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Japan May Cushion BOJ Balance-Sheet Contraction, `Preserve' Easing Options Japan’s central bank may seek next
week to counter a contraction of its balance sheet caused by the
month-end expiration of an emergency-credit program as deflation
persists in the world’s second-largest economy.
Toyota Sets Goal of Regaining U.S. Market Share Lost to Recalls Within '10 Toyota Motor Corp. set a 2010 goal
of regaining most of the U.S. market share lost in the past two
months after global recalls of 8 million vehicles damped demand,
the No. 2 U.S. sales executive said.
Japanese Cap-and-Trade Bill Headed to Win Backing From Hatoyama's Cabinet Japan’s Cabinet plans to endorse a
climate-protection draft law today that would cap industrial
emissions for the first time and thrust the second-biggest
economy into the $125 billion market for trading carbon credits.
Mitsui, Marubeni Seek Income Streams In World's $1.2 Trillion Water Market Mitsui & Co. and Marubeni Corp.,
Japan’s second- and fifth-largest trading companies, plan to
increase investments in water projects to benefit from global
spending forecast to reach $1.2 trillion by 2025.
Japanese Stock Futures Rise on BOJ Speculation; Australia's Index Climbs Japanese stock futures rose on
speculation the central bank will loosen monetary policies and
after the yen weakened. Australian shares gained.
BHP's Kloppers Winning in War to End Annual Price Talks With Steelmakers Marius Kloppers, chief executive
officer of BHP Billiton Ltd., is winning his war on how the
steel industry buys its raw materials.
Japan's Government Bonds Set for Second Weekly Drop on Advancing Stocks Japan’s 10-year government bonds
may fall, heading for a second weekly drop, on speculation
local stocks will advance after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index
reached the highest level since October 2008.
Toyota Recalls Show Safety Agency Did Its Job, NHTSA Chief Strickland Says The U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration has done its job policing auto safety
well, and Toyota Motor Corp.’s record recalls show that, the
agency’s administrator said.
Japan's 10-Year Yield May Reach December Low on Deflation, Citigroup Says Japan’s bonds may gain, pushing
10-year yields to the lowest level since December, as the
economic recovery slows, deflation lingers and interest rates
stay near zero, Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc. said.
U.S. Senators Press Japan to End `Unfair' Restrictions on Import of Beef Japan, once the largest importer of
U.S. beef, should ease “unfair” import restrictions on the
meat that have limited access to a $1.4 billion market for
American exporters, a group of U.S. senators said.
President Hu Jintao's Son Will Visit Taiwan in May, Next Magazine Reports Chinese President Hu Jintao’s son
Hu Haifeng will visit Taiwan in mid May, Next Magazine reported,
without saying where it got the information. Hu will
be visiting the island as the head of Yangtze Delta Region
Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang on an academic visit,
according to the Taipei-based Chinese-language weekly.
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Red-Coral Rescue Plans Endanger Italian Jewelry Makers of Torre del Greco The people of Torre del Greco, 10
miles south of Naples, have lived off the red corals found in
the Mediterranean Sea for more than two millennia. A proposal to
list the species as endangered may push the seaside town’s $217
million-a-year coral industry into extinction.
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