Global companies from semiconductor makers to shipbuilders faced disruptions to operations after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan destroyed vital infrastructure and knocked out factories producing everything from high-tech components to steel.
Nikkei futures extended losses on Monday, even after the Bank of Japan announced an increase in its asset buying programme, falling more than 7% at one stage before closing at 9,460, down
The Bank of Japan eased its monetary policy further on Monday as share prices plunged and a nuclear emergency seized the country after Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan. The
Anonymous, a hacker group sympathetic to WikiLeaks, released on Monday emails that it obtained from someone who said he is a former Bank of America Corp employee. In the emails dating from
Brent crude touched a two-week low near $111 on Monday, down by nearly $3 on investor pessimism that economic growth will slow after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, while easing unrest in the
Plastic card spending in Cyprus soared again in February but mainly as a result of road tax payments. According to the latest figures from the credit card company, JCC Payment Systems Ltd,
Those of you who read the weekend edition of the Financial Times will be familiar with the regular feature called “Lunch with the FT”, in which they invite a famous man or
Japan fought on Sunday to avert a disastrous meltdown at two earthquake-crippled nuclear reactors as estimates of the death toll from the tsunami that charged across its northeast rose to more than
The following is a roundup of the effect on manufacturers, energy firms and other companies of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeast coast of Japan. NUCLEAR – The government
. A wrecked airplane lies nose-deep in splintered wood from homes in the port of Sendai. An hour's drive away, workers in white masks and protective clothing scan thousands of people for
