SoftBank Deal Brings Enigmatic Japanese CEO To Sprint
The deal is expected to help Sprint, of Overland Park, Kan., deploy a more integrated next-generation wireless network in an effort to wrest market share from its two larger competitors in the U.S. ...
View ArticleJapans Softbank Agrees on Purchase of US Sprint
(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Japan's Softbank Corp. and US Sprint Nextel Corp. have basically reached an accord under which Japan's third-largest mobile phone carrier will pay 20 billion, ...
View ArticleWorld in Pictures October 15 2012 Pandas in Edinburgh lanterns in Rhode...
TODAY’S World in Pictures features photographs of two-year-old Honor Llewellin who bumped into pandas in Edinburgh; thousands of Jack o' Lanterns on display in Rhode Island and a model ...
View ArticleAll projects involving Moriguchi face probe
The government and universities began looking Monday into research projects involving Hisashi Moriguchi, who falsely claimed he had carried out the world's first clinical trial using a ...
View ArticleSoftbank plans $20 billion Sprint buy
Softbank Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp. have entered into definitive agreements under which Japan's third-largest mobile phone carrier will pay $20.1 billion (about ¥1.57 trillion) to acquire ...
View ArticleTokyo Public Law Office opens consultancy designed for foreigners
The office is near the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau. While there are numerous private law firms that can help foreigners, this is the first public office to provide legal services to ...
View ArticleJapan to Subject Foreign Banks to Deposit Insurance System -Kyodo
Japan's Financial Services Agency plans to subject foreign banks' branches in Japan to its deposit insurance system to enhance depositor protection, people close to the matter said Monday, ...
View ArticleJapans Softbank head says $20 bn Sprint deal a risk
AFP © <p>The head of Japan's Softbank admitted the firm was taking a risk after it confirmed Monday it would pay $20 billion to take over US-based Sprint Nextel in Japan Inc's ...
View ArticleCan Sprint catch ATT Verizon with a Japanese boost
S ) for $20.1 billion cash -- $8 billion to the number 3 U.S. mobile carrier directly and $12.1 billion to shareholders. Both companies hope that combined heft and greater amount of cash to invest ...
View ArticleRetirees can be rehired but often under worse conditions
"My school says the retirement age is 60. They will let you keep teaching until age 65, but during that time you lose all retirement pay and raises are frozen. At 65 the teacher must retire. Is ...
View ArticleCurse of the consumption tax
In a bicameral system, the government would not be able to get anything done if the two houses are controlled by different groups, unless the ruling and opposition camps resort to a "forbidden ...
View ArticleNiseko puts faith in powder to revive tourism boom
Aussies' delight: Mount Niseko-Annupuri dominates the skyline in the winter resort town of Niseko, Hokkaido. COURTESY OF THE NISEKO PROMOTION ...
View ArticleLabor law protects expectant and new mothers — to a point
I had a labor consultation with a woman who said: "The other day I told my company I was pregnant. My boss asked me to quit because the firm can't afford to give me time off. One of my ...
View ArticleTokyoWhats the most overrated place in Japan
Edwin OkonBusinessman, 42 (Nigerian)There are no overrated places, in my opinion. To me, everywhere — all the cities, sightseeing places, areas famous and not so famous — are good. ...
View ArticleDont be afraid to look me straight in the eye
Leopard skin sounded pretty showy, so I decided to adorn just one eye. But once in, the lens was surprisingly subtle. In fact, I had to actually point it out to my first "target," a female ...
View ArticleWell-traveled Brit wins woman with cheeky smile
Dave: Not from the start. It wasn't love at first sight at all. But Mimari was a bit different from other students. She had a dry sense of humor — a bit of a snake's tongue — ...
View ArticleGive women and girls a voice in disaster planning
GENEVA — Every year, more than 200 million people are affected by natural disasters. Many will bear the brunt of recurring floods, storms, or droughts, and the majority of them will be women ...
View ArticleColored contact lenses get a new macho vision
Bright eyes: Livin Proof's garacon lenses, worn by two models above, are patterned with emblems and designed to be fashion accessories. LIVIN ...
View ArticleSprint to sell 70 stake to Japans Softbank for $20bn
Softbank said it would buy $8bn of shares directly from Sprint and an additional $12.1bn of shares in the market. Photograph: Brendan ...
View ArticleBOJ Note Binge Chases Yield Hunters to Corporates Japan Credit
Bank of Japan (8301) 's vacuuming up of short-term government debt is chasing investors into riskier and longer-term securities, reducing relative borrowing costs for companies to the lowest ...
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