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Halep battles into Australian Open final with Wozniacki

WorldnumberoneSimonaHalepsetupanAustralianOpenfinalagainstCarolineWozniackiafterathrilling6-3,4-6,9-7battlepastformerchampionAngeliqueKerberonThursday.Inasee-sa

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WeChat launches first pop-up store in Shanghai

WeChat,China’sleadingmessagingapp,haslauncheditsfirstcashier-lesspop-upstoreinShanghai,Yicai.comreported.Thecompany,developedbyTencent,hasteamedupwithmorethan30

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Japan's SoftBank plans $18bn share sale of its mobile business

SharesinJapan'sSoftBankGroupsoaredsixpercentMondayonreportsitcouldlistitsmobileunit,raisingupto$18billioninoneofthecountry'sbiggestpublicofferings.Inastatement,

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Japan's SoftBank Group soars on listing reports

SharesinJapan'sSoftBankGroupsoaredsixpercentMondayonreportsitcouldlistitsmobileunit,raisingupto$18billioninoneofthecountry'sbiggestpublicofferings.Inastatement,

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Powerful growth in Germany fuels calls to share the wealth

StronggrowthdatainGermanycameaswelcomenewsThursdayforpoliticianshagglingoverspendingandunionsbattlingformorepay,althoughobserverswarnthegoodtimescan'tlastforeve

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CES 2018: Kodak soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin mining plans

SharesinphotofirmEastmanKodaksoarednearly120%afteritrevealedplanstomintitsowncrypto-currency,theKodakCoin.TheUSfirmsaiditwasteamingupwithLondon-basedWennMediaGr

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Dow tops 25,000 milestone; Wall St extends New Year's rally

TheDowindustrialsbrokeabovethe25,000levelforthefirsttimeonThursdayandothermajorindexeshitclosingrecordhighsagain,propelledbystrongglobaleconomicdatathatextended

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China's steel output rises, prices pick up

China'ssteeloutputcontinuedtogrow,withpricespickingupasglobalrecoveryandafirmingdomesticeconomycombinedtodriveupdemand,accordingtodatafromtheNationalDevelopment

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Thai nurses dress babies up as dogs to ring in New Year

NursesatahospitalintheThaicapitalshowedsomefestivepuppyloveonThursday,dressingupnewbornbabiesupinfetchingcanineoutfitsaheadoftheYearoftheDog.StaffatthePaoloMemo

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Dollar heads into 2018 on a weaker note, Asia stocks mixed

ThedollarsufferedfreshpressureonFridayastraderscashintherecentgainsfuelledbyDonaldTrump'staxcuts,whileAsianequitieswereoncoursetoendastrongyearintepidfashion.As

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Vanity Fair sorry for Clinton 'knitting' video

VanityFairhasapologisedforavideoitpostedtoTwitterwhichsuggestedHillaryClintonshouldtakeupknittingintheNewYearor"literallyanythingthatwillkeepyoufromrunningagain

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US sees strongest holiday shopping season since 2011

USholidaysalesincreasedby4.9percent,thebiggestyear-endgainssince2011,accordingtopreliminarydatareleasedbyMastercardSpendingPulseonTuesday.Shoppersintheworld'sbi

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Opinion: Stand up or screw up – Australia-China relations

AsEnglishismysecondlanguage,Iknowhowtrickyitcanbesometimeswhenweusephrasesfromaforeignlanguagewithoutknowingtheirnuancesorimplications.Ilearnedthislessonin1987,

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Investors have had an incredible year in 2017 as tech stocks and emergin

A40percentsurgeinworldtechstocks,ajumpofalmostathirdinemergingmarketsanddouble-digitpercentagegainsfortopcommoditieshavegivenmanyinvestorstheirbestyearsincethep

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China's bit to stabilize global growth

Inaworldconfrontedwithrisksanduncertainties,Chinaremainsunwaveringinopeninguptotherestoftheworld,whiledomesticallypersistinginreformandtacklingfinancialchalleng

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BMW electric cars hit 100,000 sales target

BMWsaidonMondaythatithadhititstargetofselling100,000electriccarsthisyearworldwide,benefitingfromstrongdemandinwesternEuropeandtheUnitedStatesformodelssuchasthei

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China's recruitment fair to offer 10,000 jobs for overseas talent

TheConventiononExchangeofOverseasTalent,arecruitmentfairtobeheldinChina'ssouthernGuangzhouCitynextweek,isexpectedtoattractmoreoverseastalenttoChina.Atotalof109g