Recently added articles from Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan):
New postal system gives chance to rethink investment choices.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Shinya Ajima Oct. 1--TOKYO -- Will there be any changes in service at post offices across Japan under the just-started process of privatizing the state-run postal system over a 10-year period? There may be few big changes in the initial stage. But Japanese ...
Hopes of rate cut, strong earnings lift Wall St., Dow up 190 points.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--NEW YORK -- Strong expectations for another interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and solid corporate earnings combined to send Wall Street soaring Monday, with the Dow ending at its record high after briefly surging 219 points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 ...
State-backed regional bailout body to be capitalized at 20-30 bil. yen.
Oct 31, 2007 ... Oct. 31--TOKYO -- A state-backed entity planned to be set up in fiscal 2008 to help rehabilitate ailing regional companies and public-private joint ventures is expected to be capitalized at 20 to 30 billion yen, to be shouldered equally by the state, local governments and banks, sources ...
