news/notes 2009.02.03

*[top] Japan saw January auto sales fall 28%//*quoted from
"The Japan Times"2009.02.03
Domestic sales of new vehicles plunged 27.9 percent in January
from a year earlier to 174,281 units, the biggest monthly drop since
May 1974 and the largest ever for a January, as the widening global
recession continued to dent demand, an industry body said Monday.
**plunge//**quoted from "英辞郎"
【自動-2】〔価格などが〕急に下がる、急落する
・The U.S. dollar plunged against the yen.
ドルが円に対して急落した。
・Because of the Socialist Party's victory in the election, prices
plunged on the Paris stock market.
選挙で社会党が勝利したために、パリ証券取引所では株価が暴落した。
**dent
【他動-2】～を損なう、弱める、弱体化させる、〔消費などを〕落ち込ませる
*Asama has mild eruption; ash reaches Kanto
Mount Asama, straddling Gunma and Nagano prefectures, had a
minor eruption early Monday from its summit crater, sending ash
as far as Tokyo and Yokohama in the southern Kanto region, the
Meteorological Agency said.
*Sumo fires wrestler in pot arrest
The Japan Sumo Association on Monday fired second-division
wrestler Wakakirin following his arrest last week for possession
of marijuana.
#[editorial] The upside of negative thinking//#quoted from
"MACHINE Design.com"January 8, 2009
By now most of us are fed up with hearing about chronic bad
decision-making at automotive and financial firms. But for all the
rhetoric about the wheels coming off Detroit and the credit market,
critics have missed one point: Both situations can be chalked up to
too much optimism.
That conclusion can be drawn from a body of work that suggests
managers typically underplay obvious uncertainties, thinking they
have more control over their firm's performance than is really the
case. Managers also tend to be too optimistic about their firm's
performance because they are highly committed to it.
**feed up with the profession 仕事に飽き飽きする
**decision-making
【名】意思決定、政策決定
・Management of the company and decision-making shall be done under
the instructions of JAMES with effect from 1 July 1998 while Mr. A and
Mr. B remains as directors. 《契約書》会社の経営および意思決定は、
JAMES の指示に従って行い、Ａ氏およびＢ氏が取締役として残留中、
1998年7月1日から効力を有する。