Japan registered its biggest ever trade deficit of 8.17 trillion yen in the 2012 fiscal year through March, according to a preliminary report released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday.
South Korea's finance ministry said Tuesday that it earmarked 17.3 trillion won (15 billion U.S. dollars) in extra budget this year to boost the sluggish economy in the early period of new presidency under President Park Geun- hye.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of smartphones, memory chips, televisions and flat screens, estimated Friday the record level of operating profit for the first quarter.
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