BOJ under pressure as Japan money market tightens: related news

BOJ under pressure as Japan money market tightens

TOKYO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is coming under pressure to take more aggressive funding steps as money market rates inch up due to mounting concerns about market tightness.

Money-Market Fund Support Strains Fund Managers And Bank Sponsors

Once considered among the safest of investments, certain enhanced cash and money-market funds have joined the many that the global credit market downturn has affected as a result of declining net asset values (NAVs) in their underlying investments, according to a Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services report published today entitled, “Money-Market Fund Support Weighs On Fund Managers And Bank Sponsors.�

BOJ FOCUS-New BOJ steps may ease strains, but no panacea

TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan's new funding scheme, due to start next month, is likely to help ease upward pressure on money market rates and commercial paper rates, but much depends on how the BOJ employs its existing tools.

BOJ Supplying $30.58 Billion Into Money Market In 3-Month Funds

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- The Bank of Japan announced Tuesday it will supply $30.58 billion into the short-term money market in three-month funds at a fixed rate of 1.420%.

Apple up to 16% of smartphone market, driving market growth

The economy has apparently been heading south for about a year now, but the iPhone's sales numbers haven't taken a nosedive just yet. The global smartphone market has also been growing, and Needham & Co. analyst Charles Wolf offers an explanation for this in a recent report covered by AppleInsider. Wolf notes that Apple's global smartphone market share rose to a record high during the prior quarter, but he thinks that the iPhone has been propping up market growth overall. He expects that the December quarter is likely to see a drop in the smartphone market growth rate that will include a drop the growth rate of iPhone sales.

Bank of Canada to auction C$18 bln T-bills

OTTAWA, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada said on Tuesday it would sell a total of C$18 billion of government of Canada treasury bills at its Jan. 6 auction. The Bank said it would sell a total of C$10.4 billion three-month, C$3.8 billion six-month and C$3.8 billion one-year bills. For Reuters bond and money market pricing information double click on one of the following: Canadian bond prices Canadian money market prices Canada-U.S. spreads (live) World yield index 30 year benchmark - Montreal Exchange bond futures pricing information. For the fixed-income market speed guides, double click on one of the following: For related news, double click on one of the following: Canadian news North American Treasuries news Money news Debt news Markets news Government debt news Canadian bond market stories Canadian bond auction details Keywords:

Japan Security Software 2008: Secure Content Management and Threat Management

This IDC study, which is a translation of the Japan report IDC #J8330107, presents an analysis of the secure content management (SCM) products and threat management (TM) product markets and forecasts the market trends. With the emergence of new types of threats such as phishing, spam mails and spyware, endpoint security solutions that are mainly antivirus product equipped with message security and Web filtering, and firewall will probably drive market growth. This situation is also reflected in the Web filtering products and message security product market. The TM product market will continue to shift to security appliance and outsourcing service, and therefore the software segment will shrink.

Dec 23, 2008 Out Now Offers Online Training for Gay & Lesbian Market

The work of gay marketing specialist Out Now and World Travel Market (WTM) is now available online for a global audience. The lesbian and gay market for travel and tourism has become increasingly sought after -- particularly at a time of global slowdown. Out Now gay market research shows that lesbian and gay appetite for travel remains comparatively strong, especially as a result of the higher prevalence of “Double Income No Kids� (DINK) households which characterizes the gay market in many markets globally. WTM has released a new online webinar, featuring Out Now’s CEO Ian Johnson, presenting the latest gay marketing knowledge including lesbian and gay market research, case studies and strategic insight. The webinar was created during the recent “Gay Marketing Masterclass by Out Now� held in London at WTM.

BOJ's Shirakawa: Japan sluggish; sees funding risks

FUKUOKA, Japan, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Monday that sluggishness in Japan's economy was increasing rapidly, as could be seen from weak industrial output data out last week.

BOJ deputy chief: Japan's economy faces further slowdown

TOKYO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan's economy is facing with a further downslide amid the global financial turmoil, Kyodo News reported Thursday, citing Hirohide Yamaguchi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).

BoJ's Kamezaki: Central Bank To Strive For Financial Market Stability

(RTTNews) - Thursday, Bank of Japan policymaker Hidetoshi Kamezaki said in a speech that the central bank will concentrate every effort to ensure financial market stability. Speaking at a business meeting in Takamatsu, in western Japan, the policymaker noted that the central bank may take extraordinary measures in unusual economic situations. He said a central bank taking on credit risk was a very extraordinary measure.

