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BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 5, 2014
Yen hits six-year low as ECB jumps on stimulus bandwagon
The yen sinks close to a six-year low after the European Central Bank announces a decision to engage in unprecedented monetary easing, weakening the euro.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 4, 2014
BOJ keeps easing in place as headwinds against inflation grow
The Bank of Japan kept its record stimulus unchanged Thursday as Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda looks to keep stoking inflation and boost economic momentum that's been sapped by a higher sales tax.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2014
Mizuho to encourage equity analysts to become investment bankers
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. plans to encourage equity research analysts to become investment bankers as the megabank competes for business arranging share sales and advising on mergers.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 2, 2014
Poor response to Ebola causing needless deaths, World Bank head says
The world's "disastrously inadequate response" to West Africa's Ebola outbreak means many people are dying who could easily be saved, the head of the World Bank said Monday, as Nigeria confirmed another case of the highly contagious virus.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2014
Kookmin Bank's Japan branches suspended for making improper loans
Kookmin Bank, South Korea's largest lender, was suspended from conducting new transactions at its branches in Japan for improper lending.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2014
Ebola causing huge damage to West Africa economies: development bank
The worst-ever Ebola outbreak is causing enormous damage to West African economies as foreign businessmen quit the region, the African Development Bank said, while a leading medical charity branded the international response "entirely inadequate."
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2014
Obama woos veterans with mental health care, military home loans
President Barack Obama sought to make amends with veterans on Tuesday, announcing steps to expand their access to mental health care and an initiative with financial firms to lower home loan costs for military families.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 26, 2014
S&P 500 sets record high but fails to hold 2,000 mark
The S&P 500 was unable to hold the 2,000 mark after moving above the milestone level for the first time on Monday, but still managed to close at a record high, buoyed by financials and biotechnology stocks.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2014
Boeing lands $8.8 billion BOC Aviation order on Asian demand
Boeing Co. won an order for $8.8 billion in jets from BOC Aviation Pte. as the aircraft lessor made its biggest-ever purchase to help meet surging travel demand in Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2014
Next time, China might have to face the fire
China's leaders should take advantage of the recent respite from instability and low confidence to redouble their economic reform efforts. Otherwise, they can expect alarm bells to begin ringing again.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 21, 2014
Bank of America settles mortgage probes with DOJ for $16.65 billion
Bank of America Corp. has reached a $16.65 billion settlement with U.S. regulators to settle charges that it misled investors into buying troubled mortgage-backed securities.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 21, 2014
Deutsche Bank lays seeds for future with warrants in Japan
Deutsche Bank AG is helping smaller Japanese companies less able to access the bond market raise money using warrants, as it searches for investment banking clients to generate future business.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 20, 2014
Skepticism over Abe's inflation goal grows as price gauge retreats
Traders are growing more skeptical Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will achieve his 2 percent inflation target after a sales tax increase derailed growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 14, 2014
Megabanks' $800 billion cash pile shows Abe must free up credit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has succeeded in wrestling down the yen and snapping a 15-year deflationary spiral. The challenge of spurring lending by the country's cash-hoarding megabanks remains.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 13, 2014
Japan suffers biggest economic slump since 2011 quake as tax hike bites
The April 1 consumption tax hike drove the economy into its biggest contraction since the March 2011 quake and tsunami, Cabinet Office data show.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2014
Homebuyers in Japan seen at risk amid floating-rate loan rush
Japanese homebuyers are piling into floating-rate mortgages, stirring debate over whether they are too complacent as Bank of Japan stimulus revives inflation.

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