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TOKYO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Thursday that the bank could still do more to stabilise financial markets though its move to buy commercial paper was already helping improve CP issuance conditions.
By Kevin Plumberg
Asian stocks and emerging market currencies fell on Thursday, after dire U.S. private employment data and fears about corporate earnings cooled investor willingness to take risks for higher returns.
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. life insurers , led by MetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. , lost $76.8 billion in surplus in 2008 on investment declines and costs guaranteeing retirement products, erasing six years of gains, Conning & Co. said.
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama has little time to decide the fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as bank regulators warn of the drag the government-seized mortgage- finance companies are having on the U.S. economy.
ISTANBUL, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events which could affect Turkish financial markets on Thursday. The lira was trading at 1.5520 against the dollar on the interbank market early on Thursday compared with a close of 1.5230 against the dollar on Wednesday. Turkey's main share index closed 2.84 percent lower at 28,789.65 points. The yield on the benchmark June ...
ISTANBUL, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events which could affect Turkish financial markets on Thursday. The lira was trading at 1.5520 against the dollar on the interbank market early on Thursday compared with a close of 1.5230 against the dollar on Wednesday.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks and emerging market currencies fell on Thursday, with a recent rebound in investor willingness to take risks jeopardized by dire U.S. private employment data and fears about corporate earnings.
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By Kevin Plumberg
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