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...inside and out of Japan, are quick to note that Livedoor is not a large company, even by Japanese standards, and, therefore, they argue that the ?Livedoor Shock? now consuming Japan risks blowing the economic impact of the company?s woes out of proportion. Peter Morgan, Chief Economist for HSBC Securities in Tokyo calls Livedoor a symbolic battle and a specific case that has little implications for the rest of the economy. ?The economy is better now than it?s been for quite some time,? he says. ?The fundamentals still look pretty good...
...However, any indication that the accounting and securities manipulations are widespread rather than isolated to Livedoor could send markets reeling once again and derail Japan?s fitful recovery. Morgan of HSBC says there is no sign of that so far, ?but if Livedoor had that brilliant idea, it?s possible that other companies might have had similar thoughts.? For now, however, most analysts TIME contacted contend that Japan?s stock market, its economy, and the financial reporting controls are fundamentally strong. In fact, Peter Tasker, an economist at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Tokyo, maintains that the ?Livedoor Shock? could...
...place throughout the E.U., and member nations pledged to spend $100 million to fight off the global spread of bird flu, focusing on the most needy countries. In the U.K., businesses have been urged by the government to develop contingency plans against a pandemic: the giant global bank HSBC estimates human-to-human transmission could make ill half its worldwide staff. The World Bank is calling for rich nations to donate millions - to pay for mass culling, compensation and animal vaccination - to the places where the disease has lodged, and wants the West to invest in research to speed...
...idea is hot enough to entice IBM into taking a 5% stake in the company and incorporating Voice. Trust into its online-commerce platform. Other big customers include Microsoft and HSBC. Voice.Trust is being used within corporate networks for employee verification...
...also do without the cash. His company mobileATM has developed secure software that allows cell-phone owners in Britain to check their bank balances using their handsets. That may sound trivial, but 37 banks in Britain, including First Direct (the roughly $12 billion phone and PC division of giant HSBC) and RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland), have approved...