Koizumi defends embattled bank chief
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday that the Bank of Japan&#039;s embattled chief should stay on despite calls for his resignation amid an investment scandal, Kyodo News agency reported.
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TOKYO -- Former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie asserted his innocence Monday at his trial's opening, challenging the Japanese court system with the same cockiness with which he shook the nation's staid corporate culture during his rise to fame.
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A Chinese regulator defends one of its country's tyre-makers embroiled in a US row.
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Asian Development Bank President Tadao Chino today expressed his intention to resign and Japan said it will recommend Haruhiko Kuroda, an adviser to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, to succeed him.
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Erkki Liikanen, the Governor of the Bank of Finland, strongly defends the Stability and Growth Pact of the European Union.
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Jean Chretien, Canada's former prime minister defends his involvement in a sponsorship funds scandal.
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TOKYO A leading executive at Citigroup, which was forced to shut its private bank in Japan in September, said Tuesday that the bank would review all past transactions with individual customers in Japan.
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Sir Trevor Brooking defends the speed of Italian Fabio Capello's appointment as England manager.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The defense in Richard Scrushy's corporate fraud trial sought to poke holes yesterday in the claims of a key witness who contends the fired HealthSouth chief executive was behind a scheme to overstate earnings.
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Former Japanese internet boss Takafumi Horie pleads not guilty to fraud charges in a Tokyo court.
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The Football Association today defended their disciplinary procedures after outspoken criticism by Sir Alex Ferguson. The Manchester United manager called the system
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The French president defends judges embroiled in a row with Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.
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The Serious Fraud Office head defends the dropping of a  probe into BAE Systems' dealings with Saudi Arabia.
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A key prosecution witness testified Friday that a fallen Japanese Internet kingpin, facing trial on charges of securities law violations, knew about dubious dealings from meeting discussions and e-mail reports.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today is set to pick ministers and party leaders who support the sale of Japan Post, the world&#39;s largest savings bank, as he seeks to quell opposition from within his party.
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s chairman and chief executive Raymond Gilmartin yesterday defended his firm&#39;s handling of earlier health warnings about Vioxx and said he
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today is choosing cabinet ministers and party leaders who support the sale of Japan Post, the world&#39;s largest savings bank, as he seeks to quell opposition from within his party.