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Eight Ways To Profit From Japan’s Game-Changing Election

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:30:00 GMT

Investors who pay attention to Japan’s looming election can expect to be well-rewarded for their time.[More...]

Japan’s Stock Market: A 4% Quarterly Drop Drives Shares To Bargain Levels

Wed, 20 May 2009 22:10:30 GMT

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 by Martin Denholm, Managing Editor, Smart Profits Report The U.S. and Eurozone economies are going gangbusters. If you compare them to Japan’s stock market, that is… Last Friday, the Eurozone’s first-quarter GDP report showed a record 2.5% contraction, punctuated by Germany’s 3.8% drop. It was the country’s worst quarterly performance since 1970 and over the past three quarters, Germany has erased all its gains made since 2005. But Japan managed to trump both of them today, announcing a 4% quarterly drop. Its fourth straight three-month retreat equated to a 15.2% annualized plunge and in the fiscal year to March 31, GDP fell by 3.5% - the worst since 1955. While the performance came as little surprise, the fact that it wasn’t as bad as the estimated 16.1% drop brought some bold comments from[More...]

Japan GDP Falls To Record Low But May Have Bottomed

Wed, 20 May 2009 22:02:18 GMT

By Don Miller Associate Editor Money Morning Japan’s Cabinet Office said today (Wednesday) that economic output fell to its worst levels ever, tumbling an annualized 15.2% in the... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first. [More...]

Japanese Companies Seeing A Rebound in Sales To China, India

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:53:00 GMT

Automobile Companies Nissan Motor (7201.T) and Suzuki Motor (7269.T) are seeing strong sales growth in China and India. Nissan's joint venture Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Co. is seeing brisk demand for Tiida and other subcompacts after China cut the automobile sales tax for 1.6-liter or smaller cars by half to 5% in late January. The Nissan joint venture's sales were up 51% YoY in February for the second straight month of record sales. Suzuki Motor saw its Chinese sales in February climb 19% to YoY above 18,000 units, the first time in six months. In India, Suzuki's sales recovered to 71,000 units in February for the second consecutive monthly record, and rebounding sharply from the 27% drop to 47,700 units in November. Honda[More...]

Japan's Electronic Majors: Consolidate or Perish

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:16:00 GMT

Investors in Japanese equities are in shock and awe at the depth and rapidity at which key indicators of Japan's economy and major industries are deteriorating. The Japan Economic Journal's (Nikkei) index of business conditions for December deteriorated 5.5 points to 90.5, representing the sharpest deterioration since the index began in 1973, following another record decline in November. [More...]

Seagate Shares Plunge After Chairman Takes Over CEO Role

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:43:00 GMT

Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX), the world's top hard-disk drive maker, announced on Monday that Chairman and ex-CEO Stephen Luczo will replace Bill Watkins as CEO, effective immediately.[More...]

Panasonic Offers $9 Billion for Controlling Stake in Sanyo

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:12:00 GMT

By Mike Caggeso Associate Editor Money Morning Panasonic Corp. (ADR:PC) said today (Friday) that it will spend up to $9 billion to acquire majority stake in rival Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first. [More...]

China's Big Stimulus Package Boosts Japanese Market Sentiment

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:33:00 GMT

The Nikkei 225 is trying to hold 9,000 after selling off below 7,000 at one point on liquidation selling from foreign investors. The first support for the market came from Japanese individuals and trust banks (pension funds), whose net buying began to offset net selling by foreigners and particularly brokers who had been dumping prop positions in size. The good news from China's big economic stimulus plan was a weaker yen and further strength in Japanese stock prices. China announced a $586 billion stimulus plan aimed at higher spending on roads, airports and other infrastructure, and was a drastic departure from three years of restrictive policies, which began to be rolled back from mid-2008 as the US financial crisis went global. In Q3 China's GDP growth slowed to 9% (the lowest in 5 years) and there are economist estimates that go as low as 6.5%. Increased infrastructure spending by China is most likely to benefit Japan's construction[More...]

French Nuclear Giant Areva Links Up With Northrop in Groundbreaking Production Venture

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:30:00 GMT

From Money Morning Staff Reports In a sign that the planned construction of new nuclear reactors in the U.S. market could jump-start the nation’s moribund manufacturing sector,... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first. [More...]

Aladdin Activist Demands Shareholder Vote

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:43:00 GMT

View SEC Filings View Insider Trading View Annual Reports Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. (NDAQ: ALDN) shares could be worth $13 a share if one activist shareholder gets their way. Jasmine Holdco LLC, which owns a substantial stake in the company, nominated its own slate of directors to conduct a fair process to maximize shareholder value and provide better corporate governance and oversight for the company. The hedge fund also exercised their right to call a special[More...]

Nokia willing to pay more for Nortel assets

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:50:00 GMT

TORONTO - Nokia Siemens has asked a U.S. bankruptcy court to reject Ciena Corp. as the winning bidder for Nortel Networks' optical networking and carrier Ethernet businesses.
That would top the $530 million in cash plus $239 million of convertible notes that made up Ciena's winning bid for what was considered one of Nortel's more-prized units.
In its filing with the bankruptcy court, Nokia Siemens took issue with the valuation of the convertible note portion of the offer.

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Eight Ways To Profit From Japan’s Game-Changing Election

Japan’s Stock Market: A 4% Quarterly Drop Drives Shares To Bargain Levels

Japan GDP Falls To Record Low But May Have Bottomed

Japanese Companies Seeing A Rebound in Sales To China, India

Japan's Electronic Majors: Consolidate or Perish

Seagate Shares Plunge After Chairman Takes Over CEO Role

Panasonic Offers $9 Billion for Controlling Stake in Sanyo

China's Big Stimulus Package Boosts Japanese Market Sentiment

French Nuclear Giant Areva Links Up With Northrop in Groundbreaking Production Venture

Aladdin Activist Demands Shareholder Vote

Nokia willing to pay more for Nortel assets

Hitachi to raise over 415 bil. yen to bolster financial base

Red Wing to close Danville plant

Red Wing to close Danville plant

Hitachi to pay $10M for some Nortel network assets

Harrodsburg Auto Supplier to Close

Harrodsburg Auto Supplier to Close

December Deadline for Reactor's Design

Feds award $2.7M for Wolverine carbon project

Renesas, NEC Electronics to Merge, Receive 200 Bil. Yen Injection

Fujitsu Selects Neterion for 10 Gigabit Ethernet in "SPARC Enterprise" Servers

Notice Concerning Capital Injection Changes for the NEC Electronics and Renesas Business Integration

Nortel Provides Update on Auction Date for the Sale of Its GSM/GSM-R Business; Obtains Further Extension of Stay Period Under CCAA

Hitachi Announces New Fiber-to-the-Premises Quad Play PON Equipment for Cable System Operators

Nortel Enters into Agreement for Sale of Certain Next Generation Packet Core Network Components

Hitachi Selects Mindspeed®'s Comcerto® Processor to Deliver Triple-Play Home Gateway for Japan's Largest, Fast-Growing Fiber Access Network

NEC Electronics and Renesas Reach a Definitive Agreement on Business Integration

Kabira Technologies to Provide Highly Available Real-Time Transaction Capability for Hitachi's MVNE Service Platform

New Survey Says Workforce Woes to Continue for Aerospace and Defense Industry

Renesas Technology to Release SH72546R MCU for Automotive Engine Control That Combines the Industry's Largest On-Chip Flash Memory Capacity of 3.75 MB and High-Speed Operation