Japanese shares decline as banks, retailers weigh

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SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares pulled back from early gains to trade slightly lower on Friday, with retailers and banks dragging on the benchmark. The Nikkei Stock Average declined 0.1% to 8,837.74. In the retail sector, J. Front Retailing Co. declined 1.6% and Fast Retailing Co.......

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Starbucks sees 10% rise in profit

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US coffee chain Starbucks posts a 10% rise in net profits for the three months to 1 January 2012, benefiting from new stores and new......

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Outrage at RBS boss’s bonus deal

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A £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester is strongly criticised by politicians and......

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Hong Kong shares struggle after 5-day rally

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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong shares struggled to rise in early trading Friday after climbing for five straight trading days, and overnight losses on Wall Street, with weakness in Chinese property developers countering continued advances for financial stocks. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.1% to......

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Japan retail sales rebound in December

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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese retail sales rose in December, snapping back from November losses, but large retailers reported a fifth month of lower revenue. Last month's overall retail sales rose 2.5% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry reported Friday, while......

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Samsung in year end sales boost

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South Korea's Samsung Electronics announces a 17% rise in profits in the last three months of 2011, as smartphone sales boosted......

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Australian shares higher as miners advance

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SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Australian shares climbed in early trading on Friday, with the S&P/ASX 200 index up 0.4% at 4,286.60, as investors returned from a one-day holiday. Miners were leading the advance, with BHP Billiton Ltd. up 1.2% and Rio Tinto Ltd. up 1.9%, after the U.S. Federal Reserve......

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RBS chief to get £963,000 bonus

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Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester is to receive a bonus of almost £1m for his work at the bank, which is 82% owned by the......

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Japan’s core consumer prices fall for third month

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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japan's core consumer price index fell 0.1% in December from a year earlier, the Internal Affairs Ministry reported Friday, with the result matching the median expectations from separate Dow Jones Newswires and Reuters surveys. The drop was the third straight......

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BP ordered to share spill damages

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BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean's liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge......

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Threat landscape is ‘constantly evolving’

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RBS chief to get £963,000 bonus

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Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester is to receive a bonus of almost £1m for his work at the bank, which is 82% owned by the......

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Robert Half International posts 72% higher profit

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Robert Half International Inc. reported late Thursday its fourth-quarter profit jumped 72% to $42.6 million, or 30 cents a share, from $24.8 million, or 17 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 14% to $973.5 million from $851.6......

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AT&T posts $6.7bn quarterly loss

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US phone network AT&T reports a $6.7bn (£4.3bn) net loss for the three months to the end of December......

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Senate to review insider trading bill: White House

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Thursday that the Senate will take up legislation seeking to curtail insider trading by lawmakers, according to a White House statement. Reports said that Reid is expected to bring up the STOCK Act to the Senate floor as early as......

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Stocks to Watch: Stocks to Watch Friday: Juniper, Ford

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Juniper Networks, Amgen Inc., Ford Motor Co., Chevron Corp. and Procter & Gamble Co. are among the companies whose stocks could see active trading on Friday.......

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