3 July 2008, 4:23 am
TOKYO and MOSCOW , July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- TransTeleCom Company CJSC (TTK), Russia's leading telecommunications backbone operator and NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), announced on July 3 that the Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System (HSCS), which directly links the two companies' telecom networks ... read more
3 July 2008, 4:14 am
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Mitsui & Co. , Japan's largest utility and second-largest trading house, signed contracts with Brazil's state-controlled oil producer to help ensure the Asian country's energy security.... read more
3 July 2008, 3:46 am
(Updates by adding comments from Nomura) TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japan's Financial Services Agency Thursday ordered Nomura Securities Co. to improve its operations after a company employee was arrested on suspicion of insider trading. The government agency said the securities house must improve its o... read more
3 July 2008, 3:11 am
TOKYO - Japan's key stock index extended its sell-off to an 11th straight session Thursday — its longest slide in 54 years.... read more
3 July 2008, 3:08 am
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- A panel of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday called for using about 10 trillion yen ($94 billion) of the country's public pension assets to establish Japan's first sovereign wealth fund, hoping to take advantage of the buying opportunities created by the glob... read more
3 July 2008, 2:30 am
(Adds minister's comments about sovereign wealth fund.) TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Japan's Vice Finance Minister Hiroki Tsuda declined to comment on Japanese stock prices, which fell for the 11th straight day Thursday, the longest declining streak since 1954.... read more