2013

JUNE 18, 2013 — In 2006, the Princeton economist Alan Blinder estimated that in 10 years the U.S. would offshore 30-40 million jobs. Today, Corporate America continues to enfeeble the U.S. economy as it builds China’s – offshoring our innovation, research, technology, production and jobs. The economists ignore the offshoring and blame a lack of […]

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Expensive Shoes But Cheap Shares At Foot Locker – Seeking Alpha

June 29, 2013

I love simple concept investment opportunities focused on businesses built to succeed in good times and bad. The business of selling athletic shoes is one which is highly profitable and somewhat insulated from the larger economic backdrop. It is a great business for a couple of reasons, specific to the athletic segment. First, this segment […]

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