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Social Security plan may add billions to mutual funds, brokerage accounts.
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Jan. 9--The prospect of 100 million Americans each having $1,000 of their Social Security contributions to invest every year has investment professionals salivating at the potential financial bonanza.
About $100 billion a year would be freed up for stocks, bonds and other investments under a tentative plan President Bush has floated to fix the Social Security retirement system by creating private investment accounts.
The fees paid to brokers and money managers could run into the billions.
President Bush is expected to unveil the plan in late ...
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OSAKA; THE SUN RISES ON JAPAN'S SECOND CITY.(City overview)
Magazine article from: WWD
; ...and-a-half-hour ride into downtown Osaka from the bullet train station north of...fashion industry know relatively little about Osaka, which is Japan's second-largest retail...behind Yokohama. But within Japan, Osaka residents enjoy quite a reputation for...
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Osaka refuses to take a back seat to Tokyo
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; OSAKA, Japan -- Don't talk Tokyo in this burg...insists Hironari Masago, president of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce. "Tokyo this, Tokyo...a bad case of the second-place blues. Osaka is fighting hard to change its image and...
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Osaka, haggling's capital, is getting more like Tokyo The real Japan / Humor and warmth vs. cool sophistication
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...Tribune 10-10-2003 The rivalry between Osaka, the capital of western Japan, and Tokyo...soul of Japan has survived even though Osaka was eclipsed economically and politically...enemy out east. Culturally, at least, Osaka and western Japan regarded itself as the...
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RESURGENT OSAKA DREAMS
News Wire article from: United Press International
; United Press International 09-20-2003 Resurgent Osaka dreams OSAKA, Japan, Sep 20, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- For Osaka's 2.5 million people it was more than just a professional baseball game...
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Osaka Assists in Massive Rescue and Relief Effort
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...volunteers come from the neighboring city of Osaka, which escaped major damage. NPR's Mary Kay Magistad is in Osaka and has this report. MARY KAY MAGISTAD...it was a normal business day today in Osaka. The subways ran, electricity and telephones...
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Osaka: A culinary high point
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph
; ...of Japan's largest island, Honshu, Osaka is the dark horse in the country's urban...Koya and Nara - and you understand why Osaka is a good jumping-off point for British...nonsense character of its population, Osaka tends to be divided into two areas, Minami...
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Resurgent Osaka dreams.
News Wire article from: United Press International
; OSAKA, Japan, Sep 20, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) For Osaka's 2.5 million people it was more than just a...Monday. It meant that, for the moment at least, Osaka was No. 1. The city went wild. To celebrate...
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Osaka revitalization amid plummeting prices: Osaka has long been Japan's "second city." Now is the time to change that.(In Depth)
Magazine article from: Japan Inc.
; WHAT MAKES OSAKA SPECIAL? A resident Japanese might reply...team and ... falling property prices. Osaka's property prices have declined steadily...According to Ichiro Kumazawa, chairman of the Osaka Real Estate Appraisal Association, if...
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Digital Osaka: Japan's second city desperately needs an image makeover; entrepreneurs and visionaries are planning everything from technology clusters to waterways filled with fresh flowers to give Osaka a boost.
Magazine article from: Japan Inc.
; CALLING OSAKA "DIGITAL" IS a bit like calling Birmingham...Birmingham seems stuck in its industrial past, Osaka is stuck with an image of a slightly cranky...war thrived on the textile industry, and Osaka was the center of it. Trade with China...
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Operator of Osaka, Japan, ballpark effectively goes under.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 1--OSAKA, Japan -- A public-private entity operating the Osaka Dome professional baseball stadium effectively went bankrupt on Monday. Osaka City Dome Co. filed for a special arbitration with...
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