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...would certainly like to appoint more women, and we're lucky that we've had some very qualified ones," said Hal S. Scott, Nomura professor of international financial systems...
...companies announce their results for 1991 fiscal year, most will report declining profits. Blue chips like Sony, NEC and Matsushita have all experienced drops of over 40% in pretax profits. Japan's security houses, hit by declining commissions from a falling stock market, will announce even more dramatic drops. Nomura Securities, once Japan's most profitable company, is talking about an 80% decline in profits. Auto manufacturers, banks, airlines, steel companies, department stores -- all are in a slump...
Another argument for change is that investors are no longer willing to wait for long-term payouts on their investments. "Those days are over," argued Richard Koo, a senior economist at the Nomura Research Institute, in an article in the economic weekly magazine Toyo Keizai. From now on, he predicted, companies will have to increase prices or withdraw from unprofitable lines of business if they are to meet investors' expectations...
...past few weeks. The cost of a 30-year mortgage, for example, has jumped from 8.36% at the beginning of the year to 8.82% now. Economists are absolutely baffled by the recent rise in short- and long-term rates. "Whatever the reason," says David Resler, chief economist at Nomura Securities, "if the run-up in rates reflects an emerging trend, the economic recovery hoped for later this year will never develop...
...envoys made their "final effort" on Nov. 20, presenting to Hull an unyielding proposal on which Foreign Minister Togo said "no further concessions" could be made. Nomura noted that this was an inauspicious day -- "They call it Thanksgiving" -- but he dutifully delivered the message. It said the U.S. must restore trade to pre-embargo levels, provide oil from the Dutch East Indies and not interfere with Japan's "efforts for peace" in China...