JAL has even full-page advertising in the local media to apologize to its customers. JAL statement was issued because the preaching of airline bankruptcies was the pride of Japan has made consumers to panic. The consumers who already have tickets can not be afraid to use other loyal tersebut.Konsumen tickets worry should use other airlines. In the JAL ad says that “JAL will continue to fly” and all who have purchased tickets remain valid passenger.

“Please to keep us sure and use (as an air transport service providers) as usual,” said JAL JAL cabin crew yesterday as well to disseminate that JAL operations remain normal. Has changed the cabin crew announcement on the plane (in-flight announcements) with word – said “We were struggling to rise early.” “We will maintain the JAL group,” said JAL plane’s cabin staff during practice made an announcement to the passengers at Haneda Airport, Tokyo yesterday. Many Japanese are surprised by the filing of bankruptcy protection JAL.

Almost every newspaper in Japan reported the case of JAL on the first page. In his report, the business daily Nikkei said that the failure of JAL is a warning to other companies and the Government of Japan. “If you avoid the pain of the head in front of you, the pain is more to come some day,” said Nikkei. JAL carry more than 50 million passengers per year, receiving nearly $ 10 billion in Japanese Government funds and loans are provided darurat.Dana rehabilitation program over a three tahun.Pemerintah ask JAL Japan to emerge from bankruptcy within three years.

Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism of Japan Seiji Maehara said that state funding support through the Enterprise JAL Turnaround Initiative Corp. (ETIC). He added, ETIC will provide sufficient funds for JAL to the rehabilitation process for three years completed. However, JAL Maehara also warned to be independent after three years or the rehabilitation process is complete. If restructuring is not going well, he will submit to the fate of JAL.

Maehara added, Tokyo is considering whether Japan needs two major airlines that owned the state (JAL and All Nippon Airways / ANA). Japanese government to consider combining the two operational international routes are state-owned airlines. “The risk of volatility of the airline business is very high. We will mereviu government policy in the aviation industry,” said Maehara. Tokyo Stock Exchange (Tokyo Stock Exchange) will shortly JAL delisting of shares on February 20 next. JAL shares continued depressed state since the coverage prediction that the flight will bankrupt sticking.

Since early January, the price of JAL shares fell more than 90 percent to about four yen per lembar.100 percent stake in JAL price fell to around USD150 million, or for one Boeing 747 aircraft. However, there are traders who take advantage of market panic. Analysts predict, before the delisting of shares JAL lowest price about one yen. “There are people who trade stocks JAL, including those who want to get lucky in the last month. The risk of dilution of shares is limited to a single JAL yen,” said SMBC Friend Securities analyst Hideyuki Higashi .

Foreign Airlines JAL market scramble

Filing bankruptcy airline JAL make the United States (U.S.) want to get the market that will leave Japan the state-owned airlines. As is known, JAL will reduce the dozens of routes to cut operational costs. Potential routes and landing rights (slots) that is owned by JAL targeted foreign airlines.

Americans Airlines and Delta Air Line approach to obtain routes JAL and Japan slotBUMN airline tersebut.Kedua strategic alliance to offer cooperation in aviation operations through code sharing flights (code share). Delta, the largest airline in the world, asking for JAL to join the SkyTeam airline network.

Delta currently does not have any Japanese airline partners. Delta offers $ 1 billion of capital, including $ 500 million capital injection, guarantee USD300 million worth of income, and USD200 million funding support. Meanwhile, American Airlines offers $ 1 investment, JAL 4 billion if the network remains allied with this Oneworld.Saat British Airways and Qantas in the oneworld alliance. “This struggle for land rights market and they want to be through code-sharing cooperation for JAL’s restructuring process takes two to three years and they want to benefit from the void left by JAL,” said former Chief Operating OfficerAir New Zealand Andrew Miller.

Attraction of two U.S. carriers are supported by the open skies agreement (open sky) which Tokyo and Washington signed last month. “Apparently, the JAL flight to the United States will be replaced by Delta,” predicted the credit Shinsei Securities analyst Yasuhiro Matsumoto. However, he said, take a long time for JAL and Delta to get approval from U.S. aviation authorities. Although there is no certainty, Delta and American Airline Direct JAL announced it is ready to support the protection of the bankruptcy filing of the news published. “As more and more thin JAL, Delta will offer more flights,” said Chief Research Japan Aviation Management Research Yoshihisa Akai.

Employees and Pensioners Support

JAL has the support of employees and retirees to cut its obligation to its employees. JAL needs the support of employees and retirees of pension deductions for 331 billion yen ($ 3, 6 billion) that must be submitted at the end of March 2010.

