Losses soar at Japanese megabank
80611
Japanese megabank and merger target UFJ unveils huge losses and a $6.4bn cash injection from its favoured suitor.
385516
Japanese stocks were hit badly on Friday morning by fears of rising global interest rates following sharp overnight increases in US and European bond yields.
118278
Citigroup Inc., the world&#39;s largest bank, was forced to close its private banking operations in Japan after the nation&#39;s financial regulator reported it had found &quot;serious&quot; breaches.
485907
Softbank, which acquired Japan Telecom this summer, today complained that its plan to offer mobile phone service could be thwarted by the government&#39;s refusal to provide the necessary bandwidth.
284344
Japanese consumer electronics maker Sanyo said it posted a net loss in the December quarter, hit by sluggish sales of digital cameras and the damage a killer earthquake caused to its chip-making plant.
190417
The tsunami catastrophe in Asia has wreaked economic damage of more than $13.6 billion, the world&#39;s largest reinsurer estimates.
237913
Japan's two biggest airlines have seen  more than 5.0 billion yen ($45.43 million) in lost sales this  year due to flight cancellations caused by a string of  typhoons, Kyodo news agency said Saturday.
470802
Scandal-hit Mitsubishi Motors of Japan has reported a group net loss of $A1.824 billion in the first half of the 2004 business year, compared with a loss of $A1 billion a year earlier.
231082
The Bank of Japan raised its main  interest rate on Wednesday by a quarter percentage point to  0.50 percent, the highest in more than a decade, but the yen  retreated as the central bank signaled caution on further  increases.
324716
The bank cited huge write-downs of mortgage-related securities and higher provisions for future losses in credit card and home equity loans.
302287
Wall Street banks are bracing for another wave of multibillion-dollar losses as the crisis that began with subprime mortgages spreads through the credit markets.
355390
The troubled mortgage lender posted a loss of $422 million, citing rising loss provisions and impairment charges.
677023
Japanese car maker Mitsubishi, hit by a defect cover-up scandal earlier this year, posts heavy losses as sales plunge.
36889
The bank said it lost about $854 million, exceeding analystsâ fears about how badly it would suffer from its subprime mortgage bets.
569286
Merchants reported huge losses as crowds descended on stores to buy goods at government-ordered prices.
156599
Mizuho Financial Group, Japanâs biggest bank, reported an 8.4 percent fall in first-half profit on Monday but raised its full-year outlook by 33 percent due to smaller charges than expected for writing off bad loans.
433139
Even with a mega-loss expected, the banking giant still fell short of estimates, dragging U.S. stocks lower.