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Japanese stocks had a mixed day on Monday with the Nikkei closing up a touch, boosted by positive economic news and quarterly results. The Nikkei 225 closed the day up 0.5 per cent to 16,747.76. The Topix was 0.3 per cent higher at 1,712.30. // The banking sector fell 1 per cent, reflecting the sector’s volatility in recent months. Some analysts had been very bullish on the banks – not only becau ...

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TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average was up a little Monday afternoon after some positive economic data, but the market's gains were limited as traders took profits on firms issuing disappointing earnings forecasts such as Casio Computer Co. Ltd. (6952.T: Quote, Profile, Research) . The Nikkei got a lift after the government said midafternoon that Japan's diffusion index of leading economi ...

Helen Loveless, Mail on Sunday6 February 2006 Nobody thinks it's a fortune - but it is free money from the Government. Yet almost 400,000 parents have failed to invest the Child Trust Fund vouchers sent to them a year ago. Their failure to act within a 12-month deadline means the taxman will take over and set up an account on the child's behalf. TOO BUSY: Ruth and Garry Wollerton are leaning towards equity plans WANT TO KNOW MORE? CHILD TRUST FUNDS: All you need to know? CHA ...

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HONG KONG (Dow Jones) --Asia markets traded mixed to lower Monday against a backdrop of surging commodity prices in the wake of escalating political tensions over Iran's nuclear program after the International Atomic Energy agency voted Saturday to report the country to the United Nations Security Council. In Shanghai the April futures contracts for copper and aluminum rose by their daily limit ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Good things have come to those who equal weight. Equal weighting is a strategy that gives the same importance to each and every stock in an index. In the case of the popular Standard & Poor's 500-stock Index (SPX) , that means equal weight for stocks from giants Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and General Electric Co. (GE) all the way down to computer maker Gateway Inc. ...

Google, internet voice-call company Skype and leading venture capitalists have invested in a new user-run network of wi-fi hotspots, which they hope will become the biggest in the world by the end of the year. // Google, Skype, Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital will announce on Monday $21.7m (€18m) in first-round funding for Madrid-based Fon to build on its growing global band of “foneros”. Fon ...

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