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Food prices push 44m into poverty: World Bank
[17 Feb 2011]
Rising food prices have pushed about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June, the World Bank warned.
Food costs are continuing to rise to near 2008 levels, when
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Tags: World Bank Food Price Index food inflation anti-poverty
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Japan posts first trade deficit in almost two years
[23 Feb 2011]
Weaker exports to key markets gave Japan its first trade deficit in 22 months, Ministry of Finance data has shown.
The trade deficit was 471.42bn yen ($5.7bn; £3.52bn) in January, with exports
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Tags: Itochu Corporation inflation Takahide Kiuchi Nomura Securities
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