TOKYO: The Tokyo government gave a bleak assessment of Japanese company profits yesterday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the chief threat to US recovery from recession was a lack of political will.
Despite grim news from Japan, world stocks climbed strongly boosted by news from Britain’s Barclays that it had enjoyed a strong performance so far this year, echoing comments made last week by executives of major US banks.
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