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Oct
9
2010

Japanese GP 2010 Live – Ferrari in mourning after ambush in Afghanistan

The news came from Suzuka today that the Scuderia Ferrari garage is in deep sadness as they heard the news that a troop of Italian soldiers was ambushed in Afghanistan, in this attack four men died with a fifth one injured.
On hearing this sad news Stefano Domenicali said that “The death [...]

Oct
4
2010

Toshiba Introduces Two Autostereoscopic Televisions

Toshiba, Japanese Electronic Titan has announced at CEATEC 2010, the first 3D TV that does not require special glasses. Toshiba will offer 20-inch and 12-inch Regza GL1 Series sets.  These products will be available for the Japanese market, at the end of December. In addition, it has also exposed the prototype of a12 “notebook with [...]

Feb
26
2010

Kettle Foods of Salem sold for $615M

Nuts and snacks seller Diamond Foods Inc enter in to an agreement buy premium potato-chips maker Kettle Foods from a London based private equity firm Lion Capital LLP for $615 million all in cash, to double its presence in the growing potato chip market.
With acquisition of Kettle Company will synergies its revenues and expand [...]

Feb
22
2010

Japan’s Banks; short term memory loss

The latest IPO of Dai- Ichi Mutual Life Insurance has many investors trailing the list to buy a pie into it, but the investors must be aware that the offering are made by Japan’s banks.
The stakes of equity held by the top-three lenders spilled a $12 billion in the year ending March 2009 as the [...]

Feb
15
2010

Japan’s economy expands 4.6 per cent in December quarter

Finally the Japanese have something to cheer about, marred by recalls problems of country’s largest automaker and aggravating deflation; the Gross Domestic Product increased by 1.1 per cent for the Oct-Dec 09 quarter, which translates into 4.6 per cent annualized. It was the third consecutive quarter of growth.
The GDP deflator – a measure of [...]

Feb
15
2010

Japan recorded impressive growth

Real gross domestic product grew at an annual pace of 4.6% in the October-December period, the government said. During the last quarter of 2009, the Japanese economy progressed at rate of 1.1%.
“There is some brightness breaking through the clouds,” Finance Minister Naoto Kan told reporters. The corporate capital investment revived on the back of impressive [...]