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Exports prop up Japan fourth quarter GDP growth, U.S. protectionist risks loom

Japan's economy grew for a fourth straight quarter in the final three months of last year as a weaker yen supported exports, but tepid private consumption and the risks of rising U.S. protectionism cast doubts over a sustainable recovery. Japan's export-driven growth over the quarter

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Japan’s love of tiny cars sore spot as Trump, Abe meet

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) – When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets on Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump, Japan’s bulging automotive trade surplus will be a sore spot, but the path to balancing auto exports and imports will be no easier than it was in the 1980s.

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Oil ticks up on weaker dollar, U.S. production outlook caps gains

Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday with a weaker dollar underpinning the market, although gains were limited by expectations that U.S. producers would boost output. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were trading up 16 cents at $52.64 per barrel at 0214 GMT. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were up 21 cents $55.68 a barrel.

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Lockheed Martin CEO meets Trump, says deal to lower F-35 costs is close

Lockheed Martin Corp is close to a deal to significantly lower the cost of its F-35 aircraft, Chief Executive Officer Marillyn Hewson said on Friday after meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. “I certainly share his views that we need to get the best capability to our men and women in uniform, and we have to get it at the lowest possible price,” Hewson said to reporters in Trump Tower. Hewson had previously assured Trump she would drive down…

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Volkswagen faces reforms, oversight for three years under U.S. settlement

Volkswagen AG, as part of a $4.3 billion settlement with U.S. regulators, on Wednesday agreed to sweeping reforms, new audits and oversight by an independent monitor for three years to resolve diesel emissions cheating investigations. Under the settlement of charges it installed secret software in U.S. vehicles to allow them to emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution, the German automaker agreed to change the way it operates in the United States and other countries. VW will separate the jobs of product development and certification …

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Dollar on defensive as Trump disappoints bulls

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar nursed widespread losses on Thursday after President-elect Donald Trump's widely-awaited news briefing provided little clarity on future fiscal policies, disappointing bulls wagering on major stimulus. It was enough to

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Start, switch, stop: How to regroup your IT projects to prepare people for change

As an IT leader, explaining your tech projects can be difficult. Here's how you can group your IT projects to better prepare users for what they entail.

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U.S. FTC requires divestitures in $13.53 billion Boehringer-Sanofi deal

German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim agreed to divest five types of animal health products to settle charges that a proposed asset swap with Sanofi would harm competition, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission…

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Takata could settle U.S. criminal probe next month: source

Part of a settlement would include Takata pleading guilty to criminal misconduct, the source told Reuters. The Justice Department has investigated whether Takata hid information from safety regulators and issued misleading statements about the dangers posed by the air bags. Any deal would likely include a monitor to ensure Takata's compliance with the agreement, the source said.

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Japan’s Honda ties up with ride-hailing service Grab

Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab disclosed on Monday that Japan's Honda Motor Co had invested in the firm, as part of a $750 million funding announced previously, to collaborate on motorbike-hailing services. …

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