from today's Nikkei

2006年10月21日 06時59分40秒 | 新聞記事から
中国「訪朝、一定の成果」米国務長官と胡主席らと会談 説得を継続
中国外交筋「再実験、現時点でなし」
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice separately met with Chinese leaders, including the president Hu Jianto on October 20. It seems that Chinese leaders said to Rice that there is no posibility for the reclusive country to implement another nuclear test at this satge . They agreed in continueing trying to persuade North Korea to return to the negotiating table.

新日鉄、3000億円調達 韓国ポスコと資本提携拡大 一部を株取得資金に

Nippon Steel announced on October 20 that it will raise funds of about 300 billion yen through the financial market in order to strengthen the ties with a South Korean steel maker Posco. somke of the funds will be used in buying some Posco's shares.

三洋 国内営業を分社 子会社と統合、コスト圧縮
Sanyo Electric Co.,Ltd. has decided that it will spin off its sales division around next April,and will merge it with a subsidiary,which is now operating Sanyo's sales activities.One of the reasons of the move is reducing sales costs.