Japan extended sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday, saying it needed to keep pressure on the reclusive communist state to resolve a feud over Japanese nationals abducted decades ago.
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Citigroup said on Tuesday it would merge its retail securities business in Japan with unit Nikko Cordial Corp, as part of the U.S. financial firm's push in the world's second-largest economy.
Institutional investors may be tilting away from risky assets just as equity markets across the world are hitting record highs.
Sony Corp said it would cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console by 10 percent in Japan and launch a new model, in a bid to ignite demand in the run-up to the critical year-end shopping season.
Worries about a U.S. economic downturn and its fallout across the world eased on Monday, lifting the dollar and Asian stocks although European shares took a breather after a five-session rally.
Minsheng Banking Corp will buy 9.9 percent of San Francisco-based UCBH Holdings for more than $200 million in the first strategic investment by a mainland Chinese bank in a U.S. bank.
The United States and Japan are locked in a dispute over Washington's demand that Tokyo shoulder more costs for water supplies and utilities at U.S. military bases in Japan, media reports said on Monday.
Plane maker Boeing Co said on Monday it still expected to deliver its first lightweight 787 Dreamliner aircraft on time by May 2008, despite delays to its test flight schedule.
Asian stocks outside of Japan hit record highs on Monday, but the dollar headed lower after a solid U.S. jobs report failed to dampen expectations for a further cut in interest rates. European markets were also expected to rise. European stock markets were set to open slightly higher, extending five straight days of gains, but with Japanese markets closed and no major economic data expected out of the United States due to the Columbus Day holiday, trade was expected to be light.
The world moved into 'ecological overdraft' - the point where consumption exceeds the ability of the earth to sustain it.
The dollar posted the biggest weekly gain against the euro in more than a month on signs the economy is weathering the housing slump.
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Sony Corp said on Thursday it sold a record number of its PlayStation Portables (PSP) in Japan in September as a slimmer and cheaper version of the handheld game machine helped drive demand.
Toyota Motor Corp unveiled the production model of its Lexus IS F sports car on Thursday as it aims to close the gap with global luxury car heavyweights Mercedes-Benz and BMW AG.
President George W. Bush on Wednesday held up North Korea as a possible model for resolving the Iranian nuclear standoff and reaffirmed a U.S. offer of talks if Tehran suspends uranium enrichment.
Tokyo-Citigroup Inc. announced on Tuesday that it will acquire shares of Nikko Cordial Corp. by triangular merger through Citigroup Japan subsidiary.
Shares in Nintendo Co Ltd hit a record high on Wednesday after Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of the maker of the Wii game console with a buy rating, while speculation the firm could raise its earnings forecast again gave it an extra boost.
North Korea has agreed to disable its Yongbyon nuclear reactor and provide a complete declaration of all nuclear programs by the end of the year, in a deal that won praise from U.S. President George W. Bush.
NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's biggest mobile phone carrier, said on Wednesday it is considering new pricing systems that would cut calling charges and raise handset prices.
Global stocks hit a fresh peak for a third straight session on Wednesday as worries about a credit squeeze continued to recede, while the dollar pared recent gains as investors awaited upcoming major U.S. economic data. Caution ahead of U.S. non-manufacturing numbers and retail sales in Europe due later in the day were seen keeping a lid on European markets.
Japan's Nikkei stock average is expected to move in a narrow range on Wednesday, with profit-taking likely to prevent the index from going further beyond 17,000.
