News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| about 1 month ago
The dollar dropped against the yen in Asian trade on Friday after Wall Street shares tumbled on jitters over a US jobs report due out later in the day, dealers said. The dollar slipped to 89.52 yen in Tokyo morning trade from 89.61 in New York late...
News Source: The Irish Times
| about 1 month ago
The Nikkei fell 2.5 per cent or 246.77 points to 9,731.87, its lowest close since July 22nd. The average slid 5.2 per cent on the week for its biggest weekly drop in about three months...The euro headed for a second weekly loss against the dollar on...
News Source: The Age
| about 1 month ago
Asia Pacific Index to a one-month low, as concerns the economic recovery will falter caused automakers and mining shares to drop. Treasuries and the yen rose as demand for haven assets increased. Toyota Motor Corp., which gets 31 per cent of its...
News Source: Japan Today
| about 1 month ago
The land ministry’s Kanto Regional Development Bureau said Friday it has cancelled the bidding process for building the Yamba Dam’s main structure, after a government decision to scrap the costly Gunma Prefecture dam project. Shortly after the...
News Source: Japan Today
| about 1 month ago
Toyota’s president said it’s “extremely regrettable” an American family died in a crash in which the Japanese automaker’s floor mat is suspected as the cause. “Four precious lives have been lost,” Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 month ago
Takefuji Slumps After S&P Cuts Rating Five Levels (Update1) Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Takefuji Corp., Japan’s third-largest consumer lender by market value, fell to a 10-year low after Standard & Poor’s cut its rating on the company by five levels.