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Buffett in Japan, Spotlight on Investment

Octogenarian billionaire investor Warren Buffett arrived on his first visit to Japan on Monday, fanning speculation about his possible investments in the country's battered stock market.

Volkswagen says plans to sell over 2 million cars in China

Top German automaker Volkswagen AG is confident of selling more than two million cars in China this year and expects its growth to be faster than the industry's pace in coming years in the world's largest car market, its China chief said on Monday.

EU's Barnier: Tougher rules must precede euro bonds

Michel Barnier, the European Union's markets commissioner, said on Sunday he was in favor of euro zone countries pooling their debt together but warned that tougher oversight of national budgets was needed first.

Japan October exports slump as global slowdown bites

Japan's exports fell at the fastest pace in five months in the year to October, underscoring mounting concerns that sputtering global growth and a strong yen will take their toll on the world's No.3 economy as policymakers brace for contagion from the euro zone debt crisis.

Leafs rout Capitals as Ovechkin slump continues

There were plenty of offensive fireworks in the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-1 thrashing of the Washington Capitals on Saturday but none of them off the stick of misfiring sniper Alexander Ovechkin.

No alternative to F-35 fighter jet, US, Canada say

Defense chiefs from the United States and Canada said on Friday that budgetary pressures would not derail development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, saying there was no real alternative to what has become the Pentagon's costliest weapons program.

Greece's New PM Heads for Brussels in the Search for Cash

Greece's new prime minister headed to Brussels on Sunday to fight for the aid Athens needs to avoid bankruptcy, even as one of his coalition backers refused to give a written pledge to support reforms and a public-sector union readied itself for strikes.

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