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Japan Prices Fall, Mild Deflation to Persist

Japan's core consumer prices fell for the third consecutive month in the year to December, and mild deflation is expected to persist this year as energy prices stabilize and worries about Europe's debt crisis suppress wage growth and economic activity.

New home sales fall in December

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New single-family home sales unexpectedly fell in December for the first time in four months and the median home price dropped, dampening some of the hopes the housing sector will boost the economy this year.

Italy Sells Top Amount at Bond Sale, Yields Fall

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Italy's borrowing costs dropped sharply as it sold the maximum amount of 5 billion euros at an auction of short-term debt on Thursday, helping drive down yields on its longer-dated bonds ahead of a crucial sale of five- and 10-year paper on Monday.
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Nokia earnings fall less than feared, still deep

Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, reported better-than-expected quarterly core earnings, although they still fell 73 percent as its new Windows Phones failed to compensate for diving sales of its old smartphones.
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BSE Sensex Inches Higher; RIL, Metals Fall

The BSE Sensex rose for a third straight session, inching up 0.08 percent on Monday, helped by financials while a decline in Reliance Industries (RELI.NS), which reported its first quarterly profit fall in two years, capped the index gains.
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Mercedes Benz Fashion Week: Can Fall 2012 Pre-Orders Bridge End-Consumer Gap?

For fashion zealots around the world, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week is like Christmas, Halloween and the Fourth of July all in one. Happening twice per year, it is the jubilee for any and every fashion devotee. Fashion Week for Fall 2012 kicks off in New York City Feb. 9 and will usher in a slew of chilly-weather collections. In recent years, Fashion Week has not only catered to elite aficionados, but also to the end-consumer. Can pre-order options bridge the time gap between runway show and end-co...
Chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council (C) Abdul Jalil talks to protesters, who were wounded from the war, at the NTC headquarters in Benghazi January 21, 2012.

Libya Could Fall into 'Bottomless Pit': NTC Chairman

Mustafa Mohammed Abdul Jalil, the chairman of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC), warned on Sunday the country could be heading toward a bottomless pit after protesters stormed a government office in Benghazi while he was inside.
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Google results fall short, rare miss hurts shares

Google Inc's quarterly results fell short of Wall Street's heightened expectations for the holiday season as declining search advertising rates contributed to a rare miss, triggering a 9 percent slide in its shares.
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Google Results Fall Short; Rare Miss Hurts Shares

Google Inc's quarterly results fell short of Wall Street's heightened expectations for the holiday season as declining search advertising rates contributed to a rare miss, triggering a 9 percent slide in its shares.

Rick Perry Quits: The Long Fall of 'Obama's Nightmare'

Rick Perry suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination Thursday, ending one of the race's most bizarre and entertaining candidacies. But flash back to September, and nobody -- nobody -- would have predicted we'd see this day.
US jobless claims at 4 yr low

U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 4-Year Low

New applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a near four-year low last week, a government report on Thursday showed, pointing to continued improvement in the labor market.
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Instant view: December producer prices fall

Producer prices fell in December as companies paid less for gasoline and vegetables, although higher prices for light motor trucks pushed a measure of underlying inflation higher.
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China home prices fall for 3rd straight month

China's new home prices fell in December from November, a third straight month of declines, and analysts expect prices will fall further as Beijing sticks to its tightening campaign against the once-hot real estate market.
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Majesco Q4 loss widens, shares fall

Majesco Entertainment Co's fourth-quarter results came in below market expectations hurt by higher operating costs, and the video game publisher forecast a weak 2012.
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Cruise Operators' Shares Fall on Ship Disaster

Shares of cruise operator Carnival Corp. plunged 15 percent on Tuesday after a ship operated by its unit struck a submerged rock and keeled over off the coast of Italy late on Friday.
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Shares fall as euro zone downgrades rekindle fears

Asian shares fell on Monday on fears that mass sovereign debt rating cuts by Standard & Poor's would further aggravate euro zone funding difficulties, threatening to derail progress in resolving the debt crisis.
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Italy 3-Year Debt Costs Fall at Bond Auction

Italy's three-year debt costs fell below 5 percent at the first bond auction of the year spurring hopes the troubled borrower would be able to make it through a refinancing hump in the first months of the year.
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Natural Gas Prices Continue to Fall

Mild winter temperatures and steadily rising natural gas production combined this week to drive the price of the heating fuel to its lowest point in years.

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