Sports Calendar

Market chaos – let's pin it on the lunatic fringe

Analysts scrutinising decades of data made a startling discovery about lunar months and positive returns on equity markets

Conran Group switches focus to Asia

The company's pre-tax losses have widened from £1.1m to £7.9m, partly due to costs involved in closing a New York store

Exports to avert double-dip recession in Japan

Economists say exports to China and the central bank's 'war on deflation' may spare Japan from recession next year

Japan keeps pouring money into ailing economy

Cabinet has agreed to pump in a stimulus of 7,200 billion yen in an attempt to stem unemployment and deflation

Japanese Government split on cash injection

A stimulus package of about Y7,000bn has been delayed over deepening political divisions within the new ruling party

Dubai World's debt fuels Japanese anxiety

Luxury developers have thrived on demand from the emirate, but now stand to be hurt if the problems at Dubai World spread

Airlines unite in fight for ‘gateway to Asia’

American Airlines increases offer to JAL while All Nippon Airways strengthens its pact with Continental and United

Peugeot and Mitsubishi near electric car pact

Deal would create world's sixth-biggest carmaker and is designed to rescue Japanese company from financial calamity

Abu Dhabi poised to throw conditional lifeline to Dubai

Days of tough crisis talks could result in a deal to prevent a run on local banks which open for business on Monday after four-day holiday

Tokyo warns of double-dip recession

As strong yen buffets Japanese exports, fears grow that suggestions of economic recovery may prove a false dawn

Japan's leader warns of double-dip recession

Yukio Hatoyama says his nation risks returning to recession, but analysts suspect a scare tactic to aid budget moves