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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
David Hunkar submits: The complete list of Japanese ADRs traded in the U.S. is listed below: ADR Name Ticker Industry Advantest ATE Tech.Hardware&Equip. Canon CAJ Tech.Hardware&Equip. Hitachi HIT Electron.&ElectricEq Honda Motor HMC Automobiles & Parts Internet Initiative Japan IIJI Software&ComputerSvc Konami KNM Leisure Goods Kubota KUB Industrial Engineer. Kyocera KYO Electron.&ElectricEq...
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Japan,
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NTT DoCoMo,
ORIX,
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Asia Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Concern that Japan's megabanks, such as Mizuho Financial and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, may have to sell shares to meet new international capital-adequacy standards are helping to prevent Japanese stocks from demonstrating the stellar recovery seen in other markets. - Kosuke Takahashi
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Japan Post group plans to name Yoshiyuki Izawa, executive vice president of Mitsui & Co., as president of Japan Post Bank Co. to replace Shokichi Takagi, sources said Wednesday. The group had also considered Seiichi Shimada, a former Mitsui executive, for the job. The sources said the group decided to go with Izawa, who is 61, over the 72-year-old Shimada.
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<title> - MarketColorz, Indian Stock Market... (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Gold hit another all-time high on Wednesday on worries about future inflation and economic uncertainties, while Asian stocks rebounded as the generally bearish dollar kept riskier assets in demand. Spot gold rose as high as $1,143.95 per ounce in early Asia trade, settling later just above $1,140, with expectations for a continued weakness in the US currency also providing a support. The dollar rose...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares traded on a mixed note Wednesday morning, with technology shares mainly higher following gains on Wall Street, but financials and oil stocks traded mostly lower. Japan's Nikkei 225 Average was up 0.4% to 9,770.85 while the Topix was down 0.2% at 855.56 in Tokyo. Shares of Inpex Corp. shed 1.2% and Nippon Oil Corp. lost 1.3%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group also...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares climbed early Tuesday morning following gains on Wall Street, with resource stocks and shares of trading firms solidly higher. Japan's Nikkei 225 Average was up 0.4% at 9,828.69, and the broader Topix was at 862.13, up 0.2%. Shares of Inpex Corp. added 1.5%, Nippon Oil Corp. rose 1.5%, and Sumitomo Metal Mining added 1.8% on strength in commodity prices. Among...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Filed under: Private equity , Citigroup Inc. (C) To unwind its $45 billion in federal loans, Citigroup ( C ) has been aggressively selling off non-core assets. For example, the company sold its Japanese brokerage -- Nikko Cordial Securities -- and is even planning to take its Primerica unit public. The dealmaking has continued. This week, Citigroup has agreed to sell its Bellsystem24 -- a major call...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
GOTEMBA, Shizuoka Pref. (Kyodo) Yasuharu Imano ended a four-year title drought with victory at the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters on Sunday. Imano closed with a 1-over 73 for a 13-under 275 total, two strokes ahead of American Han Lee and Kenichi Kuboya at Taiheiyo Club's Gotemba Course.
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In Spring It Is the Dawn (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Welcome to the Japanese Literature Read-along discussion of Volume One of I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki. A little background: Natsume Sōseki is the pen name of Natsume Kinnosuke. He was born in 1867, and is often regarded as one of the best Japanese writers of the Meiji era. I Am a Cat was originally published as a short story (what is now chapter one), but because of its success, he was encouraged...
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Chronicles of Atlantis (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
A central tenet of my book, A Little Guide for Your Last Days , is that popular culture does its level best to distract us from the fact of our mortality. Daniel Mitsui does anyone who is paying attention a great service this month, November, the month of the holy souls. He is staring straight at the realities that so many spend so much time and money trying to avoid. Case in point, a phrase that was...
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Banking Times: Daily Banking News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has released its financial results for the last six months. The firm recorded net income of 123.5bn yen, a rise of 48% on the same period in 2008 and equivalent to 126 yen per diluted share. In the first quarter (ending on 30 June 2009) the Group made 72.8bn yen of profit, [...]
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Mizuho Financial Group sold off some of its stock portfolio to return to profit in the second quarter, keeping its earnings forecast for the year, while rival Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group’s first-half profit jumped thanks to lower credit provisions
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DealBook (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Mizuho Financial's first profit in five quarters and the doubling of profit by its rival, Sumitomo Mitsui, signal that major Japanese banks are recovering from the economic crisis, albeit slowly.
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group reported on Friday a stronger-than-expected 48% growth in fiscal first-half net income on lower bad loans, and maintained its profit forecast for the full-year. Net income for the half-year ended Sept. 30 came in at 123.5 billion yen ($1.37 billion) from 83.3 billion yen in the year-earlier period. The banking giant retained its fiscal year...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 Average rose by 0.6% to 9,928.85 and the Topix was at 875.81, up 0.4% Thursday morning in Tokyo, with shares of financial firms trading broadly higher following gains on Wall Street. Shares of Shinsei Bank added 3.5%, Aozora Bank Ltd. rose 1.9% and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group tacked on 1.6%. FamilyMart Co. was also a big winner, up 4%, after the Nikkei...
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