Despite the weak yen, technology issues suffered because of the lack of their main buyers -- foreign investors -- due to the Christmas holiday season. |
It's just safer to shop around in the domestic-demand-related and defensives departments at the moment with earnings from companies like IBM coming up this week. |
Niigata Engineering's news was a surprise. |
We are afraid the government's lack of urgency may result in a delay in anti-deflation measures it has said it would come up with by the end of this month. |