51. A decade ego, Japanese banks, a Swiss confectioner and a Philadelphia utility were vastly more popular with investors than Microsoft. 52. A New York-based employee purchased non-guaranteed bonds issued by U.S. government financial institutions and certificates of deposit issued by major Japanese banks. 53. A Japanese bank recently chose an unusual way to try to reinvigorate one of its ailing branches. 54. A plummeting won will weaken the yen because Japanese banks have billions of dollars in loans outstanding to Korean companies and those loans are becoming more difficult to repay. 55. A majority of banks trading at LIBOR are foreign banks and most banks trading at TIBOR are Japanese banks. 56. A lawyer for five Japanese banks that loaned millions to Montgomery Ward questioned the reasonableness of the incentive offers. 57. A steep collapse in land values early in the decade created major problems for Japanese banks, which in turn ushered in a prolonged recession. 58. According to the latest statistics from the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japanese banks have been net sellers of Japanese equities for the past eight weeks. 59. Aeon has backing from Japanese banks and trading companies, including Dai-ichi Kango Bank, Mitsubishi Corp. and Itochu Corp. 60. After the end of the year, investors may be a little more friendly to Japanese banks, as Asian nations take steps to bolster their economies. |