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TOKYO (Nikkei)--Yamato Transport Co. said Monday that packages handled by its Takkyubin parcel delivery service in June increased 2.2% on the year to roughly 100.71 million units, marking the first year-on-year rise since last October. The nation's leading parcel delivery firm had seen a...

July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s credit ratings were put on review for an increase to investment grade by Moody’s Investors Service, which cited the country’s “demonstrated resilience to shocks” in the global economy. Bonds gained and stocks and the currency pared losses. Moody’s...

Sorry, nazz, have to correct you : they are "Vikingrs"... :)

Yes. Yes. Yes. :)

By Paul Verschuur July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Societe Generale expects to report a slightly positive net income in the second quarter, the bank said today in an e-mailed statement. Last Updated: July 6, 2009 02:16 EDT http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aNaHbtz71Kxk Must...

"Dip buying has been consistently rewarded lately and it doesn't much matter what caused the dip." :p :) :D

A federal judge approved the sale of General Motors Corp.'s assets to a new government-run company, removing a key hurdle to the auto maker's plan to exit bankruptcy. Judge Robert E. Gerber of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York issued an 87-page ruling late Sunday...

And once again HSI + 0,11 % leads the way. SHSE + 0,32 %. :)

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong's economy may have begun to grow in the second quarter and could be on track for a better performance in 2009 than the government had forecast earlier, officials said Monday. Financial Secretary John Tsang was cited in news reports as saying there were...

FRANKFURT, July 5 (Reuters) - Package delivery giant and U.S. economic bellwether FedEx Corp (FDX.N) is seeing signs for a potential turnaround in the second half as production seemed to be picking up again, German magazine WirtschaftsWoche reported. Michael Ducker, in charge of FedEx'...

Jul 3, 2009 (China Knowledge) - General Motors Corp (GM) said on Wednesday that sales at Shanghai General Motors Co Ltd (Shanghai GM) jumped 71.5% year on year to 60,356 units in June, sources reported.During the period from January to June, Shanghai GM, the joint venture (JV) between GM and...

July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., grappling with excess North American plant capacity as sales wither, plans to spend about $500 million to upgrade an Indiana SUV-assembly plant, its biggest single such investment this year. Toyota has budgeted 48.4 billion yen for the Princeton...

LOL ! You have just described the very state of "the banks" 8 months ago. "Financially weak, highly risky and shaky as hell." The "bureaucrats" you are talking about have saved "the banks" asses ! :p

... The case against Aleynikov may explain why the New York Stock Exchange moved quickly last week to stop reporting program stock trading for its most active firms. Goldman was often at the top of the chart — far ahead of its competitors. ... HAHAHAHAHAHAH !!!! LOL !!!:p :p :p

LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Many stocks in heavily discounted sectors such as banks and industrials still look cheap, says hedge fund manager Philippe Jabre, although he has trimmed his large weighting in equities after the recent rally. The former GLG (GLG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) manager...

Short-term focus: IP and the US earnings season kick-off Investors will likely focus on European industrial production next week to see if the recent strength in the survey data will lead to an improvement in real activity data. In addition, the US earnings season kicks off on Wednesday, July...

1) First of all, not individuals are holding assets with Riksbank but banks and other financial institutions. Nobody is forcing banks to pass on negative deposit rates to customers... 2) I suppose Riksbank´s step serves the same purpose like similar steps in the US. Banks are hoarding cash and...

Politicians of all parties are united in their determination to force German banks to make credit available. Financial institutes remain reluctant to lend despite having received billions in finanical aid. German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck in a newspaper article to be published in...

3 July 2009 | 21:21 | FOCUS News Agency Berlin. Germany’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, has passed a bill for the creation of "bad banks" to absorb toxic assets and clean up balance sheets at financial institutions caught up in the financial crisis, Deutsche Welle. The bill...

Goldman to make record bonus payout The following correction was printed in the Observer's For the record column, Sunday June 28 2009 In the article below, we made reference to "guaranteed rewards that were paid over three years". In fact, Goldman Sachs has a policy of not paying...