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...which expired in March, is a remnant of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's era of reforms in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the government recapitalized and even nationalized some of its major banks after real estate and stock-market bubbles burst. The government says it currently plans to take a localized approach to intervention to make sure weaknesses it sees chiefly in regional banks don't develop into a systemic infection. Japan's regional banks don't appear to be facing an immediate crisis, say economists, but the government wants to be prepared. "It's a safety...
...insurance sector, some economists say there is growing concern about Japan's property market and the damage that could be done to the banking system if real estate developers and owners began failing in large numbers. New City Residence Investment Corp. became the first REIT to go under since stocks of property trusts were first allowed to trade publicly on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2001. "The major REIT failure last week has affected the regional banks' balance sheets," says Shirakawa, adding that the trusts could be bellwethers signaling trouble for the real estate sector at large. "Property cash flows...
...Following their short-lived surge earlier this week, world stock markets on Thursday took a seriously bearish stance, drawing markets that had already slumped Wednesday further down. Tokyo's Nikkei lost more than 11% - virtually wiping out its stunning spurt earlier in the week - and bourses elsewhere in Asia and across Europe experienced steep falls. What is inspiring traders to dump stocks in droves is a darkening economic outlook that continues to destabilize markets...
...Republican presidential nominee faces a daunting overall task. He is so far behind in the national polls and in most key individual states that it is difficult to assemble a single combination of Electoral College votes to get him to the necessary 270. Despite Monday's unprecedented stock market rebound and Tuesday's campaign announcement introducing a new McCain economic policy proposal, voters largely continue to blame the Republicans for the financial crisis and the gloomy mood of an unstable nation. At the same time, the impact of Obama's massive fund-raising advantage has hit full force, as battleground...
...stock market is tanking again; a global recession looms; and intelligence services report that al-Qaeda is stronger and more determined to strike than ever. But Wednesday found the leaders of France with a more important crisis to confront: the excruciating insult of hearing France's national anthem lustily jeered by the crowd at the opening of a France-Tunisia friendly match in Paris the previous night...