Japan big banks reluctant to pay for subprime fund
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Japan's top three banks are expected to  resist a request to put up a total of $15 billion for a  U.S.-led subprime rescue fund, a move that could further cloud  prospects for the bailout plan.
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A Bank of Japan policy board member tried to soothe investors' nerves on Thursday, saying some market moves had been overdone, amid a new bout of tightness in short-term credit markets due to banks' growing risk aversion.
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Problems in the bond markets put pressure on financial firms' shares.
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Softbank Corp., Japan's largest Internet provider, complained that its plan to offer a new mobile phone service could be thwarted by the government's refusal to provide the necessary bandwidth.
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TOKYO - In the old days in Japan, a merger between two banks would have been quietly brokered behind closed doors. But the current clash between two major Japanese banks over competing bids for a smaller rival is turning into a boisterous public brawl.
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Bank of Japan &#39;tankan survey&#39; also shows strong capital spending, boosting stocks and the yen. TOKYO  - Confidence among Japan&#39;s big manufacturers waned for the first time in seven quarters, the Bank
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UBS is reportedly facing shareholder opposition to a huge injection of funds from Singapore and the Middle East to help the Swiss banking giant overcome the US subprime mortgage meltdown.
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Confidence in business conditions at major Japanese companies fell from three months ago dampening expectations of an interest rate increase and clouding the outlook for the worldâs No. 2 economy.
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Japanese shares fell Friday after Japanese banks reported larger-than-expected losses due to the subprime mortgage crisis. A slump in China's Shanghai Stock Exchange also weighed on Tokyo trade.
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As talk of an American recession has helped batter global financial markets, economic policy makers in Japan have largely sat on the sidelines.
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Japan's key interest rate is kept on hold at 0.5% for a fourth consecutive month amid a slip in consumer prices.
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UFJ Holdings Inc., Japan&#39;s fourth- biggest lender, said it hasn&#39;t finalized its earnings outlook. UFJ plans to eliminate more than 700 billion yen ($6.
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Some banks expected to contribute to a fund to bail out troubled securitized investment vehicles (SIVs) are losing interest as they doubt the fund's ability to provide a solution to the credit crunch, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Top Japanese finance officials gave conflicting economic assessments Friday, with the central bank chief predicting a slowdown in Japan while the economy minister said she saw no sign of one.
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NEW YORK -- With some investors wringing their hands about inflation and the Federal Reserve's efforts to keep it in check, those with bond fund holdings could be forgiven for wanting to take their money and run. But while some market observers see volatility ahead, few are ready to call it quits.
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Reports of fresh damage from the teetering U.S. subprime mortgage sector provoked financial market wobbles on Tuesday as central banks around the world said their interest rate intentions had been thrown into doubt.
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Bad bets on subprime mortgages might  have blown mansion-sized holes in the balance sheets of some  big banks, but bankers are not scaling back their plans for  splurging this bonus season, according to Trader Monthly.