Japan may start developing H-3 rocket
Source: China Post
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-18 11:57:48 -0700 | business-news
A Japan government panel on space policy tentatively agreed on Friday to start developing a large, next-generation rocket next fiscal year, aiming to shift the design and development of the new device to private companies to reduce costs. The special...
Under-21 beach volleyball: India?s top pairs bite the dust
Source: The Hindu
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-18 11:25:29 -0700 | business-news
The Hindu After losing the rst set, the Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ashya and Rendy Verdan (right) got past the Indian duo of Rajkumar and Yogaraj...Raghunathan The script followed a familiar line as the Indian teams fought hard and lost,...
Is The World Finally Ready for the Next Big Thing in TVs?
Source: The Motley Fool
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-18 10:49:09 -0700 | business-news
Even worse, things started to get ugly as Samsung and LG began to duke it out in the courtrooms over technology leaks and patents...TVs are scheduled to jump out of the lab and into the fray on July 1, 2013...Of...
Japan Post to replace all outside directors in June
Source: Japan Times
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-18 10:07:33 -0700 | business-news
All of Japan Post Holdings Co.'s 13 outside directors will resign next month when the postal service group's new president is to be appointed as part of its government-led management reshuffle, sources said Saturday. The current outside directors include Takashi...
JIM O'NEILL: I've Found Myself Asking 2 Questions About The Economy I Didn't Expect To
Source: BusinessInsider
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-18 15:47:52 -0700 | business-news
In the last three decades, the world economy has grown by a remarkably similar rate. That time period, which coincidentally spans my professional career, has seen the global economy increase by approximately 3.4pc per annum in purchasing power parity terms....
Nissan's mad scientists grow a bluntly boffo GT-R
Source: MarketWatch
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-18 07:09:56 -0700 | business-news
Paris japonica holds the current record for the organism with the most massive DNA molecule, a whopping 152.3 picograms, compared with Homo sapiens's genome weight of a mere 3 pg. That's right: This houseplant from the Japanese woodlands is more...
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,...
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...
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...
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