Dubai's financial troubles and announcements that it would be unable to repay its billions of dollars worth of debts for quite some time now had hit market all over the world, including the Japanese markets, which are still recovering from the recession hurt. But the stock markets today, including the benchmark Topix, nudged higher on speculations that the impact of debt difficulties of the Emirates will be limited on the country's economy.

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On Monday, Bank of Japan's Governor Masaaki Shirakawa confirmed that the bank is keeping a careful eye on the impact of the country's strong currency on its economy, and is completely ready to co-operate with the Government to ensure that there isn't any hindrance is Japan's still vulnerable and new economic recovery.

Governor Shirakawa, while assuring business leaders in Nagoya that the Bank of Japan "pays due attention to the effects of the recent rapid appreciation of the yen on business sentiment", stressed that "stable moves in the foreign exchange market are desirable".

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As has been confirmed by official reports, Prime Minister of China, Mr. Wen Jiabao, has completely rejected to succumb under European pressure to let the country's Yuan rise against the Euro. While rejecting the offer and speaking at a summit with the EU leaders in Nanjing, Mr. Wen proclaimed that it was completely unfair of Europe to "demand exchange rate changes while maintaining trade protectionism".

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A recent report released by the Manpower Ministry, particularly focused on the Singapore workforce, has revealed that older Singaporeans, despite an overall decline in the country's employment rate, continue to maintain a record high level of employment. The global recession, it seems, has hit the country's older population less.

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Nokia Ovi has shared, to the disappointment of many eagerly awaiting fans, that the firm will be producing only one phone in the coming year with a Linux platform, dampening the chances of the Finish company's product line-up receiving a complete make -over anytime soon. Also, it has been confirmed that the company has no intention of selling its manufacturing plant.

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The new notebook personal computer from HP, the ProBook 5310m, is suited in a sleek framework and a hairline - brushed lid of aluminum, and looks quite very smart. It has been reported that the buttons of both the mouse and the keyboard have gained a perceptible feedback, and a surprising fact is that the space bar responds only if it is hit right in the middle.

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A recent Australian research has shared that when used appropriately and in moderation, obesity drugs can play an effective role in battling obesity and help combat the problem which is currently spreading like an epidemic. According to researchers, Australia now seems to have overtaken America in percentage of the overweight or obese population.

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Microsoft's Windows 7 Family Pack, bundled with three Windows 7 Home Premium licenses, is all set to go on sale across Australia tomorrow. The launch has been a direct result of all the criticism that went Microsoft Australia's way for the lack of a Windows 7 Family Pack when the new operating system was launched last month.

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Despite recoding a fall in sales for the second consecutive month, house prices across Australia have hiked for the month of October, as has been confirmed by official figures shared by the Housing Industry Association. In October, the sale of residential properties fell by 6%.

According to the association, the decline in sales has been a direct result of higher interest rates and a fall in the number of first time buyers.

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A short while after the HTC Hero was launched with Sprint, the HTC Droid-Eris was launched throughout America with Verizon, and while it did not get the same amount of publicity that the Hero did, the phone has managed to make quite a mark for itself in the market and lived up to all the hype that was associated with it pre-release.

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HP has introduced its three new touch-powered and non-touch PCs in India. The new range boasts of Pavilion MS200, TouchSmart300 and TouchSmart600.

According to the technology savvies, the new computers are rich with performance, design and innovation. HP Pavilion MS200 is the company’s first machine of this kind, while HP TouchSmart 300 and 600 claim to redefine the multi-touch arena. The three PCs carry elegant and sleek designs are incorporated with a wide range of the advanced features.

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To exploit the retail war under the Black Friday c!!, the mobile coupon service provider, is planning to publicize the special coupons on iPhone and Android mobiles.

Yowza!! is a free application for iPhone and Android devices, which on being downloaded delivers location relevant coupons directly to the device. A Yowza customer can request to view all of the coupons for the stores within a short distance form him. These coupons work just the same as a paper coupon, but they get displayed on the screen of the device instead of being printed.

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HP presented Pavilion dv6 laptop for an exciting offer among the other products, on the Black Friday. Pavilion dv6, which has a usual price of $500, was offered in just $197.

Under this offer, one customer can buy only one laptop. Considering all the other deals, this is the most lucrative deal around.

Although this laptop is not meant to achieve high performances, this can give good value for one’s $197 if one just wants to do simple tasks like surfing the net and simultaneously doing the homework.

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Like other computer component manufacturers, Fujifilm has been in race to make its devices windows compatible. Finally, it has announced its 15, Windows 7 interoperable cameras, and has become the first to achieve this among all camera manufacturers.

With this new innovation, the users will be able to upgrade their PC’s operating system to Windows 7 without any compatibility issue.

Other than the Windows 7 compatibility, the new cameras include the features like a 3D camera, compact 10 x optical zoom model, and other such devices built with advanced EXR technology.

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New Zealand has come up with a new search engine to take on internet search giant Google, facing acute competition as some countries have introduced country specific search engines in recent times. Tauranga based technology company Pingar introduced the new search engine that would provide better search results and an easy way for tracking online content with high quality of information. Moreover, the search results would be presented in PDF form against listing links to external sites as being done by Google or Bing.

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A recent study carried out by American researchers has revealed that going by the current trends, by 2034, cases of diabetes across the country would almost double, with the cost expected to more than triple, further putting strain on the U. S. health system and viability of Medicare and other health insurance programs currently offered by Government.

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On Thursday, NVIDIA introduced to the world its latest GPU, the GeForce 310, the first in a 300- series line up of the firm's next generation graphic units. The latest offering will be replacing the company's GeForce 210 as an entry-level chipset for customers who want to improve the graphics quality of their machines.

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Making its way into the lucrative and expanding Indian mobile phone market, Airfone has released its range of multi-featured and affordable mobile handsets in the country. Inclusive of the Flip 29i, AF 26 and AF 31, the range boats a dual SIM capability and offers MP3 player and TF card support.

"Our aim is to become one of top five handset companies in India. Our plan is to ensure that Airfone is known throughout India as a value phone brand. We plan to cover at least 80 percent of India by end of fiscal year 2009-10", shared Director of Airfone, Vishal Chitkara.

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Gadgets and toys emerged as winners this Black Friday as retailers of laptops, flat-screen TVs and toys across the US reported "strong" shoppers’ number and high sales. The most popular items grabbed by consumers included HD TVs, computers, winter coats and Zhu Zhu Pets, the very popular robotic hamsters.

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Black Friday sales this year have been better than before, with more and more companies cutting down their prices much further than expected to get the very cautious customers to shop. Apple, the technology giant who recent announced that it would be holding Black Friday sales outside America as well, also slashed the rates of its much sought after gadgets including the exclusive and high-priced PC range. The company pulled away as much as 8% off its MacBook and iMac Range.

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