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Japan's historic Tsukiji market holds final New Year auction

Tokyo'sworld-famousTsukijifishmarkethelditslastpre-dawnNewYear'sauctiononFridaybeforeclosingdownforrelocation,withthehighestbidderpayingmorethan320,000USdollars

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Pakistan’s food group imports increased by over 16 percent

ByAPDwriterMuhammadSohailISLAMABAD,Dec.26(APD)--Pakistan’sfoodgroupimportshaveincreasedby16.08percentduringthefirstfivemonthsofthecurrentfiscalyearJuly2017-June

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'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' soars to $745 mln worldwide

Disney-Lucasfilm’s“StarWars:TheLastJedi”isstilldominatingthemoviegalaxyasthefilm'sboxofficesoaredto745millionUSdollarsworldwideasofSunday.TheNorthAmericantakehi

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Singapore firm to pay $422 million in corruption fines

KeppelOffshoreMarineLtd(KOM)hasagreedtopay422millionUSdollarsinfinestotheUS,BrazilandSingaporeforcorruption,theUSDepartmentofJusticeannouncedonFriday.KOMoperate

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IPO hopeful Xiaomi set to blow past 2017 revenue target

China’sleadingsmartphonemakerXiaomiInchastoldbankersitwouldtopitsannualrevenuetargetbyasmuchas18percent,sourceswithknowledgeofthemattersaid,markingacomebackfrom

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Vietnam's import-export turnovers double in 6 years

Vietnamhassofarthisyeargainedtotalimportandexportturnoversof400billionU.S.dollars,doublingthefiguresixyearsago,theGeneralDepartmentofVietnamCustomssaidonWednesd

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China increases US Treasury holdings in Oct., remaining largest holder

China'sholdingsofUSTreasurysecuritiesincreasedinOctoberafteradropinSeptember,thelatestdatafromtheUSTreasuryDepartmentshowedonFriday.ChinaincreaseditsUSTreasurie

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Saudi Arabia invests 19.2 bln USD in stimulating private sector

SaudiArabianKingSalmanbinAbdulazizAlSaudorderedonThursdaytoallocate19.2billionU.S.dollarstostimulatetheprivatesector,theSaudiPressAgencyreported.Thedecisionwasb

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Foxconn's Wisconsin plant to get 140 mln USD electricity project

TechgiantFoxconn'sdisplayscreenplantinWisconsinwouldgeta140millionU.S.dollarsprojecttomeetitshugeelectricdemand,localtransmissionutilityAmericanTransmissionCo.(

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‘Coco’ wins big in China with delayed release of ‘Star Wars’

Theanimatedfamilycomedy“Coco”hastoppedtheChineseboxoffice,takinginanimpressive32.7millionUSdollarsinitsthirdweekonrelease.Paddington2tooksecondplacewith14.5mill

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"Justice League" tries to do it justice

"JusticeLeague"wononfilm,butlostoutintheNorthAmericanboxoffice.ThelatestinstallmentintheWarnerBrother's-DCExtendedUniversepunchedinatonly96millionU.S.dollarsope

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Former Volkswagen executive sentenced to 7 years for emissions cheating

AformerVolkswagenexecutivewassentencedonWednesdaytosevenyearsinprisonandfined400,000U.S.dollarsforhisroleinemissionsfraud.AU.S.DistrictCourtinDetroit,MichiganSt

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Sean Combs leads four black artists as world's highest paid musicians

RapperSean“Diddy”Combswasrankedtheworld’shighest-paidmusicianonWednesdayinanannuallistthatsawblackartiststakethetopfourspots.Combs,whoisalsoahiphopproduceranden

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'Coco' and Mexico's Day of the Dead rule at the box office

TheanimatedDisneyandPixarhit"Coco"ruledattheNorthAmericanboxofficesforasecondweek,figuresoutSundayshowed,beatingoutsuperheroes,dramasandChristmascomedies.Itnett

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Bitcoin's blistering rally ends, value tumbles 20% in one day

Bitcoinslidtoaslowas9,000USdollarsinvolatiletradeonThursday,havinglostmorethanafifthofitsvaluesincehittinganall-timehighof11,395USdollarsonWednesday.Thecryptocu

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Bubble trouble? Bitcoin tops $11,000, but fades after sharp rally

Bitcoinzoomedpast11,000USdollarstohitarecordhighforthesixthdayinarowonWednesdayaftergainingmorethan1,000USdollarsinjust12hours,stokingconcernsthatarapidlyswelli

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SpaceX raises another 100 mln USD

SpaceX,theU.S.spaceexplorationcompanyledbyElonMusk,hasraisedanother100millionU.S.dollarsinitslatestfundraisinground,bringingthetotaltonearly450milliondollars,ar