“From 8936 the retired JAL, 5991 approved the cuts,” JAL spokesman said the information was more than resmi.Jumlah requirements that require approval JAL 2 / 3 of all pensioners before making cuts. JAL plans to cut pensions by 50 percent to 16,000 employees who are still active and 30 percent in 8936 retirees. This plan is one program that aims to restore the JAL as a profitable company for four years. “We believe the pension system changes are needed to support the restructuring JAL,” said Secretary-General of Trade Unions Japan Airlines .

Meanwhile, the three main creditor JAL, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation had agreed to the rehabilitation program proposed JAL Tokyo. “Approval of the three major Japanese banks was issued after the meeting the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation, and Tourism Japan Seiji Maehara, “Kyodo said, in a report yesterday.

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Members of Parliament had also urged U.S. President Barack Obama reported Japanese automobile manufacturers to the World Trade Organization (WTO). They argued that Japan does not support and do not discriminate because it gave subsidies to trade up program of U.S. cars sold in Japan. “We can not sit still because we are doing this in accordance aturan.Produsen Japan could also participate to this program,” said a member of the Senate from Ohio Democrat Betty Sutton told reporters yesterday.

He added that the U.S. Trade Representative’s time to immediately begin discussions with the Government of Japan to identify and correct violations of Japan’s trade obligations. “If the talks fail, the U.S. must submit a formal complaint at the WTO,” he said. Trade-in program known as cash for clunkers in the U.S. have ended in late August last year with satisfactory results. Sutton previously received a letter on December 17 of the U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, who said that the U.S. is concerned see a drop in vehicle sales in Japan in recent months.

He urged Tokyo to allow American cars to qualify for fleet renewal program. “We will continue to press Japan on this point, especially the possibility that Japan may extend the program beyond the purchase incentive program on March 31, 2010,” said Kirk. Speaker of the U.S. Trade Representative Nefeterius McPherson said, Japan has agreed to talks with the U.S. about the concerns raised U.S. Senate. “We hope to find a way forward through these discussions.

Our position remains that the changes needed to provide greater opportunities for U.S. vehicles qualify under the Japanese program, “said McPherson. Complaints against the Japanese Government policies had also conveyed that U.S. automakers Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., and Chrysler to Ron Kirk in a letter in December. In the letter mentioned that the Japanese government incentive programs effectively have barred U.S. companies participating in the program along with the car sales incentive.

Instead cash for clunkers program in the United States is open to all car manufacturers who do business in Uncle Sam’s country. The result, sales of Japanese cars and other Asian in the U.S. managed to outperform the U.S. manufacturer for Japanese cars and is known to be energy efficient options Americans. The cars made in Japan in the United States contributes nearly half of the total sales of 677,842 units. Subsidy program to prospective car buyers to absorb the total budget of $ 3 billion. “It’s not known whether it will continue the program this year or not.

tu still too early, I think it was an open question, “said Sutton. As reported earlier, U.S. auto sales in general in December rose 15.1% to 1.03 million units. Japanese producer Toyota Motor Corp. recorded a sales increase of 32% compared to the same month in 2008. Meanwhile, the U.S. automotive giant General Motors (GM) has decreased 6% in December.

Other producers, Chrysler LLC, also suffered a similar fate with GM. Chrysler sales in December fell 4%, bringing the total sales in 2009 fell 36%. While Ford Motor Co. rose 33%, but during 2009 fell 15.4% to 1.7 units of vehicles.

As quoted by Reuters on Tuesday (29/12/2009), the three major indices in Wall Street managed to close higher. However, trading volume tends to light.

Positive sentiment brought the Dow Jones index climbed 26.98 points, or 0.3 percent, to equal 10,547.08, this is the highest level since last October. Meanwhile, the S & P 500 gained 1.3 more points, equivalent to 0.1 percent 1127.78, and the Nasdaq index climbed 5.39 points, equivalent to 0.2 percent, to 2291.08.

Increase in sales during the holiday season, showed that consumers more confident of current economic conditions.

Based on data collected unit of MasterCard Advisors, SpendingPulse, sales rose to 3.6 percent. This figure reflects the activity traced Spending-Pulse in the MasterCard payments network and estimates of payments in other formats such as cash and payment via check. The figure outside of gasoline and car sales.

This increase triggered an increase of 15.5 percent in purchasing online and began restoration of luxury goods shopping and fashion women. While in the previous year, U.S. retailer recorded a sales decline in a significant, even recorded as the worst sales performance during the last decade due to the impact of global financial crisis.

Meanwhile, commodity prices rose as the weakening U.S. dollar and stocks trigger energy and materials sectors.

With the lack of a trader for the holiday season and with no negative sentiment, analysts predicted the index will continue to strengthen until the end of this year. Sales closed on Friday last week, funds will be returned is closed on Friday for the New Year holiday in 2010.

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Wells Fargo also announced that on Tuesday, December 15 local time, where day after his party agreed to pay $ 25 billion into the U.S. Treasury as payment for the bailout received at the time of financial crisis.

