Sharp names new CEO after record losses
Source: The Journal Gazette
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-19 00:41:52 -0700 | business-news
Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. named a new president, shuffling its top management to help restore profitability after reporting a record loss. The Osaka maker of Aquos TVs said last week that Kozo Takahashi, currently an executive vice president, will...
Revealed: the top performing funds in the world – and the real dogs
Source: Independent
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-18 22:25:29 -0700 | business-news
Funds which invested in Greek shares were probably the last thing you would have put your money into at the time yet, if you did, you could have almost doubled your money. On the other hand, if you put your...
Indian stocks advance
Source: Times of Oman
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-18 08:59:02 -0700 | business-news
Indian equities advanced, helping the benchmark index complete a fifth weekly gain, as overseas funds continued record purchases of local shares. The S&P BSE Sensex added 0.1 per cent to 20,286.12, according to preliminary closing prices in Mumbai.
Rupiah falls victim to uncertainty on fuel prices
Source: The Jakarta Post
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 21:06:29 -0700 | business-news
The rupiah closed at 9,757 to the US dollar, the weakest five day performance since April 5, according to Bloomberg. The currency previously touched 9,845, the lowest level since Jan. 10. If we persistently protract this debate over fuel subsidies,...
Is Japan's Surge Bringing Top Profits for Manufacturers?
Source: The Motley Fool
Komatsu :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 22:29:28 -0700 | business-news
on fire this year, but prime minister Shinzo Abe won't stop with what he's gained so far. As the Nikkei finished up yet another week of solid gains by rising 2.5% over the past five days, Abe unveiled a new...
Suzuki dealers want payout over auto maker's plans to leave Canada
Source: The Globe & Mail
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 17:21:56 -0700 | business-news
EDT 2013 Suzuki KIzashi (Suzuki) Suzuki Canada Inc. dealers say they deserve a payout from the auto maker over its plan to halt vehicle sales in Canada next year...Story continues below ad What we're looking for is fairness, said David...
Environmentalists Slam Obama For Rules That Allow Oil Companies To Keep Their Fracking Chemicals A ...
Source: BusinessInsider
Obama :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 15:27:09 -0700 | business-news
The Obama administration is still playing it cool with environmentalists. First it skirted the protracted battle over the Keystone XL pipeline, which could carry dirty tar sands oil from Canada to the American Gulf Coast. Now it's facing opposition to...
Asia's Week: Japan Revives, What of Japan Inc.?
Source: Forbes
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 23:42:24 -0700 | business-news
Assuming Taiwan and the Philippines cool their jets and don't go into battle over the slaying of a fisherman , the most notable news will again have come from Japan. Who might have guessed a year ago that it would...
Exporters hit hard by rising yuan
Source: Chinadaily
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 12:06:41 -0700 | business-news
The number of orders from the United States and European countries was expected to be 50 percent lower than 2010, even a bit lower than 2012, he said. The average amount of a single order was also cut from 1,000...
Inflation Hedges That Pay Today
Source: Forbes
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 11:40:04 -0700 | business-news
At some point, all that firepower will most likely translate into much higher asset prices...They expect it to bail out underwater homeowners, cut sovereign debt, and rejuvenate animal spirits and the global economy. And they believe that, just in the...
Sprint In A Panic Over Losing Vote Has Clearwire Working The Phones
Source: Forbes
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 09:56:13 -0700 | business-news
There are many who would love that delicious spectrum right on up the food chain to Verizon . If Sprint puts Clearwire into bankruptcy, then Sprint will lose the spectrum to the bondholders to whom it has been pledged, plain and simple, and...
Is This Wireless Provider a Good Speculative Play?
Source: The Motley Fool
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 15:10:18 -0700 | business-news
Bob is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited...These firms are finding that they need new avenues for growth as the number of unallied customers...
Game maker GungHo blows by rivals
Source: Japan Times
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 08:22:24 -0700 | business-news
GungHo Online Entertainment Inc.'s presence on the stock market has been growing rapidly on the growth of its monstrously popular smartphone game Puzzle and Dragons. After starting the year at ¥84,200, GungHo's stock price had climbed to ¥1.26 million at...
Rajat Gupta's Lust for Zeros
Source: International Herald Tribune
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 07:48:15 -0700 | business-news
May 17, 2013 Late one Friday morning, Rajat Gupta was rushing through security at Philadelphia International Airport, carry-on in tow, when his cellphone rang. When Gupta heard from Goldman Sachs, on whose board he sat, it was often from its...
The Coming American Car War in China
Source: The Motley Fool
Toyota :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 15:06:31 -0700 | business-news
Remember when the 1970's were marked by the great Japanese invasion of cars on our shores?...Now there is a new national rush to establish a foothold for the car giants, and to nobody's surprise, it's in China. Though this time,...
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