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Japan May retail sales rise 3.6 pct year/year

TOKYO, June 28 - Japanese retail sales rose 3.6 percent in May from a year earlier, more than a median market forecast for a 3.0 percent annual increase, government data showed on Thursday. That was also slower than a 5.7 percent climb in the year to April, however, as a recovery in private consumption from last year's earthquake starts to lose momentum. Details were as follows (previous figures may be revised; economists' median forecast in parentheses): ---------------------

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UPDATE 4-Google goes up against Amazon, Apple with Nexus tablet

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27 - Google Inc will sell its first tablet from mid-July for $199, hoping to replicate its smartphone success in a hotly contested market now dominated by Amazon.com Inc's Kindle Fire and Apple Inc's iPad.

NBC sees profit in future Olympics

June 27 - NBC may not turn a profit this year from the London Olympics but expects to make money on the four future Olympic games it also purchased broadcast rights to, the top executive at NBCUniversal said on Wednesday.

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BRIEF-Moody's assigns Baa2 to Choice's proposed bank facility; outlook negative

June 28 - Moody's assigns Baa2 to Choice's proposed bank facility; outlook negative

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Reuters Magazine: The Made-in-China CEO

June 27 - Zhang Yue fondly caresses the blueprints as he slowly flips through them, occasionally pausing to stare at a drawing as he explains his new project.

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McDonald's Corp $88.33 -0.86%
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