Japan Nov bank loan rise biggest on record - BOJ

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UPDATE 3-Japan finmin calls for more BOJ liquidity steps [XFNA]

TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Japan's finance minister on Tuesday urged the Bank of Japan to examine measures to help the economy and boost market liquidity at a rate review meeting this week, amid signs of a worsening recession.

Hong Kong shares turn lower as HSBC, China Mobile remain under pressure

HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices were lower at mid-morning as large-caps HSBC and China Mobile remained under pressure, causing the market to give up modest early gains driven by hopes of further monetary easing in China. HSBC was down about 2 pct, extending last week's slide, following a sharp drop in its ADR price on Friday amid growing concerns the bank may soon need to cut its dividend and raise fresh funds to cope with losses in its US operations. Rating agency Standard & Poor's cut its outlook on HSBC to 'negative' from 'stable', saying the lender's asset quality is likely to deteriorate. China Mobile was down after reporting lower net subscriber additions for November compared to the previous month. Mainland banks turned lower after early gains.

Hong Kong shares turn lower as HSBC, China Mobile remain under pressure

HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices were lower at mid-morning as large-caps HSBC and China Mobile remained under pressure, causing the market to give up modest early gains driven by hopes of further monetary easing in China.

Some money markets insured

I have read the information on money market funds versus money market mutual funds. Did I read where the U.S. government has offered some protection to these two different investments? I thought I read something about it but can't find the reference.

Smartphone market loses momentum

MUNICH, Germany — While other market segments have to deal with shrinking sales, the smartphone market still sees double-digit growth. In the face of the downturn however, market researcher Gartner, Inc. recorded the slowest growth in this segment ever. Nokia even saw its sales decline — another first-ever in this market segment.

Smartphone market loses momentum

MUNICH, Germany — While other market segments have to deal with shrinking sales, the smartphone market still sees double-digit growth. In the face of the downturn however, market researcher Gartner, Inc. recorded the slowest growth in this segment ever. Nokia even saw its sales decline — another first-ever in this market segment.

Smartphone market loses momentum

MUNICH, Germany — While other market segments have to deal with shrinking sales, the smartphone market still sees double-digit growth. In the face of the downturn however, market researcher Gartner, Inc. recorded the slowest growth in this segment ever. Nokia even saw its sales decline — another first-ever in this market segment.

Smartphone market loses momentum

MUNICH, Germany — While other market segments have to deal with shrinking sales, the smartphone market still sees double-digit growth. In the face of the downturn however, market researcher Gartner, Inc. recorded the slowest growth in this segment ever. Nokia even saw its sales decline — another first-ever in this market segment.

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Bank of Japan to Hold Emergency Meeting This Week

The Bank of Japan will hold an emergency meeting this week to discuss plans on creating a lending facility for domestic firms struggling to get financing in current market conditions. The plan would allow banks to use corporate bonds with lower credit rations as collateral to gain access to BOJ funds. The news was broken by NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster.

UBS: Bizjet Market Deteriorating

UBS Investment Research’s business jet survey released late last month shows a contracting market index that is “reflective of a market that continues to rapidly deteriorate.” According to UBS analyst David Strauss, “We believe this [is] a market with few serious buyers, too much supply and pricing that has fallen 25 percent or more over the past six to eight weeks.” A lack of financing is also endangering aircraft manufacturers’ backlogs, UBS said. “While our survey has indicated slowing end-market demand for some time, financing looked to be there to deliver the backlog. However, over the past two months…business jet financing looks to have dried up considerably.” Meanwhile, an increase in inventory of pre-owned aircraft and decline in flight activity “presage what we think will be a significant slowing in new aircraft demand.

i-mate to launch first phone in Japan: Ultimate 8502 smartphone

i-mate plc. (Headquarters: Dubai, UAE, hereafter: i-mate) and Japan Communications Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan, hereafter: JCI) are pleased to announce that the i-mate Ultimate 8502 smartphone has received JATE/TELEC[1] certifications, paving the way for its nationwide release. This will be the first time that an i-mate device will be available in Japan, the world's most advanced cellular market.

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