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Added on the 04/07/2012 18:14:14 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Tokyo, Nov 4 (EFE/EPA).- The benchmark Nikkei share average rose 1.72 percent to close at 23,695.23 Wednesday as markets closely followed U.S. presidential election results. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WALK PAST A DISPLAY SHOWING TOKYO'S NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE DURING AFTERNOON TRADING IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
The closing bell rings at the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which has been falling steadily in recent weeks, finished up 2.4 percent at 21,200.55 points. IMAGES
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson agreed to cut his honeymoon short so that he could fill in for Kevin Hart on 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' after he injured his back in a car crash last week.
UK Finance Minister George Osborne says he will cut public spending further as he misses his targets for bringing down national debt, in a budget dominated by reductions in GDP forecasts and the implementation of a tax on sugar.
Tesco, the world's third biggest retailer is planning to cut hundreds of millions of pounds of costs and sell assets to fund lower prices. As Ciara Lee reports its in response to the biggest crisis in its 95-year-history.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveils the company's latest chip for powering artificial intelligence at a developers' conference in California. IMAGES