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The Bank of Japan stunned markets Friday, when in a 5-4 vote, the Bank of Japan’s board imposed a 0.1% fee on deposits left with the Bank of Japan, effectively a negative interest rate.

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Business

South Korea won’t hesitate to shoot down a North Korean rocket or its debris if necessary, the Defense Ministry said Thursday, amid clear signs that the secretive neighbor’s rocket launch is imminent.

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That’s about 50 miles south of San Francisco. We’ve seen our neighbors evicted.

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Business

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said criminal charges were filed against Sempra Energy unit SoCalGas for failing to immediately report the gas leak at its Aliso Canyon facility to the proper state authorities. Residents have complained of headaches, dizziness, nausea and skin rashes.

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BusinessScience

The company, which was spun out of BHP Billiton last May, said that as a result of its write-downs of forecast commodity demand and prices, it now expects to book pre-tax, non-cash charges of approximately $1.7bn in the half-year to December 2015.

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Business

The charges allege that the Southern California (SoCal) Gas Company violated health and safety laws by failing to report and contain leaking methane. The criminal complaint charges the gas company with one count of discharge of air contaminants and three counts of failing to report the release of a hazardous,

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Business

Changes to the car’s structure are limited – in fact, there’s not a heap of difference between the stock Raptor and the race version.

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BusinessHealth

Leaders with the national pharmacy chain CVS said today at an event in Toledo that they will make the opioid reversal medicine, naloxone, available without a prescription at their pharmacies in Ohio.

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BusinessHealth

Adjusted Net Income for the full year 2015 was $1.07 billion, or $4.83 per share, compared to Adjusted Net Income of $755.7 million, or $3.39 per share, for the full year 2014. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Royal Caribbean Cruises from a hold rating to a buy rating and set a

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