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sport has dismissed the request filed by the russian olympic committee and 68 russian athletes. the russian olympic committee claims those 68 clean athletes should be allowed to compete in the upcoming games in rio de janeiro. russian athletes in other sports also face the same fate. the world anti-doping agency are calling them to be barred as well. earlier this week a report by a wada investigator detailed a doping program that covered a wide range of sports. the international olympic committee will decide on sanctions in response to that. and it s likely thursday s ruling will effect the outcome. two russian track and field athletes will be able to compete in rio. daria klishena and mario stupona blew the whistle on doping in her country. tokyo is planning a relocation plan for a u.s. base in the southern prefecture. japan s top spokesperson notified the governor that tokyo will take new legal action on friday. translator: we re seeking a new judicial decision bu ....
is resolved. of president xi jinping shut down. let us know what you think about our top stories. follow us on twitter at @rishaadtv. the session about to get of her underway in hong kong. we re starting things off green across the board with the exception of malaysia. wrapping up g-20, overall a success. finance ministers talking about a way to boost global growth, refraining from competitive devaluations of currency with which. which. new language. up.nikkei 225 industrial production saw a rising on the month, the first output rise out of japan in three months. we did see retail sales falling 1.1%, economist expecting a rise of 1/10 of 1%. exporters falling today, adding to worries about the economy. stocks have slumped, the yen has , so we could see a seesawing affect when it comes to modest growth. let s look at the yen. we did see some strength leading , 113.62. one stock, and operator of drug chain stores, the merger of two companies. they raised their forecast to ....
singapore, and, japan, three out performers. let s have a look at what is happening in south korea. indexart of the cost be kospi index. it is not immediately clear how many missiles were fired. we were just talking about this of stocks might be at risk because of the tourist flow from china. we are seeing a pop in the defense-related shares. have a look at the shanghai composite. , alsoown across sectors moody s revise the credit outlook for 38 state owned chinese companies from stable to negative. long story short, and this is based on their statement, the change in sovereign rating , their capability to thanrt soe s weaker moody s expected. china a picture of an economy that sputters on all fronts. sector slowed down in february. onare in beijing with a look the back of disappointing pmi manufacturing data. china keepsews for rolling in. pmi coming up 49.4, falling from 50.1, so it did hold its head above water in the previous month. broadly painting a picture of dis ....
willand on hopes that abe be announcing the consumer stimulus boosting measure. gains, prettyding good data over the weekend suggesting industrial profits going up. we are also getting news that the chinese pension fund will be channeling 600 billion funds. that is also driving sentiment a little when it comes to shanghai. the weakeningy of this is a dollars story. if the number is positive, it is going to build on the revised gp number, painting a more positive picture of the strength of u.s. recovery and the strength of the u.s. dollar going for it. we are seeing weakness or another have present for the 113.59. yen, trading at we are also seeing weakness in other currencies in asia. the south korean won is down by a 10th of 1%, easing a little bit from previously. the aussie dollar, continuing the losing streak from the past week. data, how well the chinese economy is doing it is now flat,. this is the other reason we are seeing gains in equity markets today, and a ge ....
angie lau. index futures pointing to modest yen,, but it is the weaker the dollar heading for the longest rally since january ahead of the u.s. jobs report later this week. thes head over to korea, kospi pretty much flat with the korean yuan seeing weakness today. closed,kets are australia, new zealand, and hong kong. let s head back to japan. looks set for a fresh round of economic stimulus. local reports say the plan to supplement the boj s efforts are a done deal with some minor details needing to be worked out. david has more. david: what will happen tomorrow is the existing budget is expected to become law. , shinzo abe ise expected to outline some details of this new deal. a lot of which is basically frontloading that existing budget. it opens up room this time next year for japan to introduce new public works projects. farm infrastructure, building facilities for trains, upgrading the ports to welcome large cruise ships, and trying to get ahead of inconsistent gr ....