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Japanese prosecutors raid more firms over maglev train contracts

Robert Gilhooly | Bloomberg | Getty Images Kajima Corp.’s head office is seen against blue skies in Tokyo on Monday Jan. 22, 2007. Shares of Kajima Corp. and Obayashi Corp. led declines among Japan’s largest builders after their offices were raided in a crackdown of possible illegal bidding in Japan’s …

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South Korea ready to begin renegotiating US free trade deal

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump shares a toast during a state dinner hosted by South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea November 7, 2017. The trade ministry said in a statement that Monday’s report completes South Korea’s own process to begin renegotiations …

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CME, world’s largest futures exchange, launches bitcoin futures

CME, the world’s largest futures exchange, launched its own bitcoin futures contract Sunday under the ticker “BTC.” The futures moved just slightly higher in early trading following the highly-anticipated launch, a stark contrast from the 19 percent surge in CBOE bitcoin futures during their first day of trading a week …

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