Japan to Begin Test Production for Frozen Gas Locked in Seabed

Japan to Begin Test Production for Frozen Gas Locked in Seabed
By Tsuyoshi Inajima & Yuji Okada - Mar 11, 2013

Japan, which has almost no natural energy resources of its own, will begin the world’s first offshore drilling operation this week to extract frozen natural gas locked under the seabed.

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Bloomberg: China Soft Landing May Be Hard for Commodity Exporters

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China Soft Landing May Be Hard for Commodity Exporters
By Bloomberg News - 2012.03.25 06:41 PM

The good news: China’s government will engineer a soft landing. The bad news: Even a soft landing is painful for industries that have become dependent on the world’s fastest-growing major economy as their main profit engine.

Japan: V-shaped recovery is now more than complete for Japanese consumers (T. Okubo)

V-shaped recovery is now more than complete for Japanese consumers

Retail sales in Japan jumped by 2.9% month on month (mom) in June, sizably stronger than the prior market expectation (E 1.5%).

Bloomberg: European Banks May Need to Raise More Capital

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Bloomberg: European Banks May Need to Raise More Capital
By Elisa Martinuzzi and Liam Vaughan - Jun 27, 2011 7:01 AM GMT+0900

Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), Germany’s biggest lender, and UniCredit SpA (UCG) are among European banks that may have to raise additional capital after regulators dismissed lenders’ threats that stiffer rules may stunt economic growth.

Bloomberg: Profits Seen Increasing Jobs as Earnings in U.S. Grow Fastest Since 1940s

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Profits Seen Increasing Jobs as Earnings in U.S. Grow Fastest Since 1940s
By Shobhana Chandra - Jun 13, 2011 8:01 AM GMT+0900

Profits at American companies are poised to be one of the few bright spots in the U.S., helping to steady the faltering recovery.

Bloomberg: ‘Perfect Storm’ May Threaten Global Economy

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‘Perfect Storm’ May Threaten Global Economy
By Shamim Adam - Jun 13, 2011 8:58 AM GMT+0900

A “perfect storm” of fiscal woe in the U.S., a slowdown in China, European debt restructuring and stagnation in Japan may converge on the global economy, New York University professor Nouriel Roubini said.

Bloomberg: Risk Rally Ending for Currencies Turns Focus to New Least Ugly-Alternative

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Risk Rally Ending for Currencies Turns Focus to New Least Ugly-Alternative
By Catarina Saraiva and Allison Bennett - May 23, 2011 1:08 PM GMT+0900

The best-performing currencies of 2011 are falling out of favor as the Federal Reserve plans its exit from record monetary stimulus just as the global economy shows signs of slowing, buffeting commodities and stocks.

Why the U.S. may not be the next Japan

Why the U.S. may not be the next Japan

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The fashionable thing for economists to worry about these days is deflation.

It's hard to go a day without someone proselytizing that the United States is the next Japan and that a Lost Decade looms on the horizon -- or might already have even begun. ...