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...The Japanese economy entered a long period of stagnation during the 2000s, when the economy grew on average only 0.7 per cent....
...Even after 30 lean, post-bubble years, Japanese households hold ¥2.1 quadrillion ($14.7tn) of financial assets, of which more than half ($7.7tn) is held in cash and deposits....
...Hedge Fund A’s trading during that time period represented 26.2% of the trading in MEDP. 59....
...Today’s top stories Eurozone inflation rose to 2.9 per cent in December, reversing six months of consecutive falls and dampening hopes of interest rate cuts from the European Central Bank....
...“Against that, even the 0.27 per cent on JGBs looks attractive and the 2.7 per cent dividend yield on Japanese equities looks even better,” he said....
...Richard Waters 7....
...Leo Lewis says humiliations do not come much bigger for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which would see one of its biggest household names taken private. 2....
...The Topix finished Friday’s session down 0.7 per cent....
...Leo, who did not want to give his real name, says he has benefited from the situation....
...The company had so much of it, Keyence boasted in its recruitment presentation, that it could survive for 17 years without any sales revenues....
...The dollar, which has surged amid the crisis, weakened to provide some respite for vulnerable currencies including the British pound, which rose close to 2 per cent to $1.17....
...Gold was up 0.7 per cent to trade around $1,625 an ounce....
...Although the proposed payout was up 9 per cent on 2018, the 17.5 euro cents a share fell short of expectations....
...“It should be €16 or €17 per kilo at this time of the year. It went to about €10 there last week and sure now it’s closed altogether,” he added. “It wasn’t great news.”...
...£17.3m to £16m....
...Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Sector: food and beverages / HQ: Guangdong, china Key stat: Sales rose 7.2 per cent in the first quarter — but this was the slowest rate in a decade....
...At current levels, the UN says, global emissions now need to be reduced by 7.6 per cent per year from now until 2030....
...Expect some interesting action soon from big accounting firms and banks. 2....
...There’s also a huge amount of fees pressure on hedge funds, which have historically adopted the 2 and 20 fee structure (a 2 per cent management fee and 20 per cent performance fee)....
...It has 2,000 direct employees and another 2,000 in support industries. But a changing climate has disrupted the company, which remains Ireland’s biggest fossil fuel provider....
...The modern plastics industry began in 1907, when Belgian chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented the first plastic resin made of synthetic materials....
...“When first-quarter earnings season kicks off in earnest in April, tech stocks are expected to deliver twice the revenue growth of the S&P 500, 14.2 per cent versus 7.2 per cent....
...Analysts will also probe the outlook for loans, which were up 2 per cent in the consumer business and 7 per cent in the wholesale business. (Photo: Reuters)...
...ADHD is estimated to affect around 5% of school-age children and 2.5 per cent of adults worldwide....
...2,020m-high Spectre....
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