Contributor ReportsBusiness › Nikkei falls to new 4-month low as yen hits 14-year high ...
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Wed Nov 25 23:47:41 -0800 2009 | business-news
The key Nikkei index fell Thursday to a fresh four-month closing low below 9,400 as the yen hit a 14-year high against the U.S. dollar, hurting exporters and adding to wariness about the Japanese economy. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average...
National › Japanese mother of boy born by surrogacy calls it 'dream ...
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Wed Nov 25 14:25:19 -0800 2009 | business-news
The mother of a boy born through host surrogacy, a practice that remains controversial in Japan without legal authorization, expressed her joy Wednesday and called the experience ‘‘a dream come true.’‘ ‘‘My long-time dream has finally come true,’’...
Business › Toyota receives 14,000 orders for hybrid-only Sai sedan ...
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Wed Nov 25 00:38:28 -0800 2009 | business-news
Toyota Motor Corp said Tuesday it has received about 14,000 orders for its new Sai hybrid-only compact sedan, a month after announcing that it is planning to launch the car in Japan in December. The figure is far...
Politics › Cost-cutting gov't body rejects plan to increase SDF ...
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Wed Nov 25 23:24:14 -0800 2009 | business-news
Cost-cutting gov't body rejects plan to increase SDF troops Thursday 26th November, 04:08 PM JST TOKYO — A cost-cutting body of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s government on Thursday called for rejecting the Defense Ministry’s 7,216 million yen budget request for...
Corporate Earnings
Source: Denver Post
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Wed Nov 25 02:00:55 -0800 2009 | business-news
Borders lost $38.5 million, or 64 cents a share, in the third quarter. That compares with a loss of $172.2 million, or $2.85 a share, during the same period a year earlier...Barnes & Noble Borders' rival posted a larger second-quarter...
Business › Japan Post's profit slips 9.7% on parcel delivery ...
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Thu Nov 26 00:43:24 -0800 2009 | business-news
Japan Post Holdings Co said Wednesday its group net profit in the first six months of fiscal 2009 slipped 9.7% from a year earlier to 200.97 billion yen on a delay in the planned full integration of its parcel delivery...
Jeff Ackerman: Governor's race takes shape - Jerry Brown vs. Barbie
Source: The Union
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Wed Nov 25 00:16:47 -0800 2009 | business-news
The state is 20 gazillion dollars in the hole, millions of its citizens are out of work, they are threatening to let the crooks out of prison because they can't afford to keep them locked up, and California's Top Cop...
Stocks slip on GDP
Source: CNN
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Tue Nov 24 07:31:16 -0800 2009 | business-news
Stocks slipped at Tuesday's open as investors mulled a mixed report on housing prices and a revised reading on third-quarter GDP growth that suggests the recovery will be mild...Stocks surged Monday, with the Dow touching its highest point in more...
Japanese export growth eases recession fears
Source: Financial Times
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Tue Nov 24 21:10:10 -0800 2009 | business-news
In October, exports fell 23.2 per cent from a year earlier, compared with a 30.6 per cent decline in September, according to data released by the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday. The figure represented the smallest drop since October 2008,...
Synlait deferring IPO
Source: Wellington Dominion
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Mon Nov 23 16:30:03 -0800 2009 | business-news
Milk company Synlait, which had planned a pre-Christmas float seeking $150 million to help double milk processing capacity, has deferred its initial public offering plans. Synlait said today the overall level of support from investors for its float was insufficient...
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