LSE to forge foreign alliances

LSE to forge foreign alliances 

Freed from takeover tussle, LSE forges links with Tokyo and Mumbai.

LSE set for major tie-up with Tokyo 
Alliance with Japan would pool technology and marketing.

Tokyo shares outlook - Flat to lower on weak machinery orders

Tokyo shares outlook - Flat to lower on weak machinery orders

Forbes, NY - Nov 12, 2006TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices are expected to open flat to lower with investors likely to dwell on the weak machinery orders data released on Friday and ...

Tokyo stocks open lower
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Nov 16, 2006Tokyo (dpa) - Tokyo stocks slipped lower at the market opening Friday over concern about Japan's economy. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average ...

Tokyo shares close lower on pessimism about economy
Forbes, NY - Nov 12, 2006TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices closed lower for the fourth consecutive day, pessimism about the economy having swept the market after the release Friday of ...

Bjorn Andersson: 'Sun is back in HPC'
HPCwire, CA - Nov 17, 2006Sun Microsystems has been awarded a couple of big supercomputing HPC wins lately -- at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Texas Advanced Computing Center. ...

Createur visionnaire
ANP Pers Support, Netherlands - Nov 16, 2006... for 5 months. The capital cities. competing for the project include Barcelona, Sydney, London, Tokyo and Oslo. The interest. in the ...

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TOKYO trial, a Chinese film portraying the court proceedings against Japanese war criminals, will be shown in cinemas and about 100 universities across the country today to mark the 75th anniversary of the start of Japan's invasion of China.

Tropical storm leaves nine dead in Japan 
TOKYO: A powerful typhoon left nine people dead and hundreds hurt in southwestern Japan as it weakened to a tropical storm and headed out to sea.

Dollar matches 5-month high vs yen despite G7 
TOKYO -- The dollar matched a five-month high against the yen on Monday as currency markets brushed aside calls from some members of the Group of Seven rich countries for the Japanese currency to appreciate.

"Tokyo Trial" to be screened across China on September 18 
A Chinese film portraying the trial of Japanese WWII war criminals - "Tokyo Trial"- will be shown in cinemas and around 100 universities across the country on September 18 to mark the 75th anniversary of the start of Japan's armed invasion of China.

Killer typhoon moves north in Sea of Japan 
TOKYO, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Typhoon Shanshan began moving north in the Sea of Japan Monday away from the Kyushu and Chugoku regions, where it left nine dead and 260 injured.

Mitsubishi Chem has cracker restart problem-source

Mitsubishi Chem has cracker restart problem-source 

TOKYO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has a problem with the restart of its 375,000 tonne per year (tpy) naphtha cracker in eastern Japan and it will not return to full capacity by Wednesday as planned, an industry source said on Tuesday.