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  • April 2008

    • Japan Rebuilds Economic Walls

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 30, 08 1:30 PM CDT

      Japan Rebuilds Economic Walls

      (Newser) - Once, Japan was one of the world’s most closed economies, with near-impregnable barriers guarding against foreign investors. It's moving back in that direction, the Wall Street Journal reports. Companies are buying stakes in each other to complicate international takeover bids, and resurrecting the “poison pill” strategy America pioneered in the 1980s. The government, meanwhile, is barring foreign investment in key industries. More »

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      Japan  • foreign investment  • Japanese economy  • Nikkei 225 Stock Average

  • March 2008

    • Asian Stock Markets Dive

      Associated Press  |  Mar 7, 08 6:07 AM CST

      Asian Stock Markets Dive

      (Newser) - Japan’s Nikkei fell 3.3% and Australia’s S&P/ASX2000 dropped 3.2% as woeful US economic news—including rising foreclosures, worsening homeowner debt and impending credit defaults—sent Asian markets reeling, the Associated Press reports. Investors also worried that a key jobs report to be released this morning would show a rise in US unemployment, which would further hurt already depressed Asian exports. More »

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      Federal Reserve  • stock market  • credit crisis  • foreclosure  • unemployment  • exports  • Nikkei  • Mortgage Bankers Association  • Nikkei 225 Stock Average

  • November 2007

    • Citigroup Worries Hit World Markets

      Reuters  |  Nov 5, 07 6:56 AM CST

      Citigroup Worries Hit World Markets

      (Newser) - Asian and European stock indexes declined today, and US futures dropped sharply as news of Citigroup's projected $11 billion writedown triggered fears that the subprime mortgage crisis will continue to roil markets. Japan’s Nikkei stock index closed 1.5% down, a 7-week low, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 5.01%, AP reports. UK, German, and French indexes were all off in midday trading. More »

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      credit crisis  • mortgage crisis  • Citigroup  • stocks  • Nikkei 225 Stock Average

  • September 2007

    • Oil, Steel Fuel Surge in Asian Markets

      Bloomberg  |  Sep 11, 07 4:14 AM CDT

      Oil, Steel Fuel Surge in Asian Markets

      (Newser) - Crude climbed within 50 cents of a record today, and that meant Asian stock indexes were climbing as well with the Nikkei rising 0.3% and the Asia-Pacific index up 0.1% after big losses Friday. Steel joined oil as a big mover when South Korean producers announced a price increase. Those prices, coupled with demand from China, are outweighing fears about a US slowdown. More »

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      China  • Japan  • South Korea  • crude oil  • Asian markets  • Asian stocks  • steel  • Nikkei 225 Stock Average

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