Launch of baumkuchen bakery Glaze a lesson in international business
Source: Denver Post
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-21 00:17:04 -0700 | business-news
Font Resize Heather Alcott knew in January 2011 that she wanted to bring the multilayered baumkuchen cake to Denver. But making that dream a reality would become a lesson in both international business relations and persistence. Alcott, and her husband,...
Dish's Ergen offers $2 billion for LightSquared spectrum
Source: Denver Post
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-20 19:02:38 -0700 | business-news
Ergen, the chairman of satellite-television operator Dish Network Corp., made the offer to LightSquared on Wednesday, one of the people said. Ergen's offer is for LightSquared's so-called L-Band spectrum, this person said. Spectrum is the limited pockets of airwaves telecommunications...
Business Leaders Call for Redoubling of Efforts on TPP
Source: Scoop
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-20 15:14:22 -0700 | business-news
Media release 21 May 2013 Business Leaders Across Asia Pacific Call for Redoubling of Efforts to Conclude Comprehensive TPP Accord by Year's End Business leaders across the Asia Pacific who are supporting the 17th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations...
Sritex seeks 41% rise in net profits on ‘good looking' China
Source: The Jakarta Post
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-20 22:46:57 -0700 | business-news
The publicly listed company, which is working on its plan for an initial public offering (IPO), is estimating that its net profits will stand handsomely at Rp 325 billion (US$33 million) by year's end. The growth is in line with...
Nikkei hits 5-1/2-yr high on retail investors' bargains
Source: The Economic Times
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-20 21:42:14 -0700 | business-news
Japan's Nikkei share average hit a 5-1/2-year high on Tuesday, reversing earlier losses as retail investors scooped up underperforming stocks such as Sharp Corp and Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc ...The index was down as much as 0.6 percent earlier...
Rupee opens higher; up 13 paise against dollar
Source: The Economic Times
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-20 23:56:03 -0700 | business-news
The pair was trading at 54.97/98 versus its last close at 55.10/11. The rupee opened stronger tracking weaker dollar, said dealers. The pair was trading at 54.97/98 versus its last close at 55.10/11. The pair may trade in a 54.80-55.10...
Japan Explodes Higher, While Gold And Silver Are Getting Smoked
Source: BusinessInsider
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-20 01:24:49 -0700 | business-news
The first is Japanese outperformance...Meanwhile, silver is down over 4% (it was briefly down 8% at the open yesterday)...This week shall be fairly light on data, and heavy on central bank chiefs jawboning around the world. "I'd be a hazard...
Surplus workers in rural areas will be 'zero' this year
Source: Chinadaily
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-19 19:58:13 -0700 | business-news
The projection followed a statement from the National Bureau of Statistics in January that last year the nation's workforce fell by 3.45 million to reach 937 million, the first time that the absolute number of China's working-age population has declined....
Is Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Burning Too Much Cash?
Source: The Motley Fool
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-19 19:14:41 -0700 | business-news
Keryx's strong cash position is in large part due to capital that it raised through a recent follow-on public offering. It issued more than 9.4 million new shares and netted $74.8 million from the offering to help fuel its research...
The cassette makes a comeback
Source: BBC
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-19 17:44:58 -0700 | business-news
The humble cassette tape, a happy memory for many music fans of a certain age, has staged a comeback for one Canadian company...With that began Analogue Media Technologies, a company created to help bands market their music. Musicians would bring...
Here's The Problem With The New Theory That A Japanese Math Professor Is The Inventor Of Bitcoin
Source: BusinessInsider
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-19 14:30:31 -0700 | business-news
Earlier today we wrote about the intriguing new claim, from computer industry pioneer Ted Nelson , that the inventor of Bitcoin was probably Japanese math professor Shinichi Mochizuki. Mochizuki had made a name for him last fall when he cracked...
Japan's economic rebound a recipe for...
Source: Arab News
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-19 13:36:46 -0700 | business-news
The recovery of the Japanese economy, just as a recession in Europe digs in, is renewing pressure on European policymakers to shift course from austerity to stimulus. Data released on Thursday showed Japan's economy grew markedly in the first quarter,...
Bt1-bn property fund to be launched in second quarter
Source: The Nation
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-19 11:13:48 -0700 | business-news
The company's business development director, Yingpong Kasemsin, said that the property fund would guarantee returns of 6.5 per cent in the first four years. Income will be generated from its two dormitories, which have an occupancy rate of about 50...
Trying To Squeeze Everything From Employees Leads To Fraud
Source: BusinessInsider
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-19 09:17:35 -0700 | business-news
Seems obviousbut Ernst & Young has actual evidence. For its annual fraud report the firm surveyed 3,000 company board members, managers and their teams in 36 countries across the world, and found that employees feeling the double pinch of increased demands and fewer financial...
The 4 Cheapest Stocks in the S&P 500
Source: The Motley Fool
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-19 14:32:05 -0700 | business-news
Yet when you look at certain stocks within the S&P, you'll notice a few with very low share prices, making it seem like perhaps they're a better deal...For instance, Bank of America has a relatively low share price of around...
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