A triple-digit rally on Wall Street pushed Asian and Pacific markets solidly into positive territory on Tuesday.
Asian markets ride Wall Street higher
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Cargo plane bursts into flames at Tokyo airport
A FedEx airplane ran off a runway at Tokyo’s Narita airport in Japan and burst into flames Monday, an airport official confirmed.
Ozawa: The Man Who Wants to Save Japan
Ichiro Ozawa says that he’s fond of working at practical things, that he “doesn’t like to be showy on the stage.” He had better get used to the limelight.
Stocks Close Below 7000 to a Twelve Year Low
Stocks crashed through a psychological barrier on Monday, falling below 7000 to close down 4.24% for the day, at 6763 — the first market close under 7000 since May 1997. The broader S&P 500 was down sharply as well, falling 4.66% to finish at 700.82. The market opened on a sharp down note after absorbing a weekend of anxiety over AIG, the black hole of an insurance company that is swallowing another $30 billion of government assistance with no assurance that it won’t need more.
Japan’s Double Oscar Victory
It’s not quite Slumdog’s tale of rags to riches — more like shining maggots to Oscar gold. The path that led Japan to take its first Oscar in Best Foreign Language film at this week’s Academy Awards started with the film’s lead actor, Masahiro Motoki, contacting author Shinmon Aoki to quote a passage of his novel Coffinman: The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician in the actor’s own travel diary. “Maggots are life, too,” the passage, in the voice of the novel’s protagonist, reads
Markets head to crisis lows as rout continues
An major rout on Wall Street carried over into Asia Tuesday as doubts over U.S. President Obama’s plans to rescue ailing banks pushed markets to crisis lows
Down day for global markets
Major markets across the world were sliding Friday with low confidence leading to near-record lows in the United States. European stocks were taking a beating as investors become increasingly anxious over the state of the global economy. Mining and banking shares fell sharply with mining giant Anglo-American leading the losses.
Will Killing Whales Save the World’s Fisheries?
Despite anything you may have heard to the contrary, whale meat does not taste good.
5 dead in Mexico border town violence
Five drug-trafficking suspects were killed and seven federal police officers were wounded Tuesday in clashes in the Mexican border town of Reynosa, police said. She’s expected to huddle with Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda Wednesday evening before meeting with President Bambang Yudhoyono the following morning. Clinton will “discuss the close and growing partnership with Indonesia and perspectives on common interests in Southeast Asia,” according to the State Department Web site
Japan’s ‘Drunk’ Finance Chief, Shoichi Nakagawa, Steps Down
Slurred speech. Long pauses