High-tech manufacturers aren't doing that badly in terms of fundamentals, but investors have decided that's all been factored in and are reacting only to the bad news. |
If such a big network of post offices runs all services together, regional banks will be unable to fight back, |
It was probably the first hostile takeover (attempt) of that size in Japan. It is true that the concept (of hostile takeovers) struck not only corporate managers but the public. |
The new bills would likely create a giant financial conglomerate, |
There is a huge cultural issue to overcome; if these account holders were the type of people who played the stock market, they wouldn't have done their banking in a safe haven like the post office to begin with. This may be a step in the right direction, but it will take many years before we feel it. |
This downtrend in technology stocks is looking more serious than we had expected, |