Despite the beginnings of a rebound, those most emblematic of Japanese firms, the trading companies, have suffered a big comedown.
Initially created as instruments of government policy, as illustrated by the great trading companies of the 17th and 18th centuries, Bakan argues that companies now exist purely to pursue profits with no interest or obligation to the societies in which they exist.
Inspectors examining the records of the Dutch trading companies found that the origin of the supplied meat was unclear.
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But Li didn't hit the big time until 1979, when he became the first Chinese to buy one of the British hongs (trading companies) that dominated the local economy.
Critics blame the uneven quality of the 42 companies trading on it.
As one of the a most recognized online trading companies struggles a rival may be stepping in to save the day and up its market share at the same time.
Trading in the two companies' shares was halted late-afternoon Monday for news pending.
On a day where all three major U.S. equity indices were deeply in the green by midday in New York, all three companies were trading the green.
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The companies began trading both oil futures and physical crude.
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The deal would leave only two large-cap car-rental companies trading in the public markets: Hertz, based in Park Ridge, N.
Platts tried to toss water on the report, saying it routinely reviews trading companies for a variety of reasons, but the damage was done.
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As I mentioned above investors are about to get hit between the eyes and potentially the wallet and trading account over the next week as nearly 500 companies report their quarterly results.
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The SEC shut down trading in companies like Cascadia Investments based in Tacoma, Wash.
Bad business has also greatly affected retail and trading companies in the past year.
One is to restrict the carbon-dioxide emissions of the 11, 000 companies trading on it to an agreed cap.
Trading technology between the three companies improves the product at lower cost.
The snafu comes amid talks between the two companies concerning Fiat trading its small-car and small-engine technology for a 35.0% stake in Chrysler.
The business groups' main trading companies like Samsung Co. (No. 22) and Daewoo Corp. (No. 24) are no longer the largest companies outside Japan.
Large resource acquisitions by general trading companies were the largest additions.
Therefore, to invest for the future while protecting as best as possible against a future market downturn, I recommend buying portfolios of companies shrinking the trading float of shares and using free cash flow to do so.
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Product moving in containers on ocean vessels represents the majority of commerce among U.S. companies and their trading partners around the world.
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Despite the fact that Williams was one of the only companies to have reported its 2000 energy-trading revenues on the conservative basis used by financial firms (as the chart shows), its shares took a beating.
Numerous companies trading on the exchange went bust, and initial public offerings dried up.
This opt-out provision lets you specifically forbid the companies from sharing or trading nearly all information about you.
We analyzed 26 industries (excluding trading companies) of the Global 2000 and scored each company on long-term and short-term sales growth, profit growth, return on capital and total return to shareholders.
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Although many companies announce they "plan" to buy back their shares, Fried filters out the noise and goes for companies actually doing the buybacks and then screens for stocks trading at low price-to-earnings ratios, low price-to-book ratios and which meet an overall "value" criteria.
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