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...Today he compares the company to a famous Japanese battleship, the Yamato – a sort of military version of the Titanic....
...“They’ve been on this big battleship like the [sunken second world war warship] Yamato until now,” he says. “The idea doesn’t seem real.”...
...Yamato Holdings is using the proceeds of the issuance to help it to buy back Y30bn of its shares....
...Yamato Holdings rose 0.3 per cent to Y1,318 on its plan to issue convertible bonds and use the proceeds to buy back Y30bn of its shares....
...Yamato Holdings, Japan’s largest parcel delivery company, dropped the most on the average, shedding 4.5 per cent to Y1,435 after latest figures revealed that its package volumes declined in August....
...Lehman Brothers in Japan and three related companies were the top four bankruptcies this year by size of debt, followed by Yamato Seimei, a life insurance company....
...Yamato Life Insurance on Friday became the first Japanese financial institution to file for bankruptcy as a result of a sharp drop in the value of its investments owing to the global market crisis....
...Yamato Holdings, Japan’s dominant door to door parcel delivery company, climbed 1.3 per cent to Y1,813. ANA, the airline, also rose 1.3 per cent to Y479....
...Yamato, the delivery-service provider,fell 8.5 per cent to Y1,690 after the company slashed its earnings forecast and posted lower quarterly profits....
...Yamato and Seino, the delivery companies, both rose after news of a joint venture providing services to corporate clients. Yamato was up 2.5 per cent to Y2,230, with Seino up 1.9 per cent to Y1,137....
...Yamato Transport, Japan’s biggest door-to-door delivery group, fell 1.6 per cent after requesting a court injunction to block a planned alliance between Japan Post and Lawson, a convenience store chain....
...Yamato Transport, Japan's biggest door-to-door delivery group, fell 1.6 per cent after requesting a court injunction to block a planned alliance between Japan Post and Lawson, a convenience store chain....
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