“Wells Fargo will acquire Prudential shares on or before December 31, 2009,” he disclosed the two groups in their joint statement, as quoted by AFP on Wednesday (16/12/2009).

Previously, Prudential last year announced plans to sell their shares through a broker.

“The purchase price for the shares of Prudential based on the agreement between the parties and according to the assessment of the Wells Fargo Advisor (later known as Wachovia Securities) on January 1, 2008, before any contribution from the retail securities business of AG Edwards & Sons,” the statement added.

Prudential Chairman and CEO John Strangfeld said the company was happy to have reached an agreement in cash with the Wells Fargo. “This was done to solve our interest in joint venture with Wachovia Securities,” said Strangfeld.

He added that the completion of this acquisition will substantially increase the capital position of Prudential, in addition to financial flexibility going forward as well.

“This is really a very important thing. The presence Starbucks has truly become our second market,” said Head of the Company to China, Wang Jinlong, as quoted by Reuters on Wednesday (25/11/2009).

Wang said, the contribution of profits come from the rapidly growing market in China recorded more than doubled in 2009. While Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz said earlier this month he saw the potential that could be developed in the thousands of existing stores in China.

Starbucks alone is projected to open 100 new stores in the U.S. in 2010 and will open approximately 200 new international cafe, where currently nearly 700 such cafes in China already.

Starbucks also raised its financial estimates for 2010. This is a sign last year after the crisis that there are efforts to improve margins and re-grow.

As we all know, Starbucks Corp. plans to re-outlet stores amid an uncertain economy. Coffee company based in the U.S., already has plans in the next three years to bring new drinks and increased profit growth, due to massive expansion.

In addition, the company plans an international scale will add approximately 975 new outlets around the world and will be operated as many as 1300 to 2011. Starbuck himself hoped to have 21,500 outlets throughout the world until 2011 to come.

The Company also projected an increase periodically each year. In 2009, as much as 90 cents to $ 1 per share. In 2010, as much as USD1, 10 to USD1, 20 per share, and in 2011 as much as USD1, 35 to USD1, 50.

Target is based on the calculation of an average increase of 20 percent for sales each year internationally but only grow as much as six percent for the United States alone.

TOKYO – The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) rate reform Japanese government debt has not appeared. Japanese government debt still increased.

“Japan’s budget deficit approaching 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Japanese government debt continues to rise, exceeding 200 percent in 2011,” said OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria in Tokyo yesterday. He hoped the Japanese Government back to its primary purpose, namely to balance the deficit in the normal position in 2011. Currently the Japanese public debt is the highest among developed countries. “Any small increase in interest rates would make the budget,” he said.

The Japanese government issued an additional budget to stimulate the economy. On the other hand, tax revenues weaken. Concerns over plans Japanese government bonds have triggered bond yields. “The key to solving financial problems is to encourage economic growth, increasing GDP and end deflation,” said Gurria. He explained that Japan would face deflation due to the emergence of signs of increased consumption. “This is not the type of structural deflation because of the continuing decline in demand,” he added.

Gurria explained, Japan requires 4.8 percent growth for all economic engine can work normally. About Japanese interest rates near zero, Guria very difficult to say that monetary policy is issued in accordance with current conditions. Meanwhile, the Government of Japan announced that Japan’s economy experienced the fastest growth since two years ago with a record increase of 1.2 percent during the quarter III-2009. Third quarter results continued the positive trend of the Japanese economy after the previous period also grew by 0.7 percent quarterly.

In comparison, the third-quarter Japanese GDP in 2008 contracted by 4.8 per cent drop in exports. A number of economists who asked for his opinion on the Reuters poll estimate, Japan’s GDP could grow 0.3 percent in the quarter IV (October-December). While in the period January-March 2010 grew 0.1 percent to slow down. “No doubt the Japanese economy has recovered, the improvement in exports triggered,” said Monex Securities chief economist Naoki Murakami. Nevertheless, Naoki Murakami warned that despite the strong quarterly performance, there are still risks in the temporary next period.

Improved economic growth in the July-September period can not be separated from increased exports of 6.4 percent, increase spending 1.6 percent of the company model, and the strengthening of household spending 0.7 percent. Analysts said the strengthening of economic performance in the third quarter and in line with efforts to reduce inventory levels of the company. “Although GDP is very strong image, we need to discount the positive contribution that makes private inventories are not growing,” said Barclays Capital economist Kyohei Morita.

Tuesday, the OECD predicts GDP of South Korea (Korea) grew four percent in 2010. Based on data from South Korean Ministry of Finance, State ginseng is predicted to contract 1.5 percent in 2009 and grew four percent in 2010. “We expect a better outlook than the Korean government forecasts,” the OECD said.

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